Explore prevention programs

Build Smoke-Free supports construction workers who are ready to quit smoking. Participants are given free resources and information and can join challenges to increase their chances of quitting successfully.

Talk Tobacco is a quit line for First Nation, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous people who are looking to reduce or quit using commercial tobacco or vaping products. It is a free, confidential telephone service offering culturally appropriate support and information about quitting smoking, vaping and commercial tobacco use to Indigenous communities.

BETTER Women is a health promotion program that offers women free access to a volunteer peer health coach who is trained to help them reach and maintain their health and cancer screening goals. The goals are created by the participant and a peer health coach will be there along the participant's journey to provide additional motivation and help them stay accountable.

Walking School Bus is a program that allows elementary school children to walk to school together, accompanied by adult volunteers. The program gives schools and communities the tools and resources to develop procedures, recruit and train volunteer walk leaders, increase awareness and promote daily physical activity. Find out more about Walking School Bus (Ontario) or Trottibus (Quebec).

Short Messages Against Tobacco (SMAT) is a 24-week text message program to help you quit smoking. Sign up today and start receiving helpful tips and motivating text messages.

Young adults are more vulnerable to tobacco use. Nico-Bar is a digital campaign that draws their attention to the real-world harms of smoking on the body and physical appearance. A contest invites both young people who smoke and young people who don’t smoke to test their ability to quit or help a friend quit for a week.

Aspire à mieux is a program designed to help young Quebec adults aged 18 to 24 to quit vaping. (Available in French only.) Based on motivation and autonomy, this program gives you personalized support via text messages. Prepare your quit date with our 2-week prep (optional) and let us accompany you for 6 weeks. Choose between 2 types of support: moderate (4 days of messages/week) or regular (6 days of messages/week). You can choose your own quit date and use our app, which includes an interactive logbook and practical tools to support you. Learn more or sign up today!

Smokers’ Helpline is a free, confidential service offering support and information about quitting smoking, vaping and tobacco use. Get access to information, tools and exercises to help you quit and stay quit and join our online support community to share your experiences. You can also receive support on the go with text messages customized to your quit date or live chat. Find out more about Smokers’ Helpline (PEI, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Yukon) and J’ARRÊTE (Quebec).

Women from underserved communities in Quebec often have a hard time finding information about breast cancer screening. The goal of Memo-Mamo is to provide resources for people in underserved communities and give them information on the importance of getting screened. You can get a mammogram in Quebec if you are between the ages of 50 and 69.

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The Together, Let’s Dethrone Colon Cancer prevention campaign encourages all Quebecers between the ages of 50 and 74 to discuss FIT screening test with a doctor.

Let’s shatter taboos and talk about early detection of colon cancer because together, we can defeat it!