Join the Great American Spit Out
U CAN Quit the Spit
18 February 2010

U can take the plunge in 2010 and commit to quit smokeless tobacco! Join our Great American Spit Out on February 18 and say goodbye to smokeless tobacco once and for all. Check out our great resources to get you started:

1. Create your own Quit Plan, Quit Calendar and Quit Blog.
2. Calculate how much money quitting will save you.
3. Learn how to effectively quit smokeless tobacco.
4. Locate support and find information about different kinds of medicine to help you quit smoking.
5. Chat one-on-one with a trained Cessation Coach.
6. Read the success stories of service men and women who have quit, or even share your own.
7. Add our Quit Tools widget your Web site. The widget will automatically update personal quit-related statistics—total tobacco-free days, daily savings, savings to date, and reasons for quitting.

Ask the Expert: Captain Larry N. Williams, U.S. Navy Tobacco Clinical Cessation Champion

Learn about the effects of chewing tobacco when you check out Captain William's answers to other frequently asked questions.

QuitTipsMobile Text Messages

Need motivation and support to help you beat the cravings? Sign up to receive weekly text messages to your phone to help you quit smoking or chewing tobacco for good. Our text messages will offer advice and tips on how to resist the cravings, boost your resolve, and encourage you to stay quit.

Customize Your Great American Spit Out Materials

Create a fact sheet for your own Great American Spit Out event. Our fact sheet is designed to assist you in your local efforts to promote quitting tobacco. They are designed to be customized with local contact information or with information about a local event.

Become a Fan on Facebook and Follow Us on Twitter

Check us out on Facebook and Twitter to help you stay tobacco free, connect with others who are also quitting, and receive important tobacco news. Use our new I Quit Tobacco application to let your friends and family know you quit tobacco or congratulate others for their quit efforts.

Get the Facts About Smokeless Tobacco

Find out common myths regarding smokeless tobacco and learn about the risks of chewing tobacco and dipping. Stay informed. Read other articles and frequently asked questions about smokeless tobacco, including new information on dissolvable tobacco products. View photographs that show the effects of smokeless tobacco.

Tune into Great American Spit Out Messages

View our Great American Spit Out Press Release.

GASPO artwork is available here for download and use in any publication, print or online, including your installation newspaper. Please send to your PAO or Webmaster.

Quit Tobacco—Make Everyone Proud has produced and distributed radio PSAs in support of this year’s Great American Spit Out. Listen or download the spots to see what’s playing at stations across the country.

Order FREE Materials

Whether you are planning a special event, or just looking to promote cessation on your installation, this is your one-stop resource for all of the audio, video, and print materials associated with the Quit Tobacco—Make Everyone Proud campaign. Our flyers, stickers, posters, and more are available for everyone to access and download, and Health Promotion Officers can even order free copies online.