Smoking Cessation

Smokers' helpline has proven tips and tools to help you quit successfully. It offers free, personalized and non-judgmental support by telephone, through the Internet or by text message. There are two main parts to the online service: the self-directed quit program and the online community.

QuitGuide is a free smartphone app for iOS devices that can help you quit smoking. You can track your cigarette cravings and moods, monitor your progress, discover your reasons for quitting smoking, identify smoking triggers and develop strategies to deal with them. The page also lists several other apps designed to help smokers quit.

Learn how you can quit smoking and help others quit. Learn how smoking can impact your health and find information on tobacco products, labelling and effects of second-hand smoking.

This resource provides information to friends and family members of smokers. It offers tips for helping a loved one quit smoking and to deal with occasional slips.

This booklet is for smokers who have decided that they want to quit. It is divided into four parts, considering quitting and its benefits, preparing a quit plan, getting ready for withdrawal symptoms and cravings and getting ready to be smoke free and managing stress.

This booklet discusses various aspects of smoking and how it affects you and others around you. It may also help you understand your relationship with smoking.

"Talk Tobacco is a free, confidential telephone service operated by the Canadian Cancer Society offering culturally appropriate support and information about quitting smoking, vaping and commercial tobacco use to Indigenous communities. Talk Tobacco has been developed with input from First Nation, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous partners, community members and service providers to meet the unique needs of these communities. Interpreter services are available in French, and 16 Indigenous Languages."