resources
a communications toolkit to promote tobacco-free living
Our new Live in Color Toolkit is for Black and Latine LGBTQ+ young people and promotes community strength, resilience, and power to lead healthier, tobacco-free lives.
The toolkit helps organizations prevent the harms caused by tobacco, with affirming messaging, tools, and strategies for quitting and staying tobacco-free.
check out this helpful video guide to see what our toolkit offers
This database is also linked in the toolkit if you’ve already downloaded it!
live in color without tobacco communications database
This database is where you can find all the Live in Color Without Tobacco communication resources, including rack cards, resource lists, and fact sheets.
Find the latest tested (or best practice) approaches to quitting tobacco and tools available for community organizations.
additional resources for organizations to promote tobacco prevention and quitting
stay tobacco-free
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This site from the Maryland Department of Health provides information and resources to stay tobacco free, including a free and confidential quit line program.
This project from the Maryland Department of Health gives you information and tools to stay vape-free.
The Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control
The Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control works with community partners, state agencies, healthcare entities, resource centers, and local health departments to implement proven strategies to protect Maryland residents from tobacco-related death and disease.
211 Maryland provides a variety of social service resources, including weekly mental health check-ins with trained professionals, multilingual services, and senior support.
This program provides resources and support for smoke-free housing in Maryland.
The Toll of Tobacco in Maryland
This page from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids displays tobacco use data for the state of Maryland.
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This app provides motivating messages to stay tobacco free, plans for coping, a calculator to see how much money you’ve saved by staying tobacco free, and other resources.
This app is a free sobriety counter app. Along with tracking your sober days, it helps you build new habits and provides ongoing motivation.
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EX is run by the Truth Initiative and offers an online quit community and evidence-based approaches to quitting.
This site contains supportive tools for becoming and staying tobacco-free.
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1-866-4-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386) | The Trevor Project
The TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText are all staffed with trained counselors ready to talk to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you’re a young person looking for someone to listen to and understand without judgment, or if you’re feeling suicidal, please reach out to the Trevor Project.
1-800-246-PRIDE (1-800-246-7743) | GLBT National Youth Talkline
A confidential safe space where youth can speak about sexual orientation or gender identity/expression issues, including coming out issues, relationship concerns, bullying, school issues, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer sex information, suicide, and much more.
1-877-565-8860 | Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline provides peer support and resources for the trans community.
An online community and safe space for LGBTQ+ teens.
quit using tobacco
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The program provides culturally and linguistically appropriate information on the dangers of using tobacco products, nicotine addiction, and tobacco quit programs and therapies (medications and behavioral counseling) offered throughout Montgomery county.
This program consists of smoking quitting classes, patches, and gum to assist persons to quit smoking, and counseling sessions free of charge to Prince George’s County residents.
Freedom from Smoking Quit Program
Freedom From Smoking, the leading adult smoking quit program for over 30 years, shows you how to quit in a safe, supportive environment. You'll be given the tools and resources to overcome your tobacco addiction so you can enjoy the benefits of better health, extra money in your pocket, and healthier relationships.
This site from the Maryland Department of Health provides information and resources to stay tobacco free, including a free and confidential quit line program.
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This app takes the information you provide about your smoking history and gives you tailored tips, inspiration, and challenges to help you become tobacco free and live a healthier life.
This program provides a personalized quit plan.
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EX is run by the Truth Initiative and offers an online quit community and evidence-based approaches to quitting.
This site contains supportive tools for becoming and staying tobacco-free.
This Truth Initiative course teaches students about the harms of vaping and empowers them to stay tobacco-free.
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Call 1-800-QUITNOW or text READY to 200-400
This is the national portal to a network of state quitlines.
Text “VAPEFREE” to 873-373
Live Vape Free is a free, confidential text message program to help young adults quit vaping with tips, videos, and support throughout the quitting process.
Text QUIT to 47848
Español: Text ESP to 47848
Text MOM to 222888
Text DITCHJUUL to 88709