Healthy living
Can WheelHouse Health Help Me Quit Smoking or Vaping?
Quitting is easier with support. Learn which medications and strategies work best and how your provider can help you stay smoke-free.
Build your quit plan
- Pick a quit date within the next two weeks.
- Identify triggers: coffee, stress, driving, drinking, after meals.
- Plan replacements: a walk, gum, a glass of water, a call to a friend.
- Remove cigarettes, vapes and lighters from home and car.
- Tell people who can support you.
- Start medicine as planned.
Medicines that help
- Nicotine replacement: patches, gum, lozenges, inhaler or nasal spray; combining a patch with a short-acting form is most effective.
- Varenicline: reduces cravings and the pleasure of smoking; started a week before quitting.
- Bupropion: an antidepressant that also helps people quit.
These work for vaping too.
Handling cravings
Cravings usually pass within 5 to 10 minutes. Delay, breathe deeply, drink water and do something else. Withdrawal symptoms such as irritability and poor sleep peak in the first week and ease over a few weeks.
How we can help
We help you choose the right medicine, prescribe it by telehealth, and check in during the hardest first weeks. Members can message us when cravings hit. Free coaching is also available at 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
Questions people ask
Is vaping safer than smoking?
Vaping exposes you to fewer toxins than smoking, but it is not harmless, and nicotine is addictive. The best goal is to stop both.
How soon do I feel the benefits?
Heart rate and carbon monoxide levels improve within days, breathing improves within weeks, and heart risk drops substantially within a year.
What if I slip up?
A slip is not failure. Get back on track the same day and learn from what triggered it.
Talk it through with Lydia
Ready to quit for good? We will be in your corner every step. See a board-certified nurse practitioner virtually anywhere in Virginia, in our Woodbridge office, or straight to your front door in much of Northern Virginia.
Visits start at $85, and every membership comes with a 30-day trial.
Prefer to ask first? Text us at (571) 402-2102 or message us on WhatsApp.
