Massachusetts Smokers' Helpline

QuitWorks is a collaboration of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Massachusetts health plans.

The program offers telephone-based tobacco treatment to patients who are referred by their health care providers, linking them to the full range of the state's tobacco treatment services.

The Massachusetts Smokers' Helplineserves the general public, tobacco control professionals, educators, health care providers, and others who want to reduce tobacco's heavy toll on society.

Established by the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program and funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Smokers' Helpline is home to four interconnected services:

1. The Helpline is a gateway to the vast array of tobacco control services offered to Massachusetts residents by the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program.
   
   
   
   Our toll-free helpline offers information on tobacco along with free telephone-based tobacco treatment counseling. We also refer callers to local tobacco treatment programs. Quit Tips are available 24 hours a day. Services are available in English and Spanish, with translation for other languages. People who are deaf or hard of hearing may call our TTY line.


2. The Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse offers tobacco education materials (pamphlets, posters, etc.) to tobacco control programs and health care providers in Massachusetts and to other organizations around the state and elsewhere, free-of-charge.


3. The MakeSmokingHistory.org Website provides tobacco information, quit-smoking assistance, and related links.


4. QuitWorks is a collaboration of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Massachusetts health plans. The program offers telephone-based tobacco treatment to patients who are referred by their health care providers.