Resources for Quitting

WHY QUIT??

Did you know that when you quit vaping, your heart rate drops to normal level within the first 20 minutes of quitting? Your risk of a heart attack is drastically reduced and your lung function begins to improve!

Why not quit?!?!

This is quitting

Text DITCHVAPE to 88709 or visit https://truthinitiative.org/thisisquitting

1-800-784-8669

Run by NC Department of Health, offers 24/7 online and telephone treatment. (Different states have their own version.)

Offers online, telephone, and in person meetings for all days of the week.

Smokefree for Teens

Text QUIT TO 47848. or visit TEEN.SMOKEFREE.GOV

Nicotine Patches

Can be applied in the morning for all-day relief and should be removed before going to bed. The location of the patch needs to be changed every day.

Nicotine Gum

For intense cravings, gum should be chewed slowly then packed between gum and checks. It may be purchased without a prescription.

Nicotine Lozenges

Should be placed in the mouth and let it dissolve for ten to thirty minutes. These can be purchased without a prescription.

Nicotine Oral Inhaler

An inhaler can satisfy hand-to-mouth and oral activity. Users can puff up to 16 cartridges a day and you need a doctor's prescription for these.