The Ex Program is a FREE digital cessation tool
The EX Program is a personalized and convenient digital quit-tobacco program built in collaboration with Mayo Clinic that helps you beat your addiction and live tobacco-free whether you smoke, vape, dip or chew. It’s FREE for UC Davis affiliates.
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.
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.
Quitline
The California Smoker's Helpline offers free telephone counseling in six languages as well as online support to help you quit smoking and vaping. Call 1-800-NO-BUTTS or Text "QUIT VAPING" to 66819.
Free Support for Students
Free counseling and Nicotine Replacement Therapy through Student Health and Counseling Services. Make an appointment by calling (530) 752-6334.
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.