519-258-2146 ext.3100
WECHU provides eligible clients with up to 16 weeks of nicotine replacement therapy.
WECHU can also be contacted to help you find the most appropriate service or support in Windsor and Essex County for which you are eligible.
Leave the Pack Behind (LTPB) is an age-tailored tobacco cessation program for young adults aged 18-29 which provides counseling and access to free nicotine replacement therapy. Also available for students at St. Clair College and the University of Windsor through Student Health Services.
519-971-0116
1400 Windsor Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N8X 3L9
If you’re a patient of City Centre Health Care you may qualify to receive six months of nicotine replacement therapy and counseling sessions.
519-326-2373 ext. 4014 and ext. 4522
Eligible clients can receive individual counselling and up to 26 weeks of nicotine replacement therapy. Must not be a rostered patient of a local Family Health Team.
If you’re a rostered patient you may qualify to receive six months of nicotine replacement therapy and counselling sessions
Amherstburg FHT
519-736-7770
Harrow FHT
519-738-2000
Leamington and Area FHT
519-322-1100
Windsor FHT
519-250-5656
519-258-2146 ext.3100
WECHU holds group STOP workshops where eligible participants can attend one local session and receive five weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy ( nicotine patches) and smoking cessation information to help them in their quit attempt.
Sign up for the registration waitlist.
519-971-0116
1400 Windsor Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N8X 3L9
City Centre Health Care offers a six week ‘Breathing Easy’ smoking cessation program which includes support and education to adults who are either trying to cut down and/or those who wish to quit altogether.
519-322-1100
The Leamington and Area FHT offers smoking cessation group education sessions for rostered and non-rostered patients living in Essex County. Sessions held in Leamington and Kingsville. Registration is required.
1-877-513-5333
Smokers' Helpline offers three different services to help you quit smoking:
All services are free and available in English and French. Interpreter service is available in over 100 languages for the phone quit program.
Call Smokers' Helpline today at 1-877-513-5333 or visit Smokers' Helpline
Pregnets’ goal is to improve the health of moms and their babies by offering online information, resources, and support to pregnant and postpartum women and their health care providers.
1-888-344-5864
Speak with a Certified Respiratory Educator about lung disease, secondhand smoke, information about smoking cessation, and tips to help you quit. Call 1-888-344-5864 or visit the Ontario Lung Association.
Some workplace benefits have coverage for quit medications and counseling. Contact your workplace wellness program, human resources, or your group benefit plan provider for more information.
Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) recipients are eligible for up to one year of smoking cessation counseling sessions through their local pharmacy. Recipients are also covered for quit medications including Champix or Zyban. For more information, talk to your local pharmacist.
Doctors, Nurse practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists can prescribe quit medications. Many of these health care providers have additional training in smoking cessation and may also be able to provide counseling.