Tobacco Cessation

UR offers students, faculty and staff tobacco cessation programs at no cost. Benefits of becoming a non-smoker include:

  • Improve your chances for a longer life
  • Look and feel healthier
  • Feel more energetic
  • Breathe easier and be able to exercise
  • Save money
  • Protect those around you who may be harmed by your smoking, especially if you are pregnant or around children
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  • On-campus resources

    The Health Promotion Department offers quit kits, coaches, one-on-one appointments and information about nicotine products and cessation.

  • Quit Coaches

    The Health Promotion Department offers coaches trained to facilitate smoking cessation. Students, faculty and staff will have the option of meeting with a quit coach on campus for 1-1 cessation assistance. For information, email quit@richmond.edu.

  • Off-campus resources

    Quit Now Virginia provides free information and coaching by telephone or online to anyone who wants to quit using tobacco or nicotine products, including vapes. For free and confidential support, text READY to 34191, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669) or visit www.QuitNowVirginia.org.

    • Available 24 hours a day/7 days a week
    • Service provided to all Virginia residents, ages 13 +
    • TTY service available for the hearing impaired
    • Counseling available in English and Spanish
    • Options for text coaching support and access to a quit app

    For additional resources on quitting vaping, visit VapeFreeVA.org.

  • Apps and online quit programs

    These resources offer helpful tips, information, social support, diversions from cravings, and reinforcement for one of the best decisions a tobacco user can make to quit.

    Ex Program (Web-based)
    EX Program has helped millions of people on their journeys to quit smoking, vaping, or any tobacco or nicotine product. EX Program is a personalized program to help you change your patterns, find support, and explore nicotine replacement therapy. EX Program’s daily text messages, interactive website, and dedicated community full of experts and experienced quitters will support you every step of the way. Text EXPROGRAM to 88709.

    QuitStart (App)
    The quitSTART app from Smokefree.gov is a free smartphone app that helps you quit smoking with tailored tips, inspiration, and challenges.

    Kill the Can (Web-based)
    Free resources and tools to help quit nicotine pouches, dip, snuff, and chewing tobacco.

  • Nicotine replacement therapy

    Gum or lozenges

    Type of chewing gum or lozenge that delivers nicotine to the bloodstream through tissues in the mouth.

    Transdermal (skin) patches

    Release nicotine through the skin.

    Inhaler

    A thin, plastic cartridge that contains a porous nicotine plug at its base. By puffing on the cartridge, a person extracts and absorbs nicotine vapor through the lining of their mouth.

    Nasal spray

    An aerosol nicotine spray contained in a spray to deliver nicotine to the user through their nostrils and rapidly absorbed by the nasal membranes inside the nose.