Tobacco Cessation Resources



Tobacco Cessation Resources and Links

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island

United Healthcare

Rhode Island law requires health insurance providers to provide up to 8 ½ hours of smoking cessation counseling, as well as over the counter or prescription nicotine-replacement. Contact your health insurance provider or your doctor.





This site from the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has a Quit Wizard, Expert Advice, a Community Section, Resources and Tools to help smokers quit.

Try-To-Stop Resource Center M-Th 9-7, F 9-5

▪ English 1-800-TRY-TO-STOP (800-879-8678)

▪ Spanish at 1-800-8-DEJALO (800-833-5256)

▪ TTY at 1-800-TDD-1477 (800-833-1477)

Quit Tips Line 24 hours a day

▪ 1-800-9-GETATIP (1-800-943-8284)





This site from National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Cancer Society is intended to help people quit smoking. Different people need different resources as they try to quit. The information and professional assistance available on this Web site can help to support both a person’s immediate and long-term needs as they become, and remain, a nonsmoker.





QuitNet is dedicated to providing comprehensive resources and support for people trying to give up smoking.

Children Helping And Motivating Parents to Stop Smoking (CHAMPSS)



This is a site for children and teens who want to help a parent or guardian quit smoking.

Freshstart (from the American Cancer Society)



Start your own cessation group at your place of work. To implement the Freshstart program within your organization, a member of your staff needs to complete or attend a free Freshstart Facilitator training. Upon completion of the training process, that staff member is responsible for promoting and leading employees through each group. For info call 1-800-ACS-2345 or contact the local office at 401-722-8480

NOT On Tobacco (from the American Lung Association)



N-O-T is a school-based voluntary program designed to help high school students:

• stop smoking,

• reduce the number of cigarettes smoked,

• increase healthy lifestyle behaviors, and

• improve life management skills.

Helping Young Smokers Quit



This site provides information and resources on tobacco (youth cessation include).

Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (YTCC)



YTCC was formed to address the gap in knowledge about what cessation strategies are most effective in assisting youth to quit smoking. Collaborative members represent major organizations that fund research, program, and policy initiatives related to controlling youth tobacco use.

National Partnership for Smoke-Free Families



This is a national program supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation working to discover the best ways to help pregnant smokers quit, and spread the word about effective, evidence-based treatments.

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