California Smokers' Helpline (California Smokers' Helpline)

The California Smokers’ Helpline (Helpline) is a free, evidence-based service that helps

smokers and other tobacco users quit. The Helpline provides self-help materials, referral

to local programs, and one-on-one telephone counseling with trained, caring specialists.

Helpline counseling has been shown in randomized, controlled trials to double smokers’

odds of quitting long-term. Available free of charge to all Californians, the service is well

utilized by the state’s diverse communities. The Helpline is open on weekdays, 7am to

9pm, and Saturday, 9am to 5pm. It can be reached through the following toll-free

numbers: • English: 1-800-NO-BUTTS • Spanish: 1-800-45-NO-FUME • A Tobacco

Chewers’ Helpline is available at 1-800-844-CHEW. The Helpline provides equivalent

Asian-language services through a CDC Cooperative Agreement. These are available

nationwide at the following toll-free numbers: • Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese):

1-800-838-8917 • Korean: 1-800-556-5564 • Vietnamese: 1-800-778-8440. The Helpline’s

web site is at www.nobutts.org, where tobacco users can find comprehensive information

on quitting, sign up online for telephone counseling, enroll in a free text-messaging

service, chat with a counselor, or find links to download te Helpline's mobile apps. The site

also provides free tools and resources for health care providers, behavioral health

professionals, and other concerned members of the community who want to know how to

help tobacco users quit. Providers may even refer their tobacco using patients to the

Helpline at www.nobutts.org/referral. The Helpline also operates the Center for Tobacco

Cessation, which provides training and technical assistance to help build local capacity for

tobacco cessation. Please visit www.nobutts.org/free-training for more information.