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Tobacco Cessation

Free and Anonymous Support to Help You Quit

Kick it California is a text program, app, and telephone helpline created for those 13 and older to quit tobacco.

 

Kick it Quit App

Free, customizable quit plan, progress tracker, and craving help to quit smoking or vaping. Access clinically proven behavior change strategies — kick tobacco & nicotine for good.

Schedule a Call

Sign up to schedule your call. KIC help you create a personalized Quit Plan to double your chances of quitting for good.

800-300-8086

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Working with a Kick It California Quit Coach can double your chances of quitting. Their coaches will start by learning about your specific situation and then help guide you through the three key steps.

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Text Program

Set your quit date and start receiving messages at critical times in your quit journey. Text KIC questions and a Quit Coach will respond.

‘Quit Smoking’ to 66819
“Quit Vaping” to 66819

Health Fact Cards

I feel happier. Quitting smoking is linked to improved positive mood.
When compared with continuing to smoke, quitting smoking was linked to reduced depression, anxiety, and stress. (1) The positive effect of quitting is equal to or larger than the positive effect of antidepressant treatment for mood and anxiety disorders. (2) FREE AND ANONYMOUS SUPPORT to help you Quit. Kick It California A text program, app, and telephone helpline created for those 13 and older to quit tobacco. www.kickitca.org | 1-800-300-8086 Text ‘Quit Smoking’ to 66819. Taylor, G., et al. (2014). Change in mental health after smoking cessation: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 348, g1151. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g1151 Evins, A.E., Cather, C., Laffer, A. (2015). Treatment of tobacco use disorders in smokers with serious mental illness: toward clinical best practices. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 23(2), 90-98.
I breathe easier. Quitting smoking is linked to improved lung health.
Within 1 to 12 months of quitting smoking, coughing and shortness of breath decrease. After 10-15 years of quitting smoking, the chance of developing lung cancer caused by smoking drops by half. FREE AND ANONYMOUS SUPPORT to help you Quit. Kick It California A text program, app, and telephone helpline created for those 13 and older to quit tobacco. www.kickitca.org | 1-800-300-8086 Text ‘Quit Smoking’ to 66819. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023c, October). Benefits of Quitting. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/how_to_quit/benefits/index.htm

Additional Resources

Looking to quit? The LGBTQ Alliance For A Tobacco-Free CA is committed to support and encourage our LGBTQ+ community in accessing free smoking cessation services and resources. Our team is ready to train, guide, and support those seeking assistance in quitting tobacco products.

We are offering free assistance in finding alternative methods to reduce the stress that might be making you turn to tobacco use in the first place.

For more information, please contact Tobacco Project Health Navigator: Raquel Zeleznick (she/they), at raquel.zeleznick@lgbtqcenteroc.org