Many tools and resources are available for tobacco users who want to quit! There is no single "best" method for tobacco cessation. Check out your options, and choose what you think would work best for you. You can always change approaches later on. In general, options for tobacco cessation include Online tools, Online coaching, Online chat rooms, Telephone coaching, Email reminders, Group Workshops, Personal Counseling, Non-prescription Nicotine Replacement Therapies: Patch, Gum, Lozenge, and Prescription Therapies and Medications: Nicotine Inhaler, Nicotine Spray, Chantix, Zyban.
On campus, the staff of the Center for Health Promotion can help you get started and provide you with a free Quit Kit. For more information, contact Michelle Goode, Program Director, at 607-274-7933 or mgoode@ithaca.edu.
Here are some websites, for information, resources, and supplies:
This Is Quitting- free quit coaching by text: https://truthinitiative.org/thisisquitting
NYS Quit Site: www.nysmokefree.com/
802Quits (free help for quitting): https://802quithttps
Learn about Nicotine Replacement Therapy options.
BECOME AN EX-SMOKER: A New Way to Think About Quitting
Smokefree.gov: www.smokefree.gov/default.aspx
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Smoking Cessation site: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/index.htm
American Cancer Society Guide To Quitting Smoking: www.cancer.org/Healthy/StayAwayfromTobacco/GuidetoQuittingSmoking/index
American Lung Association- How to Quit Smoking: www.lungusa.org/stop-smoking/how-to-quit/
Quit Smoking Community: http://quitsmokingcommunity.org/
Quitza: Quit Smoking Online Forum: Stop Smoking, Socially.
Turn "some day" into "today." Get started! It's never too late.