Referral Resources

• NYS Smoker's Quitline
  • nysmokefree.com
  • 1 (866) NY-QUITS
    (1-866-697-8487)
• Text, chat or phone support
• FREE nicotine patches, gum or lozenges (when available)
• Tools, tips and information to help you along the way

Online Resources

• Free Online Quit Program from the Legacy Foundation
• American Lung Association Freedom from Smoking Program
• American Cancer Society Guide to Quitting Smoking
• American Cancer Society Guide to Quitting Smokeless Tobacco
• More Tips from the American Cancer Society on Quitting
• American Cancer Society Quit for Life Program
• QuNitY Tobacco-Free Network from NYS Smokers’ Quitline

SmokefreeTXT: A text messaging service created by the National Cancer Institute to give 24/7 encouragement, advice, and tips to help people quit smoking. To sign up text the word "Quit" to IQUIT (47848) from your mobile phone. You’ll be prompted to answer a few questions, and you’ll start receiving messages. There is no fee for this service. However, message and data rates may apply.

The Quit For Life American Cancer Society app: This is a free smart phone application for the iPhone and Android.

Other Options

• Medicaid now covers all 7 of the first line medications used quitting, even those that are over the counter. Talk with a medical provider, such as a doctor. Many insurances cover nicotine replacement or other medications to help with quitting. 
• Behavioral or mental health professionals can provide counseling.

Support Groups for Quitting Tobacco Use

The Butt Stops Here

The Butt Stops Here program is a support group for quitting.  Most people are eligible for the patch or gum through this program. Click here for more information.

• To register for the Butt Stops Here program at St. Peter's Hospital Cancer Care Center, call Anne Lawton at (518) 525-1827
  St. Peter's Hospital Cancer Care Center
  317 South Manning Blvd., Suite 100, 
  Albany, NY 12208
• To register for the Butt Stops Here program at St. Mary's Hospital, call Therese O’Callaghan at (518) 268-6442
  St. Mary's Hospital 
  1300 Massachusetts Ave.
  Troy, NY 12180
• Ellis Medicine offers a Butt Stops Here group. Register here or call Kathy at (518) 831-6957 for more information.
• The Courage to Quit program is a free group that is offered periodically. This is a faith-based group that uses parts of the Butt Stops Here and sessions are led by a mission staff member. It includes materials for quitting and two weeks of patches or gum. No registration is required, call (518) 459-2550 for the group’s schedule. There are 2 locations:
  
  • Capital City Rescue Mission
    (259 So. Pearl St. Albany
    Thursdays at 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM; and
  • City Mission of Schenectady
    425 Hamilton Street Schenectady
    Mondays at 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
• Quit for Life is a cessation program at the Glens Falls Hospital's CR Wood Cancer Center Library. To register or for more information call Paul Miller at 926-6629.
• Another program is Nicotine Anonymous. It is free. It meets Thursdays at 7:30 PM at the Bethany Reformed Church. The address is 760 New Scotland Ave Albany, NY 12208. If you'd like more information their number is (518) 368-6210. Click here to visit the website for all of Nicotine Anonymous.