Tobacco Cessation Awareness Week

Date: 11/17/25

Heritage Health (Medicaid)

Nebraska Total Care cares about you and your family’s health. One of the best ways to improve your health and wellness is to stop smoking and/or tobacco use.

Tobacco Free Nebraska, the Nebraska Tobacco Quitline, the American Cancer Society, and other partners across Nebraska are teaming up to promote the Great American Smokeout, also known as GASO. 

Each year on the third Thursday of November, this event encourages people who smoke to commit to a tobacco-free lifestyle. The Great American Smokeout challenges people to stop smoking and helps inform people about the many tools they can use to help them quit – and stay quit.

The Nebraska Tobacco Quitline offers free and confidential phone, web, or texting-based coaching. Receive free quit medication starter kits including nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges at no cost. 

Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669) or visit www.QuitNow.ne.gov to connect with a trained quit coach. Ask if you are eligible for free quit medication. The Nebraska Tobacco Quitline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

Spanish-speaking participants can call 1-855-DÉJELO-YA (3535-3569). Translation services are available in over 200 languages.

 

 

Member Services can answer questions about Nebraska Total Care. We have people to help you Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central. 1-844-385-2192 TTY: 711.