Plain-language guides to quitting vaping, Zyn and other nicotine. They're written to be useful whether or not you ever download our app, and every health claim links to the source it came from.
From the team at Unhooked · Updated · Educational, not medical advice
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Withdrawal and side effects
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Free help that isn't us
An app is one tool. These are free, run by public-health organizations, and worth knowing about whatever else you use:
1-800-QUIT-NOW (US). Connects you to your state's free, confidential quitline. Coaches can help you make a plan, and sometimes help you get free quit medication. See the CDC's quitline FAQ.
EX Program (US). Free from Truth Initiative and Mayo Clinic, for any nicotine product: a quit plan, an online community, and the text-message program formerly called This is Quitting. Text EXPROGRAM to 88709 or visit exprogram.com. A randomized trial in JAMA Internal Medicine found the text program raised quit rates in young adults who vape.
Smokefree.gov (US). The National Cancer Institute's free guides, text programs and the quitSTART app: smokefree.gov.
NHS stop smoking services (UK). Free local support and the NHS Quit Smoking app: NHS Better Health.
If you're in crisis. In the US, call or text 988 any time. Quitting can stir up low mood, and you deserve real support for that.
How we write these guides
Sources you can check. Health claims link to public-health bodies (CDC, NHS, NIH, FDA), Cochrane reviews or peer-reviewed studies. Where the research was done on smokers rather than vapers or pouch users, we say so.
No invented numbers. No made-up success rates, user counts or testimonials. If we don't know something, we say that instead.
No shame. Nicotine dependence is chemistry, not character. Slips are part of how most people quit.
Not medical advice. These guides are educational. For medication, dosing or anything that worries you, talk to a doctor or pharmacist.
Corrections welcome. Spot an error or an outdated source? Email support@unhooked.today and we'll fix it.
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