After nine years of being a nonsmoker, Patricia Quinn of Philadelphia thought she’d never buy another pack of cigarettes. Then, faced with the stress of going through a divorce, raising three children and continuing a career three years ago, she began smoking again.

"My life had become stressful and smoking seemed to ease the anxiety," said Pat. "At first, I would only smoke in social situations or if I had a glass of wine with dinner, but soon I was back to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. I didn’t want to start smoking again, but it was an outlet for stress relief. As soon as I started smoking again I wanted to quit."

Worried about the effect of smoking on her health and appearance, Pat, an administrative assistant at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, enrolled in the newly formed Tobacco Intervention Program at Jefferson.