As people’s health awareness continues to increase, more and more people are taking the initiative to quit smoking, but those who have quit have experienced how difficult it is to quit on their own. According to statistics, the relapse rate of people who quit smoking on their own is 90%, so the outpatient smoking cessation model is attracting more and more attention. How does a smoking cessation clinic help smokers through the process of quitting? What are its advantages? When a smoker comes to the clinic, the doctor will first conduct a comprehensive assessment to determine the level of addiction, the social background of the smoker, and the willingness to quit to determine if and when it is appropriate to quit. Each smoker entering the clinic will be tested with a lung carbon monoxide (CO) detector to test their level of vulnerability to smoking, and then the doctor will have a verbal conversation with the patient. The questions doctors often ask are, do you think smoking is very bad for you? Do you think smoking leaves an unpleasant smoke smell? Would you have more energy if you didn’t smoke? Does smoking damage your skin? Does dependence on cigarettes bother you? How much does it cost to smoke? Is smoking harmful to the health of others? And so on. Using these questions, your doctor will assess your willingness to quit, and if your score is less than 20, you are underestimating the harm of smoking. For your health and the health of others, you need to change your attitude and learn more about the dangers of tobacco. When you truly understand the dangers of smoking, you are halfway to quitting. Smokers with an assessment score greater than 20 indicate that they have the same views about smoking as those who have already decided to quit. For these people, the time has come to actively prepare to quit smoking. The first step for patients upon entering the cessation clinic is to sign a commitment to quit. Many quitters believe they have a strong commitment to quit, and this is an important factor for them in determining success or failure to quit. Therefore, when you walk into the clinic and make up your mind to quit, your doctor will sign a commitment to quit. After signing the commitment to quit, your doctor will provide you with a smoker’s diary to keep in your cigarette case. Many people find that taking notes while smoking helps to control the habit and break the pattern. They say that doing so provides a clear picture of the habits they think they know. Before lighting each cigarette, write down the date, time, situation, mood, how much you want to smoke, and ways to resist the urge to smoke in the situation. Each evening, reread your journal and think carefully about it. Observing yourself and taking notes is a very effective way to quit smoking. For smokers who have nicotine dependence, medication is often required. Nicotine replacement therapy is effective and allows the person who wants to quit to reduce physical withdrawal symptoms via nicotine replacement while battling their smoking habit and psychological addiction. The dose of nicotine given is gradually lowered in the cessation of smoking, thus enabling the process of quitting to be completed successfully. Currently, nicotine preparations commonly used in smoking cessation clinics are nicotine patches. The nicotine in the patch is stably absorbed through the skin and maintained at a certain level in the body (about 50% of what it was when smoking). Patch generally need to use 8 to 12 weeks, the first 4 to 6 weeks with sufficient dose of nicotine to reduce withdrawal symptoms, the next 4 to 6 weeks will be the patch in the dose of nicotine gradually reduced until discontinued. Nicotine transdermal patch side effects are very small, common only to the skin irritation caused by local skin redness, but does not affect the replacement site to continue to use the drug, a small number of people using transdermal patch skin sensitization. Smoking cessation drugs commonly used for bupropion hydrochloride, the role is to increase the level of dopamine, norepinephrine in the brain, thereby reducing addiction to nicotine and the withdrawal symptoms that occur during the withdrawal process. Bupropion hydrochloride is an antidepressant and has certain side effects such as anorexia, euphoria, liver damage, etc. Therefore, its use is not recommended for people with anorexia, epilepsy, impaired liver and kidney function, and those who are allergic to the drug. It must be prescribed by a medical professional when used by smokers who are quitting. The first week of quitting is a very critical period, and the doctor at the quit clinic will help and support you during this time. There are ways you can restrain yourself, such as asking others not to smoke when they are present and avoiding places where you smoke. Get support from people around you and health professionals to change your habits by not going to places where you regularly smoke and where you can smoke. When you have a strong desire to smoke, you can use other methods. The strong urge to smoke usually lasts only 3 to 5 minutes, and after these minutes, this feeling of wanting to smoke will gradually disappear. Smoking cessation clinics also prescribe exercise and diet to smokers. Sometimes, quitting smoking can cause physical changes in a person, such as obesity and weight gain of one to twenty pounds, which is normal. The clinic can address this problem with exercise and diet, urging you to eat less fatty foods, eat more fruits and vegetables, and do more exercise and sports. With the help of a smoking cessation clinic, 85% of smokers are able to quit successfully. For relapsers, who may feel remorse, guilt, failure or depression, don’t be overwhelmed by feelings such as these and don’t be too hard on yourself. The fact that you have been able to stop smoking for a period of time shows that you can live without being dependent on cigarettes, and that in itself is a success. Don’t get discouraged, re-energize yourself and plan a one-time attempt as soon as possible.