SmokeStop 24 is a daily dispatch and referral hotline that connects folks who are ready to quit smoking with stop-smoking partner programs in their region. It is not, and has never been, a clinic. It is a switchboard, a classifieds desk, and a kitchen-table referral service — and nothing more.
The paper was founded with a simple conviction: that quitting is a private decision, and that a good referral, delivered quietly, is more useful than a loud campaign. Each week the Hotline Desk collects intake requests from households across the country, matches them to a vetted partner program operating in the appropriate ZIP code, and then — and here is the unusual part — steps aside.
The partner coordinator reaches out directly, on their own letterhead, to walk the household through their stop-smoking program. Coaching, cessation resources, support calls — whatever the partner offers. SmokeStop 24 does not listen in, does not bill, and does not chase. If the first partner is not a fit, the household can request another. If none of the partners are a fit, SmokeStop 24 quietly closes the file.
That is the whole newspaper. The whole newspaper fits on one page, most days, and the editors prefer it that way. There is a form on the back page (on this website, it is further down), and a phone number that rings at a real desk during business hours, and that's it. No signup, no dashboard, no account to recover.
If you are reading this and you are thinking about quitting — or if you are thinking about thinking about quitting — the editorial staff would like to gently point you toward The Hotline, below. It takes about a minute to fill out. A partner coordinator will be in touch.