Tools for Quitting

For Students:
Smoking Cessation at the Student Health Center

Students who would like to seek assistance on campus may schedule appointments with the Student Health Center for evaluation and care. Care may be supported by certain smoking cessation aids (nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges) available through the Student Health Center pharmacy.

For information, please call (310) 243-3629 or email healthcenter@csudh.edu.

For Employees:
Breaking Free Tobacco Cessation from Life Matters^®

Breaking Free is a telephone coaching and counseling tobacco cessation program offered through Life Matters^®, the CSUDH confidential employee assistance program. For information or to sign up, call Life Matters® at (800) 367-7474.

Additional information is also available by visiting www.mylifematters.com and the password is DHTOROS. An overview of Breaking Free is available through the home page "Services" tab.

For Everyone:
Smoking Cessation Resources

• American Cancer Society
  Quitting information and helpful tips
  (800) ACS-2345 / (800) 227-2345
  https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/quit-smoking-for-good.html
  
  
• American Lung Association
  Free comprehensive lung health assistance, information, disease counseling and a proactive tobacco-cessation program to improve the health of individuals with lung disease.
  (800) LUNG-USA / (800) 586-4872
  https://www.lung.org/stop-smoking
  
  
• BecomeAnEX.org
  Free, personalized quit plan and an online support group.
  https://www.becomeanex.org
  
  
• BeTobaccoFree.gov
  Smoking quit line and National Cancer Institute's live help online chat. Connects to National Cancer Institute Live Help Online Chat Smoking quit line telephone.
  (877) 44U-QUIT / (877) 448-7848
  https://betobaccofree.hhs.gov
  
  
• California Smokers Helpline
  Free and confidential telephone counseling program for quitting smoking, one-on-one phone counseling, self-help materials and a referral list of other programs. Call to see if you qualify for free nicotine patches.
  (800) NO-BUTTS / (800) 662-8887
  https://www.nobutts.org/county-listing
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Quit tips and resources
  Youth Tobacco Cessation: A Guide for Making Informed Decisions
  https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/how_to_quit/index.htm
  
  
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Tobacco Control and Prevention Program
  http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/tob/