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Quitting Smoking

Looking for help in quitting smoking and other tobacco use? Here are some resources you may find helpful. We provide these links for informational purposes. Listing these links does not mean that we endorse these resources or products.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

• SmokeFree.gov
• How to Quit, Useful Resources to Quit Smoking
• I Quit: What To Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing or Dipping

National Cancer Institute:

• Smoker's Risk Website
• Harms of Smoking and Health Benefits of Quitting
• Guia para Dejar de Fumar (Spanish-language guide to quitting smoking)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:

• Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users
• Quit Smoking: Consumer Interactive Tool

U.S. Surgeon General:

• Tobacco Cessation Guideline

March of Dimes:

• Pregnancy and Newborn Health Education Center

Quitnet.com:

• Helping Smokers Quit

Legacy

• Become an EX
• You Can Quit Smoking: A 5-Day Plan To Get Ready
• Great Start Program

American Heart Association:

• How Can I Quit Smoking
• How Can I Handle The Stress Of Not Smoking?

American Cancer Society:

• Guide to Quitting Smoking

American Lung Association:

• How to Quit Smoking

Mayo Clinic:

• Quit Smoking Center
• Smoking cessation: Take it one step at a time

Telephone Quitlines

• National Hotline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669)
• National Cancer Institute: 1-877-44U-QUIT (448-7848)
• American Cancer Society: 800-ACS-2345 (228-2345)
• American Legacy Foundation: 866-66-START (667-8278) [for pregnant smokers]
• American Lung Association: 800-LUNG-USA (586-4872)
• Listing of State-Based Quitlines

State-Based Resources

Arkansas

• http://www.stampoutsmoking.com/

California

• http://www.californiasmokershelpline.org/
• 1-800-NO-BUTTS (662-8887)

Colorado

• State Tobacco Education and Prevention Program

Connecticut

• Connecticut Quitline
• Smoking cessation programs in Connecticut

Delaware

• Delaware Smoking Quitline

Florida

• Divison of Health Access and Tobacco

Idaho

• Tobacco Prevention and Control
• http://www.idahoquitnet.com/

Illinois

• Quit Smoking For Your Health

Indiana

• Tips on How to Quit Smoking

Kansas

• Kansas Tobacco-Use Prevention Program

Maryland

• Maryland Resource Center for Quitting Use and Initiation of Tobacco
• http://www.smokingstopshere.com/

Massachusetts

• http://www.trytostop.org/
• Health and Human Services

Michigan

• Michigan Providers Tobacco Cessation Tool Kit

Nebraska

• http://www.dhhs.ne.gov/tfn/ces/

New Mexico

• The Stink on Quitting

New York

• http://www.nysmokefree.com/

Oregon

• http://www.oregonquitline.org/

Pennsylvania

• http://www.determinedtoquit.com/
• Health: Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction

South Carolina

• Tobacco Prevention and Control

Texas

• Tobacco Prevention and Control (see “Want to Quit?” button on left column)

Utah

• http://www.tobaccofreeutah.org/quit-1.html
• http://www.tobaccofreeutah.org/end.html

Vermont

• Quit Smoking Help
• Quit At Work

Virginia

• http://www.smokefreevirginia.org

Washington

• http://www.doh.wa.gov/tobacco/quit/quit.htm

West Virginia

• http://ynotquit.workbetter.net/

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention & Control Program
• Wisconsin Tobacco Quitline

Wyoming

• http://wy.quitnet.com/
• Through With Chew

 

FDA-Approved Smoking Cessation Products

• Nicotine Gum (commercially available as: Nicorette, Nicorette Mint, Nicorette Orange- also available as generic nicotine polacrilex). It is available only as an over-the-counter product.
• Nicotine Patch (commercially available as: Nicoderm CQ). It is available both over-the-counter and as a prescription medication.
• Nicotine Inhaler (commercially available as: Nicotrol Inhaler). It is available only as a prescription medication.
• Nicotine Nasal Spray (commercially available as: Nicotrol NS). It is available only as a prescription medication.
• Nicotine Lozenge (commercially available as: Commit). It is available as an over-the-counter medication.
• Bupropion SR (commercially available as: Zyban). It is available only as a prescription medication.
• Varenicline (commercially available as Chantix) It is available only as a prescription medication.

Pharmaceutical Company Cessation Resources

• GlaxoSmithKline's Way 2 Quit
• GlaxoSmithKline's Committed Quitters
• Pfizer's My Time to Quit

Resources for Health Care Professionals, Insurers, and Employers

CDC:

• Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Treatments

Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy:

• Reimbursement for Smoking Cessation Therapy: A Healthcare Practitioner's Guide

Next Generation California Tobacco Control Alliance:

• Health Care Providers' Tool Kit for Delivering Smoking Cessation Services

Medline Plus Health Information Center (U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health):

• Smoking Cessation

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:

• Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians

 

Evidence-Based Reviews of What Works and What Does Not Work

U.S. Public Health Service:

• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update—Clinical Practice Guideline

The Community Guide:

• The Guide to Community Preventive Services: Tobacco Use Prevention and Control

 

International Resources

Canada

• Quitting

United Kingdom

• Action on Smoking and Health/UK

Pan American Health Organization

• Quit Tips for Individuals

Australia

• Quitter's Page

World Bank

• Tobacco Quitlines

 

Related Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Fact Sheets

• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Fact Sheets – Cessation: Helping Smokers and Other Tobacco Users Quit

 

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