Quitting smoking

STOP on the Net Program

Get six weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy — your choice of patches, gum or lozenges — mailed to you. Registration is online.

To be eligible, you must:

• Live in Ontario
• Be 18 or older
• Be smoking cigarettes at the time of registration
• Have an email address to register

Ottawa Heart Smoking Cessation Program

Get six weeks of free patches and nicotine lozenges, plus behavioural counselling from a health care provider.

To be eligible, you must:

• Live in Ontario
• Be 18 or older
• Be smoking cigarettes at the time of registration

To register, call 1-888-645-5405 and leave your contact information on the voicemail.

Family health teams (for rostered patients only)

• Welland McMaster — 905-734-9699 ext. 3
• Niagara North (St. Catharines) — 905-988-9617 ext. 226
• Niagara North (Niagara-on-the-Lake) — 905-468-2177 ext. 130
• Beamsville Medical Centre — 905-563-5315
• Portage Medical — 905-354-9393
• Smithville — 905-957-3328

Community health centres

Any Niagara resident with access to Niagara Falls

• Niagara Falls Community Health Centre — 905-356-4222 ext. 233

Residents of Fort Erie, Port Colborne and Wainfleet only

• Bridges Community Health Centre (Fort Erie) — 905-871-7621 ext. 2226
• Bridges Community Health Centre (Port Colborne) — 289-479-5017 ext. 2421

Quest clients only

• Quest Community Health Centre (St. Catharines) — 905-688-2558 ext. 243

Health 811

Call 811 to speak with a Quit Coach. Available 24/7 at no cost.

Smokers' Helpline

Online chat, text message and email support for people quitting smoking or vaping.

Don't Quit Quitting

Tips, facts and a Quit Calculator to help you track money saved and stay motivated through your quit journey.

Quit with Confidence

A self-paced Health Canada resource with modules on deciding to quit, how to quit and life after quitting.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Download the My Change Plan booklet or app (available on Google Play and the Apple Store) to help you build a personalized quit plan.

Quash

A free interactive mobile app to help you quit smoking or vaping, created by the Lung Health Foundation.

Champix or Zyban

If you have an Ontario Drug Benefit card, you may be eligible for free quit smoking medications (Champix or Zyban). Talk to your local pharmacist for more information.

OHIP+

If you're not covered by a private plan, OHIP+ may cover up to a year of pharmacist-assisted counselling and no-cost smoking cessation prescriptions for those 18 and older. Talk to your pharmacist or health care provider.

Trillium Drug Program

If you're enrolled in the Trillium Drug Program, you may be eligible for coverage on prescription smoking cessation medication.

Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program

If you receive Ontario Works or ODSP, speak to your case worker about eligibility for no-cost nicotine replacement therapy and quit smoking supports.

Talk Tobacco / Parlez tabac

A free, confidential telephone service offering culturally appropriate support for quitting smoking, vaping and commercial tobacco use. Available in Ontario by calling 1-833-998-8255. Interpreter services are available in French and 14 Indigenous languages.

Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton / Niagara

Free nicotine replacement therapy for French-speaking residents. Call 905-714-9935 ext. 2239.

Téléassistance pour fumeurs

French-language digital supports from Smokers' Helpline, including online chat, text and email.

Non-insured health benefits for First Nations and Inuit

Eligible First Nations and Inuit persons have coverage for nicotine replacement therapy and prescription medications. Talk to your health care provider or call 1-800-640-0642.

My Smoke Break

Whether you’re ready to quit, want to cut back, or just need space to think it through, Smoke Break offers virtual 2SLGBTQIA+ peer support and free nicotine replacement therapy kits.

Breathing Room

Breathing Room is a 10 module self-paced program tackling all the different ways we relate to smoking and vaping as 2SLGBTQIA+ folks.