Ready to quit? Thinking about quitting? No matter where you are in the process, our free tools and resources can help you quit smoking, vaping, or chewing tobacco. Choose the option that’s right for you. We provide the support you need to help you become tobacco or vape-free for life.
You Don’t Have to Quit Alone
If you have questions or need some help, a coach is just a phone call away. People who call coaches are twice as likely to quit and using gum, patches or lozenges triples your chances.
- Available 24/7 365 days a year
- Up to 5 calls with a coach, tailored to your schedule
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy (gum, patches or lozenges) for those medically appropriate and 18+
- Text, e-mail and web services
- Quit Guide and other materials based on your needs
- 100% FREE
Get Your Own Online Coach
Many people prefer to quit on their own and Web Coach can help. Web Coach is a proven approach that creates a personalized quit plan that you can follow at your own pace and in private.
- Chat with an Online Quit Coach
- Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy starter kit (gum, patches or lozenges) for those medically appropriate and 18+
- Text, email and web services
- Online community
- 100% FREE
Custom Quit Plans
Choose any or all of the options below to make a plan that fits you.
Text Messaging
Receive tips, reminders, and practical advice and encouragement that can help you quit.
Welcome Kit
Quit Guide to help you build your plan to quit.
Email Program
Emails with tools and tips to help you quit
Starter Kit
Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy starter kit (gum, patches, or lozenges) for those medically appropriate and 18+
A Medical Professional Can Help
You Are 2-3x More Likely to Quit with the Help of a Health Care Provider
Health care providers like doctors, dentists, pharmacists, and mental health providers can help you successfully quit. Quitting can also help other health issues improve. Talk about quitting at your next appointment.
Ask questions during your visit:
- Is medication right for me?
- How do I use gum, patches or lozenges?
- What are the side effects I may experience?
- Are there free resources available?
- How can I change my lifestyle to stay quit?
- How can friends and family help?
- How often should we discuss my progress?
Make some notes about:
- When/where you smoke
- How you feel before and after you smoke
- Other times and ways you have tried to quit
Most health insurance plans cover some level of tobacco cessation treatments, including prescription medication that helps with cravings. Check your health plan to see which cessation treatments are covered. MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) covers all seven FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications and individual and group cessation counseling for all enrollees.
What to Expect When You Call a Quitline
Are you thinking about quitting? Find out how trained Quit Coaches can help you quit successfully. Watch this videos to Take the Mystery Out of Calling 1-800-Quit-Now.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, Missouri Tobacco Quit Services are free to Missourians and offers access to free telephone, web and text based support to quit all forms of tobacco products. You can contact a quit coach as often as you like and are eligible to receive 5 pro-active support calls from a quit coach.
Missouri Tobacco Quit Services can help you if you are using smokeless tobacco, cigars, hookah, e-cigarettes, or other tobacco products, in addition to cigarettes.
Missouri Tobacco Quit Services can arrange for a translator if you or someone you know who wants to quit using tobacco speaks a different language.
If you miss a call from a quit coach, the quit coach will leave a message and attempt another call in 24 hours. You can always call or text Missouri Tobacco Quit Services and work with a quit coach between scheduled calls. Studies show the more interactions you have with a quit coach the more likely you will be successful in quitting tobacco.
You don’t have to be ready to quit today to call or use Missouri Tobacco Quit Services. Your quit coach can help you explore your worries and doubts about quitting and help you identify new solutions. Our coaches have helped many people who smoke, vape or chew tobacco to successfully quit, and they can help you too.
It can be a real challenge to know how best to help a friend or relative who smokes, vapes or chews tobacco to quit. Maybe they don’t want to quit, but their smoking or tobacco use is affecting you. Maybe they smoke or vape inside and it bothers you. Or maybe you are even worried about their health and the diseases that smoking or vaping causes. Maybe they want to quit, and you support them, but you don’t know how to help. Missouri Tobacco Quit Services coaches can help you come up with a plan to help them quit.
For most people, quitting takes practice. Quit coaches will not judge you if you slip; they are there to support and help you try to quit again. Each time you try to quit tobacco, you will learn more about what it takes to quit, so you can use that knowledge in your journey to become tobacco-free. You can re-enroll with Missouri Tobacco Quit Services at any time.