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Resources for Smokers Who Want To Quit and for People Who Want To Help

Looking for tobacco-cessation resources? Here are some resources you may find helpful.

This list is not meant to be a comprensive directory of all available quit-smoking resources. And though we don't link to local organizations, some of the links we provide can direct you to providers and services in your area. We provide these links for informational purposes and for your convenience. Listing the items here does not mean that the Campaign endorses these resources or products.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

• SmokeFree.gov

• How to Quit, Useful Resources to Quit Smoking

• You Can Quit Smoking

• I Quit: What To Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing or Dipping

National Cancer Institute:

• SmokeFree.gov

• Smoker's Risk Website

• Quitting Smoking: Why To Quit and How To Get Help

• Spit Tobacco: A Guide for 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

• Ayuda para fumadores u otros consumidores de tabaco (Spanish-language)

• Quit Smoking: Consumer Interactive Tool

National Women's Health Information Center:

• Independence from Smoking: A Breath of Fresh Air!

National Institute On Aging:

• Smoking: It's Never Too Late to Stop

U.S. Surgeon General:

• Tobacco Cessation Guideline

National Partnership for Smoke-free Families:

• Providing Help to Smokers

National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit:

• You Can Quit Smoking

March of Dimes:

• Pregnancy and Newborn Health Education Center

Quitnet.com:

• Helping Smokers Quit

National Spit Tobacco Education Program:

• The Cessation Process, Seven Steps to Recovery

American Legacy Foundation:

• 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:

• Complete Guide to Quitting

• Help for Cravings and Tough Situations

American Lung Association:

• Quitting Smoking

• Freedom From Smoking

• Smoking and Pregnancy

Mayo Clinic:

• Quit Smoking Center

• Skills To Help You Cope with Stopping Tobacco Use

• 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

• http://www.whitelies.tv/quit.asp

• Tips on How to Quit Smoking

Iowa

• The University of Iowa: College of Public Health

Kansas

• Kansas Tobacco-Use Prevention Program

Maine

• Maine Tobacco HelpLine

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

• Department of Community Health

• Michigan Providers Tobacco Cessation Tool Kit

Nebraska

• http://www.dhhs.ne.gov/tfn/ces/

Nevada

• Health Division: Kicking the Habit

New Jersey

• Helping Smokers Quit

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

• Quitting Smokeless Tobacco

Rhode Island

• http://www.health.ri.gov/tobacco/cessation.php

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://www.tobaccofreewyoming.net/

• 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

• A Practical Guide to Working with Health-Care Systems on Tobacco-Use Treatment

• Youth Tobacco Cessation: A Guide for Making Informed Decisions

Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy:

• Employers' Smoking Cessation Guide: Practical Approaches to a Costly Workplace Problem, 2nd Edition

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

George Washington University, Center for Health Services Research and Policy:

• Sample Purchasing Specifications Related to Tobacco-Use Prevalence and Cessation

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

• Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Nurses

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

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and the World Health Organization:

• Database and Educational Resource for Treatment of Tobacco Dependence

The Cochrane Library:

• The Cochrane Library

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 Factsheets

• Tobacco Cessation Works: An Overview of Best Practices and State Experiences

• Benefits from Tobacco Use Cessation

• How Safe Are Novel Nicotine Products?

• Key Tobacco-Cessation Findings and Recommendations from the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

• State Cessation-Related Statistics & Potential Savings from Reducing Smoking by One Percentage Point

• Medicare and Medicaid Costs & Savings From Covering Tobacco Cessation

• What Kind of Tobacco Cessation Might Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Health Insurers Cover?