Chinese toll-free smoking cessation hotline 1-800-838-8917

Mandarin toll-free smoking cessation hotline 1-800-838-8917 Do you want to quit smoking? The federal government has established a smoking cessation hotline for Asian smokers. This hotline provides Chinese...

Do you want to quit smoking? The federal government has established a smoking cessation hotline for Asian smokers, which provides free telephone counseling in Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and free nicotine patches for two weeks. Research shows that individual counseling and nicotine patches are an effective combination for successful smoking cessation. Please call the hotline: 1-800-838-8917

Mandarin-speaking counselors are available Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pacific Time, to provide you with telephone counseling. Recorded smoking cessation information or voice messages are available 24 hours a day. English speakers can get free smoking cessation counseling through the Arizona Smokers Help Line (ASHLine): 1-800-556-6222.

For more information on quitting smoking, please call Ms. Huang Zhiying of the Asia Pacific Community Promotion Association at 480-452-5771 or visit the Asian Smokers Quitline website: www.asiansmokersquitline.org.

Free Quit Smoking Counseling in Chinese

Are you interested in quitting smoking? The federal government has created a program called the Asian Smokers’ Quitline that offers free telephone counseling in Mandarin and Cantonese and a free two-week supply of nicotine patches. Studies show that personal coaching and nicotine patches are an effective combination in quitting smoking. Here’s the phone number:

1-800-838-8917

A Chiinese-speaking phone counselor is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm, Pacific Time. Voicemail and recorded messages are available 24 hours a day.

For English speakers, Arizona has free phone counseling through its Arizona Smokers?Helpline (ASHLine). The number is 1-800-556-6222

For further information about quitting smoking, please don’t hesitate to call Ms. Emma Ditsworth of the Asian Pacific Community in Action at (480) 452-5771, or you can access the Asian Smokers?Quitline at www.asiansmokersquitline.org.