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  1. World No Tobacco Days
  2. World No Tobacco Day 2021

Quitting toolkit

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Quitting toolkit

Quitting tobacco and related products is hard, but with the right support and tools, you can do it! With professional support and quitting services, tobacco users double their chances of quitting successfully. You are losing a lot more than you think by using tobacco – your health, the health of your family and loved ones, the money you are spending, your looks, and so much more. Quitters are truly winners. Get tips from the Quitting Toolkit and start your journey today!

Quitting toolkit

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More than 100 reasons to quit

Tobacco causes 8 million deaths every year. Smokers are more likely to develop severe disease with COVID-19 compared to non-smokers. Quitting can be challenging, but there are a lot of reasons to quit. The benefits of quitting tobacco are almost immediate.

100 reasons to quit
Benefits of quitting

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Quick tips to curb your cravings

Delay. Delay as long as you can before giving in to your urge.

Deep breathing. Take 10 deep breaths to relax yourself from within until the urge passes.

Drink water. Drinking water is a healthy alternative to sticking a cigarette in your mouth.

Do something else to distract yourself. Take a shower, read, go for a walk, listen to music!

Quit tips

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Brief tobacco cessation advice

Tobacco users have an 84% increased chance of quitting successfully when they receive intensive advice from a physician. Access the online training for primary care providers to deliver brief tobacco cessation interventions.

Brief cessation advice

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Toll-free quitlines

Toll-free quitlines are available in many countries across the world, where callers can receive advice from trained cessation specialists (quitline counsellors).

Toll-free quitlines

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Text message support

The WHO Quit Challenge is now available on WhatsApp and Facebook to give the best advice on how to quit tobacco during this difficult time. Join people across the world in the 14-day Quit Challenge to break free from tobacco use in any form.

Text message support

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Mobile applications

Quit Genius

Conquer addictions in your workplace. Tackle nicotine, alcohol and opioid addictions with one dynamic programme. Quit Genius is the world’s first technology-enabled digital clinic for multiple addictions.

Quit Genius

QuitNow!

Quitting smoking made easy with the QuitNow! community. Quitting smoking is easier accompanied by people that share your experiences. With every achievement you conquer, quitting smoking is closer. Feel proud of your achievement and share it with your friends.

QuitNow!

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Florence, WHO’s digital health worker

Meet Florence, WHO’s digital health worker to help you quit tobacco. After a short conversation via video or text, Florence can help you build your confidence to quit smoking, make a plan, and recommend toll-free quitlines or apps.

Florence

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Allen Carr's Easyway

For this year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021, Allen Carr’s Easyway is offering, via WHO, free quit support to 9500 frontline workers and tobacco users in 14 countries across the 6 regions through Live Online Group Seminars and Online Video Programmes. The clinically proven method focuses on addressing the psychological part of tobacco dependence without the requirement for any nicotine replacement therapy.

Allen Carr's Easyway

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Medications

For individuals with high levels of nicotine dependence, WHO also recommends the use of proven tobacco cessation medications including nicotine gum, skin patch, oral tablet/lozenge, oral inhaler and nasal spray, non-nicotine therapies include medications like Bupropion and Varenicline. Nicotine replacement therapy is a proven treatment to help you quit smoking. Through nicotine replacement therapy, you get small and steady doses of nicotine in order to be able to better fight off nicotine withdrawal symptoms and make your quitting journey much easier! Find out from your doctor or local health authority where you can access specialized tobacco dependence treatment services and medications..

Medications

Campaign materials

#CommitToQuit

On 8 December 2020, WHO launched a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit." The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and publication “More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco" were released on this day to mark the start of the campaign.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to millions of tobacco users saying they want to quit. The campaign will support at least 100 million people as they try to give up tobacco through communities of quitters. “Commit to Quit” will help create healthier environments that are conducive to quitting tobacco by: advocating for strong tobacco cessation policies; increasing access to cessation services; raising awareness of tobacco industry tactics, and empowering tobacco users to make successful quit attempts through “quit & win” initiatives.

WHO, together with partners, are creating and building-up digital communities where people can find the social support they need to quit. Quitting tobacco is challenging, especially with the added social and economic stresses that have come as a result of the pandemic. Worldwide around 780 million people say they want to quit, but only 30% of them have access to the tools that can help them do so.

Together with partners, WHO is providing people with the tools and resources they need to make a successful quit attempt.

Quit Challenge
100 reasons to quit

Statement by WHO Regional Director Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari

Statement by WHO Regional Director

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Social cards

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Quitters are winners

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Yellow teeth (male 1)

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Yellow teeth (male 2)

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Quickest way to burn through cash

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Cigarette butts

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Quitting tobacco (female)

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Quitting tobacco (male)

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Get support to quit tobacco

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Quit tobacco with support from healthcare professionals

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Quit tobacco with support from national toll-free quitline

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Quit tobacco with support from text messaging and mobile apps

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Quit tobacco with support from medications, nicotine patches and gums

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Animated GIFs (Regional)

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Better lungs, faster lungs

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Improve your oral health

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Increase your chances of getting pregnant

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Protect yourself and others around you

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Protect your children

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Call a quitline to start your quitting journey

Animated GIFs (Global)

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Quit with millions around the world

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Tobacco kills half its users (female 1) 

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Tobacco kills half its users (female 2) 

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Tobacco kills half its users (male)

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Yellow teeth and gum disease 

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Tobacco makes you look older faster (male 1) 

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Tobacco makes you look older faster (male 2)

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Smokers have a greater risk of dying from COVID-19 (male 1) 

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Smokers have a greater risk of dying from COVID-19 (male 2) 

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Switching is not quitting (1)

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Switching is not quitting (2) 

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Two weeks of non-smoking 

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Regional videos

Nasim speaks out #TobaccoExposed

Lydia speaks out #TobaccoExposed

Yousuf speaks out #TobaccoExposed

Sophia speaks out #TobaccoExposed

Keyrellous speaks out #TobaccoExposed

Eglal speaks out #TobaccoExposed

Charles speaks out #TobaccoExposed

Global videos

Commit to quit tobacco

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Meet Florence – she can help you quit tobacco

The secret is out: The tobacco industry targets the vulnerable

How to quit tobacco smoking?

Don’t let tobacco take your breath away

What should take your breath away? Never tobacco – show us what takes your breath away

What should take your breath away? Never tobacco

Tobacco breaks hearts

Smoking is ugly

Events

What can health insurances do for tobacco cessation?

10 March 2021 | Learn about the key role health insurances play in tobacco cessation and how health professionals can become more engaged.

Watch now

https://we.tl/t-rXcC8SlQFb

Benefits of quitting

The benefits of quitting tobacco are almost immediate.

Quick benefits and tips
Benefits of quitting
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