Nicotine Anonymous (NicA) is a twelve-step program for people wishing to quit smoking and live nicotine free. As of May, 2008 there are 600 meetings in thirty-eight countries worldwide with the overwhelming majority of these meetings occurring in the United States, followed by Canada, Brazil, Australia and the UK, respectively. NicA maintains that total abstinence from nicotine is necessary for recovery. NicA defines abstinence as "a state that begins when all use of nicotine ceases."

History

See also: Twelve-step program: History

The first meetings began in February 1982 in Southern California by several Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members to focus specifically on smoking cessation. These AA members began meeting under the name Smokers Anonymous in Los Angeles, shortly thereafter another group independently started in San Francisco. In 1986 the group members met for their first conference in Bakersfield, California to form a fellowship, originally known as Smokers Anonymous, later changing the name to Nicotine Anonymous as the Smokers Anonymous trademark was not available. In 2000, "NicA" was selected to abbreviate Nicotine Anonymous at the annual World Service Conference.

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A. If you're a spiritual person, NA might be just the thing for you! It focuses on relying on a higher power and group support to help you quit. If you're not into the idea of a higher power, there may be other groups available that do not use this method. You really have to buy into the principles of NA for it to work. I'm not sure what else you've tried, but other great methods for quitting are Quitnet ( ) and the book Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking. Quitnet is great because it explains the biological effects of smoking and gives you tips on how to reduce withdrawl. It also provides you an online support system. Allen Carr's book is great because it really restructures how you think about cigarettes and smoking. I've been… [cont.]
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