My Life, My Quit
My Life, My Quit™ is a specially designed program to help young people quit vaping or other tobacco products. My Life, My Quit™ provides five free and confidential coaching sessions by phone, live texting, or chat with a specially-trained youth coach. Youth can text “Start My Quit” to 36072 or call toll-free 1-855-891-9989 for real-time coaching. They can also visit mylifemyquit.com to sign up online, chat with a live coach, get information about vaping and tobacco, and activities to help them quit. The program can send out materials and a certificate at the end of the program.
My Life, My Quit™ is a program of National Jewish Health, the vendor for the Massachusetts tobacco Quitline. The My Life, My Quit™ program combines best practices for youth tobacco cessation adapted to include vaping and new ways to reach a coach using live text messaging or online chat.
Specially-trained youth coaches emphasize that the decision to stop is personal, and provide information to help cope with stress, navigate social situations, and support developing a tobacco-free identity.
An app for My Life, My Quit is also available for download wherever you get your apps.
For more information about My Life, My Quit™ visit mylifemyquit.com and click on Parents/Guardians under the Resources tab.
Other Support
- Visit teen.smokefree.gov for tools and tips.
- Truth’s Ex Program is available for youth with an online community and text support.
- Encourage young people to ask their school nurse or counselor, athletic coach, doctor, parent or other trusted adult for help.