Tobacco Cessation Resources
We have resources to help you quit.
Are you enrolled in the BCBS health plan?
Participate in the tobacco cessation program and get a discount on your health coverage!
Free resources
If you don’t have the BCBS PPO Plan, help is still available — and it’s free!
Use the links or phone numbers below for more ways to quit tobacco.
- American Cancer Society (1-800-227-2345)
- American Heart Association (1-800-AHA-USA-1)
- American Lung Association (1-800-LUNG-USA)
- Smokefree.gov (1-877-44U-QUIT)
- Nicotine Anonymous (1-877-TRY-NICA)
- United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1-800-CDC-INFO)
State Quit Lines
- Alabama (1-800-QUIT-NOW)
- Florida (1-877-U-CAN-NOW)
- Georgia (1-877-270-STOP)
- North Carolina (1-800-QUIT-NOW)
- South Carolina (1-800-QUIT-NOW)
- Tennessee (1-800-QUIT-NOW)
- Virginia (1-800-QUIT-NOW)
Benefits of quitting tobacco
| Time after quitting | Benefits to you |
| 20 minutes | Heart rate drops to a normal level |
| 12 hours | Carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal |
| 2 weeks to 3 months |
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| 1 to 9 months |
Coughing and shortness of breath decrease |
| 5 to 15 years |
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| 10 years | Risk of dying from lung cancer is about half that of a smoker’s |
| 15 years | Risk of coronary heart disease is the same as that of a non-smoker |
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