Guides
The parts nobody warns you about
Written to be useful whether or not you ever install anything.
Cold turkey or cut down? What the evidence actually says
Trials comparing gradual reduction with abrupt quitting find similar quit rates. What that does and doesn't tell you, and how to pick the one you'll follow.
6 min read
How to taper off cigarettes without the plan collapsing
A week-by-week method for cutting down: setting an honest baseline, sizing each step, protecting the ones you can't drop, and recovering a bad week.
8 min read
Quit-smoking helplines in India, and what each is for
The National Tobacco Quitline (1800-11-2356), mCessation, and Tele-MANAS (14416) — who runs them, when they answer, and which one to call for what.
4 min read
Which one you need
If you have not decided how to go about it yet, start with cold turkey or cut down — it is the question that stalls most attempts, and the answer is less clear-cut than either camp claims.
If you already know you want to taper, how to taper off cigarettes is the method: how to count an honest baseline, how big each weekly step should be, which cigarettes to drop first, and what to do with a week you went over. And if you want to talk to a person rather than read anything, the helplines guide has the three free Indian services, their hours, and what each is actually for.
None of these require the app, and none of them are medical advice. They exist because the decision usually comes weeks before anyone downloads anything — and because most of what is written about quitting is either a sales pitch or a scolding.