Longest-running quit smoking community online

Active and thriving quit smoking community

Our EX Community is the longest-running and largest quit smoking community.

Thousands of current and former tobacco users gather here to share unrivaled peer social support, candid advice, and powerful motivation. Truth Initiative research has shown that participation in our quit smoking community is a key driver of quitting success.

This vibrant community offers smokers:

In-the-moment advice, day or night, from a variety of perspectives

Powerful, candid accounts of others’ quit journeys for smoking, vaping, and chewing tobacco

Empathy and encouragement in the face of relapse

Peer support with specific content on tobacco use and chronic conditions such as COPD, diabetes, heart disease, and more

Medical expertise from staff at the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center

We find participants see an average of 12 comments per post, with the first post often occurring within 12 minutes of posting.

Experienced community members set the tone of empathy and encouragement, while the team at Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center provides medical expertise and responds to member concerns, questions, and discussions.

EX Community managers ensure community members remain respectful, guide members to information and connections, mitigate spam, and foster community growth.

I joined yesterday and had posted a journal/blog expecting it to just float out there in cyber space but received so many helpful and supportive replies! I chose this site because of the community aspect and am thrilled to see how many active members there are!

Thank you EX Community. 14 days smoke free by grace and with your help and resources. Again thank you for your support.

Thank you so much, everyone! I feel I can do this if I have people to talk to about it. It’s been failure after failure trying to do it alone.