You are not alone — here’s where you can find support:
If you have benefits through your employer
Ask your insurance company if you have coverage. Your Employee Assistance Program may also be able to help.
If you identify as First Nations, Metis and Inuit
Reach out to Talk Tobacco. Call 1-833-998-TALK (8255) or email [email protected].
Don’t have private benefits?
Contact CMHA Thames Valley Addictions and Mental Health Services at 519-673-3242, ext. 248.
On Ontario Drug Benefits, ODSP or Ontario Works?
Elgin and Oxford: Contact 1-800-922-0096 or visit https://www.swpublichealth.ca/my-health/alcohol-drugs-and-tobacco/health-effects-of-smoking/quit-smoking-resources/
London and Middlesex: Visit https://www.healthunit.com/quit
If you don’t qualify for any of the above but you are a patient of Thames Valley Family Health Team, or a Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic, Community Health Centre, and Aboriginal Health Access Centre
Please contact your family doctor/nurse practitioner and they will be able to support you.
Other free supports
- STOP on the Net is a free online program. Visit the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: https://intrepidlab.ca/en/stop/stop-on-the-net.
- The Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation is a free program. For questions, call 1-888-645-5405.
- Health Connect Ontario offers free individual counselling over the phone. Call 811 or visit https://health811.ontario.ca/static/guest/home
- Smokers’ Helpline: Call 1-866-797-0000 or text “iQuit” to 123456.