Quitting Smoking Clinics & Programs

Online program open to people age 18+ across Ontario. This program provides 8 weeks of treatment including nicotine patches and gum or lozenges, delivered to your address. Enrol in the STOP program.

Smokers’ Helpline offers free online tools, email support, online support community, and text messaging support 24/7 for quitting smoking, vaping and commercial tobacco use. Access by visiting smokershelpline.ca or by texting iQuit to 123456.

Telehealth offers bilingual smoking cessation support from a Quit Care Coach between 10 am and 10 pm daily.  Translation services available in 300 languages. Call 1-866-797-0000.

Aboriginal Health Centre offers up to 26 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and group support for people who want to quit smoking.

Contact
Email [email protected]
Phone 905-544-4320

Eligible First Nations and Inuit persons have coverage for Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and prescription medications to help you quit smoking. Talk to your health care provider or contact 1-800-640-0642 to learn more.

Non Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) for First Nations and Inuit

Free, confidential quit smoking support for First Nation, Inuit, Metis and Urban Indigenous populations in 16 languages, including Nicotine Replacement Therapy. Call 1-833-998-8255 or visit smokershelpline.ca/talktobacco

OHIP+ offers 12 weeks of full coverage per year of prescription medication including Champix (varenicline) and Zyban (bupropion) for youth ages 18 - 24 if they are participating in smoking cessation counseling. Talk to your pharmacist or health care provider about smoking cessation counselling, which includes a quit plan and 7 follow-up calls.

Students going to university/college in another province
If you are at a university or college in another province, your prescriptions may still be covered by OHIP+ if you:

• remain insured by OHIP
• have a valid prescription
• get your medications from a pharmacy in Ontario

This clinic is currently closed but is anticipated to re-open in 2022. Please check back.

Clinic offers up to 26 weeks of free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) such as nicotine patches and counselling. The clinic is open by appointment only.

Location
Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Services
21 Hunter St. E., Hamilton

Translated Information

• Quit Smoking Information - Arabic and Urdu (PDF, 253 KB)

Ask your Juravinski Cancer Centre health care provider about free smoking cessation treatment options. Learn more about the effects of tobacco use on cancer treatments

Caring for My COPD is a free 10- week program at Compass Community Health for people who have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

The program includes a personalized exercise program supervised by healthcare professionals, weekly education sessions to learn how to manage your COPD, and phone support. Learn more about the program and how to participate.

STOP est un programme qui offre des séances de counseling individuel en plus de 26 semaines de traitement de remplacement de nicotine gratuit (timbres, gommes, losanges).
Pour plus de détails, communiquez avec Lorraine Côté, infirmière autorisée, au 866-437-7606 # 3231 ou 905-528-0163 # 3231

This clinic is currently closed but is anticipated to re-open in 2022. Please check back.

The Quit Smoking Clinic helps you cut down or quit smoking. Priority for patients who are:

• Pregnant
• Young families
• Living in poverty
• Living with a mental Illness
• Without a family doctor

Weekly one on one sessions or one-time group sessions. Counselling by Public Health Nurses includes assessment, lifestyle change, withdrawal management and referral to other services. Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) such as patches or gum. You must attend counselling sessions to access free NRT.

Appointments required.

Location
Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Services
21 Hunter St. E., Hamilton