For Patients and Consumers

Quit Lines, Guides and Programs

1-800-QUIT-NOW
http://1800quitnow.cancer.gov
1-800-QUIT-NOW is the toll-free National telephone counseling service to help people stop smoking or quit other forms of tobacco use.

New! ASPIRE (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience)
This free web-based multimedia program developed by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center for adolescents uses animations, videos, and interactive activities to communicate the facts about smoking and tobacco use, as well as, offers skills to adopt a tobacco-free lifestyle. ASPIRE may be used at home, in the classroom, the computer lab, the library or any public computer.

Become an EX
www.becomeanex.org
This free Quit Plan sponsored by the American Legacy Foundation utilizes a systematic program to help prepare a customized quitting plan for each person.

Freedom From Smoking® Online
www.ffsonline.org
This online smoking cessation program sponsored by the American Lung Association is an interactive course designed to educate and modify the behavior patterns of a smoker. Freedom From Smoking Online can be accessed day or night, seven days a week, on any schedule the smoker chooses.  It is ready whenever a smoker wants to start the process of quitting and it's free of charge (registration is required).

New! Gay American Smoke Out
www.gaysmokeout.net
The Gay American Smoke Out is an opportunity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) individuals to challenge themselves to quit smoking.

New! iQuit
www.iquit.medschool.ucsf.edu
This website is designed to provide and evaluate smoking treatments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender smokers. This smoking treatment research program has been developed by faculty from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) along with LGBT health professionals.

Learn to Quit: Help and Support for Quitting Smoking
http://www.learntoquit.org/
This website sponsored by the American Legacy Foundation is a roadmap for getting resources to help and support quitting smoking.

Nicotine Anonymous
www.nicotine-anonymous.org
Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction, including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids.  The organization offers group support and recovery using the 12 Steps as adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous to achieve abstinence from nicotine. 

QuitNet
www.quitnet.com
This web site includes a quitting guide, a national directory, pharmaceutical product overview, and web resource directory with links to other online resources programs and self-help materials. Registered users can access customized advice, peer support, quitting tools and tips, and referrals to live counselors.

Smokefree.gov
www.smokefree.gov
This National Institutes of Health (NIH) web site was developed using evidence-based research. The site features "LiveHelp," which connects smokers with a cessation counselor via Instant Messaging, and an interactive web-based cessation guide based on the National Cancer Institute's "Clearing the Air" booklet.

You Can Quit Smoking Consumer Guide
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/tobacco/quits.htm
This guide is designed to help consumers to prepare to quit smoking. The guide is also available in Spanish.