# Quitting smoking with severe mental illness: what actually works?

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**Created:** [September 15, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/quitting-smoking-with-severe-mental-illness-what-actually-works/8822 "2026-09-15T08:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![firemonkey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/firemonkey/32/1229_2.png) [@firemonkey](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/firemonkey)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/quitting-smoking-with-severe-mental-illness-what-actually-works/8822/1 "2026-09-15T08:55:40Z")

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> **[Quitting smoking with severe mental illness: what actually works?](https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/addiction/quitting-smoking-with-severe-mental-illness-what-actually-works/)**
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> Varenicline is the most effective way to help people with severe mental illness quit smoking, with little or no effect on psychiatric symptoms.

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**Author:** ![ekoms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/ekoms/32/186_2.png) [@ekoms](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/ekoms)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/quitting-smoking-with-severe-mental-illness-what-actually-works/8822/2 "2026-09-15T09:45:16Z")

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I used nicotine lozenges and was able to quit that way. Still, the lozenges ruined part of my teeth as I was sucking on them like candy. 😅