Studies have found that people whose partners supported their efforts to stop  smoking were more likely to quit smoking and maintain a smoke free lifestyle.

Below is a list of both the positive and negative behaviours your partner should know about:

Positive Behaviours that help Quitting

• Compliment you on not smoking
• Congratulate you for your decision to quit smoking
• Help you think of subsitutes for smoking
• Celebrate your quitting with you
• Help to calm you down when you are feeling stressed or irritable
• Tell you to stick with it
• Express confidence in your ability yo quit/remain quit
• Help you to use substitutes for cigarettes
• Express pleasure at your efforts to quit
• Participate in an activity with you that keeps you from smoking(eg going for a walk in stead for smoking)

Negative Behaviors that can hinder Quitting

• Asked you to quit smoking
• Comment that smoking is a dirty habit
• Talk you out of smoking a cigarette
• Comment on your lack of willpower.
• Comment that the house smells of smoke
• Refuse to let you smoke in the house
• Mentioned being bothered by smoke
• Critize your smoking
• Express doubt about your ability to quit/stay quit
• Refuse to clean up your cigarette butts.