A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SMOKING CESSATION

Stop smoking without making quitting your whole life.

Quitting smoking is stressful. The Minds at Peace approach combines mindfulness, nutritional support, breathing techniques, and personal coaching to help you manage cravings, withdrawal, and the changes that come with becoming smoke free.

A one-of-a-kind program designed to give you information and skills you can use for a lifetime.

WHY THIS APPROACH

Quitting is more than putting down a cigarette.

Too many people struggle because the body's response to stress hasn't been addressed. Sit to Quit pairs a mindfulness-based approach with practical support for the physical and emotional challenges that can come with quitting.

MIND & BODY

Support the whole process

Nutritional support addresses common concerns such as digestion issues, oral fixation, hydration, and weight gain while mindfulness helps you work with the stress that can make quitting difficult.

STOPPING

Tools for cravings

You'll learn specific breath techniques, backed by the latest science, that you can use throughout the day to help manage withdrawal and cravings.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Four parts, working together.

It's doing something, or you'd have quit already. Until we know what job it holds — quieting a body that won't settle, ending a day, making a room tolerable — every plan to stop is a plan to leave that job undone.

Sit to Quit. A mindfulness-based approach to smoking cessation.

01

Nutritional support. Guidance addressing digestion issues, oral fixation, hydration, weight gain, and more.

02

Breathing techniques. Specific breath practices to help you manage withdrawal and cravings throughout the day.

03

Five personal coaching sessions. Individual support as you work through the process of becoming a nonsmoker.

04

The nutritional portion of the program is developed in combination with Ashley Koff, CEO of The Better Nutrition Program and nationally recognized dietician.

“I have been a smoker for 24 years. The thought of quitting terrified me. Mark and his program removed my fears and set me on easy path to become a nonsmoker.”

- Minds at Peace Participants for Sit to Quit smoking cessation course

“I have tried quitting countless times. Mark and his teachings are very different from the rest of the programs I have tried. I do believe I have the proper tools and confidence to stay a nonsmoker.”

- Minds at Peace Participants for Sit to Quit smoking cessation course

COMMON QUESTIONS

Things people ask about quitting.

  • Mindfulness Training for Smokers was designed to treat smokers with high-level stress, anxiety, or who have had multiple relapses in the past. Developed with the expertise of the country's top mindfulness and addiction researchers, MTS combines medication, skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness training.

  • Mindfulness is a skill that benefits individuals personally by decreasing stress, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. It can lead to an increase in self-compassion with a decrease in self-judging thoughts. Mindfulness provides the space to consider options before reacting to a trigger out of habit, such as lighting up a cigarette. Simply put, mindfulness is the opposite of “mindlessness.”

  • All Marketplace plans are required to provide a smoking cessation benefit. Each plan is different and may have unique provider requirements. Contact your plan for information. Since Mark is the only provider of Mindfulness Training for Smokers (MTS) in the TriState, your insurance representative may not have heard of MTS. If the plan offers counseling benefits for smoking cessation, they may apply for the entire or partial cost, or part of Sit to Quit. Please note that Mark is not a Medicaid provider and cannot bill Medicaid even if your physician provides a referral.