Solving the Puzzle: Cessation

A child's parent or family member may have a hard time figuring out where to turn for cessation support after they leave the doctor's office. These websites offer support, encouragement and quit tips to those trying to quit. 

• Smokefree.gov  
  This National Institutes of Health website was developed using evidence-based research, and features "LiveHelp," which connects smokers with a cessation counselor via Instant Messaging. 
• SmokefreeTXT 
  This resource from the National Institutes of Health is a mobile messaging service that provides 24/7 support to adults and young adults who want to quit smoking. 
• Become an Ex 
  Become an Ex is sponsored by Truth Initiative and utilizes a systematic program to help prepare a customized quit plan for each person. 
• Tips From Former Smokers 
  From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this campaign features the real stories of former smokers who encourages people to quit smoking by showing the toll that smoking-related illnesses take on smokers and their loved ones. The hard-hitting ads show people living with the real and painful consequences of smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke. 
   
  Note: You can view these resources and more on the How to ​Quit page. 

These resources tackle the topic of quitting tobacco from a youth standpoint, and help youth think about why they use tobacco, and the immediate (as well as the future) health, social and financial effects. 

• SmokefreeTXT – For the teens who would rather get their quit info via text message, SmokefreeTXT sends six weeks of teen-friendly quit texts to their cell phones. 
• Smokefree Teen – With tools to help you make decisions, and the information to make them intelligently, this site is a great resource for teens who currently smoke, who are pressured to smoke, or can't make up their mind about quitting. Note that this site does not discuss nicotine replacement therapy (NRT); if you're interested in finding out more about NRT, talk to your doctor. You can also visit Smokefree Teen on Facebook
• This is Quitting – This is quitting is a free mobile program from Truth Initiative that is designed to help youth quit vaping.
• US Food and Drug Administration: The Real Cost – A new media campaign from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration details what smoking can really cost, and offers information on different ways teens can quit smoking. 
• I Quit Brochure – Adapted from the Anne Arundel County, Maryland Department of Health, this brochure helps adolescents manage the quitting process, including how to handle the "crazies". 

These websites encourage youth to stay tobacco-free by discussing health effects, how to resist peer pressure, and how to tell the Truth from the Big Tobacco lies. 

• Smokefree Teen 
  With tools to help you make decisions, and the information to make them intelligently, this site is a great resource for teens who currently smoke, who are pressured to smoke, or can't make up their mind about quitting. 
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Tobacco Prevention 
  Learn about the dangers of tobacco and why it's important to never start smoking. 
• US Food and Drug Administration: The Real Cost 
  This media campaign from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration details what smoking can really cost, and offers information on different ways teens can quit smoking. 
• No Smoking Room 
  The No Smoking Room is a safe place to help girls live smoke free. 
• ​Project Prevent 
  SOS Project Prevent is a youth tobacco prevention program through the Arkansas Department of Health's Stamp Out Smoking campaign. 
• Truth® 
  The Truth® Campaign is the largest national youth-focused anti-tobacco education campaign ever. It exposes Big Tobacco's marketing and manufacturing practices, as well as highlighting the toll of tobacco. 
• Truth Initiative: Youth Activism 
  This information from Truth Initiative enables youth to make a difference in their communities and schools by offering solutions, ideas, and case studies of successful community partnerships to fight tobacco use. 

These materials are available in English or Spanish, and offer additional quit tips, resources, and facts about tobacco use. Each of these items is available in hard copy form for the cost of shipping only through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse at 800/358-9295 or AHRQPubs@ahrq.hhs.gov. 

• Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users (pdfs) 
  • English 
  • Spanish 
    

• Quitting Helps You Heal Cards (pdfs) 
  These cards are designed to assist hospitalized smokers to use the opportunity to quit for good. 
  • English 
  • Spanish 

• You Can Quit Smoking Cards (pdfs)
  • English 
  • Spanish 

• You Can Quit Smoking (pdfs) 
  These two-sided tear sheets are available in pads of 100, and are geared toward all smokers. 
  • English 
  • Spanish 

• You Can Quit Smoking for Expectant Mothers (pdfs) 
  These two-sided tear sheets are available in pads of 100, and are geared toward pregnant smokers. 
  • English 
  • Spanish