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How to Quit

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Quitting with Text Support

Text coaching is a proven, powerful strategy to boost success and deliver behavior change. The Become an Ex App delivers tailored messages via text that give age-appropriate quitting advice, including information about nicotine replacement therapy.

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Quitline 

The Kick it California offers free telephone counseling in English and Spanish as well as online support to help you quit smoking and vaping. Call 1-800-300-8086 (English) or Text "QUIT VAPING" to 66819.

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E-cigarettes are not an Approved Cessation Tool

E-cigarettes are Just as Addictive as Traditional Ones. These devices have been marketed as a tool to help quit smoking, but many who use these devices as a cessation tool actually end up dual using vaping devices and traditional cigarettes.

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Free Support for Students

Free counseling and Nicotine Replacement Therapy through Student Health and Counseling Services. Make an appointment by calling (530) 752-6334.

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Free Cessation Classes for Staff

UC Davis Health Management and Education offers The SToP: Stop Tobacco Smoking Cessation series - an eight-week class for staff that focuses on empowering tobacco users to overcome the addiction.

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Want to quit?

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Kick it California has a specialized protocol to help people quit vaping.

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Get Support

  • Get free cessation counseling and nicotine replacement therapy through SHCS
  • Contact the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Intervention Services Coordinator
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How to Quit

Powerful strategies and resources to boost success and deliver behavior change.

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Health Concerns

Both long and short-term negative health consequences have been associated with vaping.

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Environmental Impacts

Heavy metals and residual nicotine mean e-cigarettes may qualify as both e-waste and biohazard waste.

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