🗓️ A stop-smoking clinic's goal isn't week 12. It designs for relapse prevention after you graduate from medicine
A stop-smoking clinic ends in 12 weeks.
But smoke-free life continues after that.
Get this wrong, and someone who quit successfully through treatment goes back a few months later.
12 weeks ends the treatment, not the quit
Japan's standard quit-smoking program is basically five visits over 12 weeks. You set a quit date at the first visit, then get support at weeks 2, 4, 8, and 12. This schedule is reasonable for supporting the stretch from starting to quit to a stable period.
But the danger of relapse doesn't vanish at 12 weeks.
There was major stress at work.
Someone offered a cigarette at a drinking party.