Smoking Cessation

 

This section contains credible online, telephone, and print resources for smokers who are trying to quit.


Smoking Cessation Web Sites

Smokefree.gov

Smokefree.gov is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking. The Web site was created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute. The site allows you to get free, immediate assistance in the form of:

  • An online step-by-step cessation guide
  • Local and state telephone quitlines
  • NCI's national telephone quitline
  • NCI's instant messaging service
  • Publications, which may be downloaded, printed, or ordered
BecomeanEX.org

BecomeAnEX.org is a free website that people can use to create a personal quit smoking plan to re-learn life without cigarettes. They can also connect with other people who are trying to quit. EX was created by the American Legacy Foundation® with the help of quit smoking experts at the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center. It has been brought to the public by the National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation (NATC), a public and private partnership. It began with the work of the American Legacy Foundation, which is a national public health foundation. Legacy was formed to build a world where young people do not start using tobacco and anyone can learn how to quit. NATC, made up of the American Legacy Foundation, state governments, foundations and other national organizations, sponsors the EX program.
LiveHelp

Receive information and advice about quitting smoking through real time text messaging with a National Cancer Institute smoking cessation counselor. Support is offered in English only during specified hours of operation.
Quit Tobacco: Make Everyone Proud

Quit Tobacco: Make Everyone Proud is a tobacco cessation and education resource for members of the U.S. military, sponsored by the Department of Defense.
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update

An updated clinical practice guideline released by the U.S. Public Health Service, which identifies new counseling and medication treatments that are effective for helping people quit smoking.

 

Telephone Quitlines


1-800-QUIT-NOW
A toll-free phone number that people can call to be connected with their state tobacco quitlines, to receive free information and counseling over the telephone.


1-877-44U-QUIT
Smoking cessation counselors from the National Cancer Institute are available to answer smoking-related questions in English or Spanish, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time.


 

Print Materials

National Cancer Institute Smoking Cessation Materials

For cutting-edge, evidence-based print resources designed to help specific audiences quit smoking and remain smoke-free, NCI’s smokefree.gov Web site provides print resources that can be viewed online, downloaded in PDF format, or ordered online.

Print resources include:
  • Clearing the Air: For all smokers interested in quitting
  • Clear Horizons: For smokers over age 50
  • Forever Free: For smokers who have recently quit
  • Forever Free for Baby and Me: For pregnant smokers who have recently quit
  • Libres Para Siempre por mi bebé y por mí: Para fumadoras embarazadas que han dejado de fumar recientemente
  • Guía para Dejar de Fumar: Para fumadores de habla hispana
  • Pathways to Freedom: For African-American smokers