We provide help to smokers who want to quit while we work to increase the number of people who quit for good.

Philadelphia has the highest adult smoking rate of the 10 largest US cities, accounting for nearly 300,000 smokers citywide. In fact, nearly three in ten adult Philadelphians use tobacco products. We are working to make sure that smokers who want to quit have the resources they need to quit for good.

• Promoting the PA Free Quitline telephone counseling program: 1-800-QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669).
• Distributing 10,000 free one-month courses of nicotine replacement therapy to Philadelphia smokers via the Quitline.
• Helping large employers in Philadelphia go smoke-free and offer resources to help their employees quit smoking.
  
• Increasing the number of Medicaid recipients who use insurance benefits for cessation medications.
• Launching a 16-month media campaign to encourage smokers to quit with help.
  
• Supporting community-based quit smoking programs that provide group counseling and one-on-one support.

The following community-based quit smoking programs* provide group counseling and one-on-one support. All programs offer free nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) to eligible adult enrollees.

Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations (CONCILIO) provides a Spanish-language quit smoking program for the adult (18+) Latino population in Philadelphia. Call 215-627-3100.

Drexel University provides quit smoking programs for high risk young adults (18-25) in the Philadelphia region. Call 215-255-7893.

Health Federation of Philadelphia offers group and individual quit smoking services at eight City Health Centers and at many Federally Qualified Health Centers located city-wide. Call 215-246-5584.

Mercy Hospital provides quit smoking services to adults in: Center City, South Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, Southwest Philadelphia, Germantown, and Roxborough. Call 215-748-9600.

Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition (SEAMAAC) provides community-based group and individual quit smoking counseling to adult (18+), Chinese-speaking smokers in Philadelphia. Call 215-467-0690.

The University of Pennsylvania's Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Program provides quit smoking services to adults in: Northeast Philadelphia, Kensington, Frankford, Hunting Park, Tacony, Fox Chase, and parts of North Philadelphia. Call 888-PENN-STOP (888-736-6786).

* Some quit smoking providers are funded, in part, by the PA Department of Health.

• Determined to Quit (PA Quitline)
  1-800-QUIT-NOW
  1-800-784-8669
• Quit Smoking Providers
• Quit Smoking Classes (map)
  
  

Keeping Tobacco Away from Youth
Protecting Youth and Adults from Secondhand Smoke
Saving Lives by Reducing Tobacco Use
Tobacco Policy and Control

For more information, visit SmokeFreePhilly.org or call 215-683-LIVE.