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If you find yourself in need of immediate help, call Emergency Services – 911.

These are examples of situations that you should seek immediate help:

  • Thinking about ending your life or trying to end your life.
  • Feeling scared because you’re experiencing sensations that aren’t real and/or beliefs that can’t possibly be true.
  • Becoming unable to care for yourself, and it’s putting you at risk of serious harm.
  • Experiencing an alcohol or any other drug overdose.
  • Taking a dangerous combination of substances (like medications and alcohol).

You can also

  • Call or text 9-8-8 to have access to 24/7 bilingual, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate suicide prevention support.
  • call the crisis line at 1-800-784-2433
  • SMS/Text Kids Help Phone by texting CONNECT to 686868, if you would like to stop the conversation text STOP

For other phone, chat or text support options, visit our Get Support section.

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Free quit coaches to help start your journey with quitting or reducing smoking or vaping.

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QuitNow offers quit coaching and online resources to help you quit or reduce smoking or vaping. Quit Coaches provide guidance to help you get started and pick the quit tools that are right for you.

You can access a Quit Coach in two ways:

  1. Call by phone
  2. Live chat online

If you’re looking to quit or reduce vaping, check out QuitNow’s youth vaping mini-site at www.quitnow.ca/vape-free-quitting.

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