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To protect your health and reduce the risk of severe complications from COVID-19, we urge smokers and e-cigarette users (vapers) to make every effort to quit. In the U.S., you can get free help to stop smoking and vaping from the organizations listed below. Research has shown that quitting smoking rapidly leads to improved lung function.
Resources to help smokers quit
- 1-800 QUIT NOW: call to get free support
- Smokefree.gov: a National Cancer Institute website with tools and tips to help you quit smoking
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Truth Initiative: Quit Smoking and Vaping Tools
- North American Quitline Consortium: Find quitline services by state