Every time you cut down the number of cigarettes that you consume, you are moving toward a healthier life. Just as the addiction to tobacco is complex, so is the process of breaking that addiction. As a woman, you may find it helpful to attend a smoking cessation program while you move through the process of becoming a nonsmoker. Some research indicates that because women smoke for different reasons than men, the process they move through to break the addiction is different from men. As such, you may benefit from a class that is targeted directly at women.
Experience shows that women get discouraged when it is easier for men to finally break the habit.
You may be more willing to open up about personal issues in an all female group than a mixed group. It may be helpful if you start to cut down on the number of cigarettes you smoke before actually trying to stop for good. You must break to habits in the process of quitting tobacco usage. The first is the physical addiction to nicotine. The second is the psychological habit of smoking and the accompanying sense of comfort and well being that it provides.