1-800-QUIT-NOW: 15 Years of Helping People Quit | Smoking & Tobacco Use | CDC

1-800-QUIT-NOW: 15 Years of Helping People Quit | Smoking & Tobacco Use | CDC

1-800-QUIT-NOW: 15 Years of Helping People Quit

“In August I will have 4 years without a cigarette or cigar,” a person who successfully quit smoking shared in a 2018 message on the CDC Tobacco Free Facebook page. That same person wrote in the same post: “I used 1-800-QUIT-NOW and am very glad that I did and have stopped smoking.”

1-800-QUIT-NOWexternal icon is the national portal to a network of state quitlines. Quitlines offer evidence-based support—like counseling, referrals to local programs, and free medication—to people who want to quit tobacco.