What is tobacco slip up or relapse?

Many common activities or events can trigger the urge to smoke. Here are some common triggers and what you might do to avoid smoking:

• Finishing a meal. Get up from the table immediately and do something else.
• Drinking coffee. Change the way you have coffee: the place, the coffee mug, everything you did when you were smoking.
• Talking on the phone. Hold your phone with your "smoking" hand.
• Between tasks. When you have time between projects, try taking a short walk or reading.
• After an argument, disappointment, or negative event. Let off steam by walking briskly around the building.
• In the car. Remove the ashtray from your car, or change your driving patterns.
• Other people who smoke. Avoid the smoking areas at your workplace.
• Parties. Don't go with your friends when they go outside for a cigarette.

A slip means that someone who has quit tobacco uses it again a time or two. A relapse means that a person who has quit returns to regular tobacco use. Most people quit and restart many times before they quit for good.