Empowered to Quit
Let’s face it, taking your life back from smoking is hard. But with help, you can be empowered to quit smoking for good.
American Cancer Society researchers developed Empowered to Quit, an email-based program to help you quit smoking. It all starts with making the decision to quit and planning your quit day.
Get Help Quitting
How to pick your Quit Day
You can set it as soon as tomorrow or up to 30 days from now. Be sure to give yourself enough time to come up with a quit plan, but not so much time that you’ll change your mind; it is best to pick a weekday that doesn’t look like it will be too stressful of a day. Let’s get started!
What happens after picking your Quit Day?
In order to help customize your quit journey, we ask that you complete a brief survey that will be emailed after signing up.
We will send personalized tips on how to quit and remain smoke-free. These messages will be timed around your quit date and include reminders about your personal reasons for quitting and who you can turn to for help during the quitting process.
Not sure it’s your time to quit smoking?
Here are a few key reasons to quit from the 2020 U.S. Surgeon General’s Report:
- Quitting tobacco is beneficial at any age.
- Quitting tobacco improves health status and enhances the quality of life.
- Quitting tobacco reduces the risk of premature death and can add as much as a decade to life expectancy.
It’s not too late to quit using tobacco. There are many health benefits of quitting nicotine. In fact, the sooner you quit smoking, the more you can reduce your chances of getting cancer and other diseases.
Program Benefits
Empowered to Quit is free to join and can support you and your journey to successfully quitting and staying quit. Many people tried and struggled to quit smoking. This program helps you understand:
- Where and when you most feel like smoking
- How to cope with cravings
- How to set a quit date and stick to it
- Additional tools and resources
The program was proven in a research study to increase the odds of successfully quitting by 47%
*Based on a 2018 randomized control trial comparing users of this program to a control group
Regardless of age, those who quit smoking, benefits by:
Living Longer
Improving their Overall Health
Enhancing their Quality of Life
Based on compiled feedback from participants of a randomised controlled trial, here is how participants benefited from the program:
- Helped users to quit smoking
- Made them feel that someone cared if they quit
- That it was worthwhile for them to quit
- Gave them confidence to quit
This program is designed to help you quit smoking for good over the course of just 2 months.
Become empowered to quit right now!
If you choose to empower yourself to quit smoking with this program, you’ll also be able to share information to help motivate others to stay away from tobacco or quit smoking for good! Our researchers will take what they learn from supporting you and use that information to make our Empowered to Quit program even more helpful.
*The American Cancer Society cares about and protects your privacy. The information you provide to the Society will only be used as described in our privacy policy.
