Quit Smoking Programs

Support Programs

Individuals seeking support programs can explore the options of both In-Person and Telephone Based support programs. Read on...

In-Person Support Programs

See a schedule of all Partners related smoking cessation programs.

Or, just call your institution's program below.

Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner Hospital     617-732-9694

Massachusetts General Hospital                   617-726-7443

MGH Community Health Associates              781-485-6210

(Charlestown,Chelsea, Everett, Revere)                           

Newton-Wellesley Hospital                           617-243-6566

For MGH patients, the MGH Quit Smoking Service offers a group counseling program and nicotine replacement therapy at low cost for those smokers who are participating in the program. Visit the MGH Smoking Service Website for a full description of our services.

Contact us the MGH Quit Smoking Service if you would like to refer a smoker to our program or download our electronic referral form.

Similar services are provided by MGH Community Health Associates at other locations in Boston and surrounding areas. Smokers with significant psychiatric co morbidity should have treatment for that problem begun simultaneously with referral to a smoking cessation program.

Telephone Based Support Programs

QuitWorks is a free, evidence-based stop-smoking service developed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in collaboration with most major health plans in Massachusetts.

Using a simple enrollment form, any physician, nurse, or other clinician in your hospital or health center can easily and quickly enroll any patient who uses tobacco, regardless of health insurance status. The enrollment forms are faxed to the Try To Stop Tobacco Resource Center, the state-funded QuitWorks service provider. When the form is received, the Resource Center calls your patient, completes a patient assessment, and offers your patient the state's free, proven-effective stop-smoking services. Every referring provider will receive a fax-back report within a week to confirm contact with your patient and services accepted. About seven months later, QuitWorks calls your patient to assess their smoking status and faxes a report on patient outcomes.

Patients can also self- refer by calling the free Massachusetts Smokers Helpline directly, which is open Thursday 9:00am to 7:00pm and Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm.

• In English at 1-800-TRY-TO-STOP (800-879-8678)



• In Spanish at 1-800-8-DEJALO (800-833-5256)



• Via TTY at 1-800-TDD-1477 (800-833-1477)

The Quit Tips Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-9-GETATIP(1-800-943-8284)

Click here to Download a PDF of the Quitworks form to give to your doctor or nurse in ENGLISH or SPANISH

Or, visit http://www.quitworks.org for more information

Web-Based Support Programs

http://www.trytostop.org/

ttp://quitnet.com/

http://smokefree.gov/

www.freeclear.com

These resources are not only for patients! Nurses, check out http://www.tobaccofreenurses.org/ for resources tailored just for you!

Complementary Therapies

These therapies are available, and some individuals have found them very helpful although there is no scientific evidence base to show their advantages.

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Stress Management

Stress is a part of everyday life.  When faced with stress, many smokers first inclination is to pick up a cigarette.  

Read about other things smokers can do the keep from smoking!