Smoking Cessation Programs: A Rundown on What is Out There

Smoking Cessation Programs: A List

There are a wide variety of smoking cessation programs available to you if you are looking to quit smoking and all of the smoking cessation programs listed here are offered completely free of charge.

1-800-QUITNOW/smokefree.gov

Both the quit-line and the website are administered by the National Institutes of Health along with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control. 

Whether you call the quit-line or visit the website, you can get free advice and counseling from a tobacco cessation coach, free materials on how to quit smoking, get referred to free smoking cessation programs in your area and possibly receive free quit smoking products like patches and gum.

Become an EX

The Become an EX tobacco cessation program was started in 2009 by the National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation and the Truth Initiative.

According to the National Center on Biomedical Information, “the EX campaign was designed as a branded, mass media campaign aimed to encourage adult smokers to quit”. http://ift.tt/2uNDajY

As described on the Become an EX website, “The EX plan combines expertise from the Mayo Clinic with practical advice from ex-smokers”. The site offers smokers a three step plan to not just quit smoking but to “re-learn life without cigarettes”.The site offers you advice on how to avoid triggers that might start you smoking again, it gives you insight into the nature of addiction and it brings together ex-smokers with people looking to quit smoking to offer support and advice.

QuitNet

The QuitNet network of websites “is an Internet-based service designed to help individual tobacco users through the quitting process”. The QuitNet plan offers users (you have to sign up but there are no charges) access to a community of almost a million ex-smokers who provide peer-to-peer counseling, personalized quit plans and advice from tobacco control experts.

ucanquit2.org

The ucanquit2.org website is a free smoking cessation program described by the Department of Defense as an “educational campaign for the US military” that “provides the opportunity to learn more about tobacco cessation, develop a personalized plan for quitting, and get live online help”.

Quit for Life

Depending on what state you live in, the American Cancer Society runs a Quit for Life smoking cessation program that offers “phone-based coaching and web-based learning support service to help smokers quit”.

The program is currently only offered in 26 states and is also available through your company’s health plan. If you are eligible and willing you will be offered telephone coaching calls, web-based support and information and help deciding which cessation medication is right for you.

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center is entering its 14th year of providing technical assistance and resources to healthcare providers and other smoking cessation professionals to increase smoking cessation rates across the country.

The SCLC is an effort between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the University of California San Francisco and the Truth Initiative to assist in the treatment of mental health and tobacco cessation issues.

The SCLC seeks collaborative partnerships with different groups and institutions to create and put into effect successful tobacco cessation programs with an eye also to preventing tobacco use in the first place.

Freedom From Smoking

The Freedom From Smoking and Freedom From Smoking Plus smoking cessations programs are offered by the American Lung Association. The program claims that they have already helped almost a million people quit smoking and most importantly, stay quit.

The program is not free, however. There are costs involved depending on the level of quit smoking services you wish to receive. Memberships must be purchased for prices ranging from 60$ to 90$. Once you have purchased a membership you will receive 12 months of unlimited access to the Freedom From Smoking online program, interactive counseling sessions and live telephone or chat support from the Lung HelpLine.

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