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A logical plan for quitting

Quash is a judgement-free app to help you quit smoking or vaping —the way you want!

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Quash is a judgement-free app to help you quit smoking or vaping —the way you want!

What is Quash?

Quash -- /kwäSH/

  • (v) Put an end to; suppress​, reject or void, especially by legal procedure.​
  • Stop, put an end to and reject smoking or vaping; to overcome and take back control!

WHAT IS QUASH?

Quash -- /kwäSH/

  • (v) Put an end to; suppress​, reject or void, especially by legal procedure.​
  • Stop, put an end to and reject smoking or vaping; to overcome and take back control!

The Quash app helps you quit smoking or vaping

 — the way you want!

THE QUASH MISSION

An estimated

750,000

Canadian youth are vaping daily.1 

320,000

An estimated

Canadian youth are smoking daily.1 

That’s a lot of lungs at risk. The good news? 60% of vapers and 30% of smokers are craving change and have made at least one quit attempt in the past year.2


Sound familiar? We got you! Whether it’s your first time trying to quit or you’ve tried before, you’re SO not alone.

The app is here for you and wants to empower you to live your best life.

Not Your Average Quit Program

When you’re ready to take back control of your life, you’ll need a quit smoking or vaping plan that holds you accountable and allows you to use your own good judgement.

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Not Your Average Quit Program

When you’re ready to take back control of your life, you’ll need a quit smoking or vaping plan that holds you accountable and allows you to use your own good judgement.

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Free Mobile App

A program that helps you understand yourself, your habits and helps you make positive changes

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Design your quit smoking or vaping plan.

Your plan is your own. It’s based on your unique goals, products used, personality, values and interests.

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Quash has your back 

For some, quitting can be tough and slip-ups happen. Quash helps you plan ahead and be prepared. You’ll get access to tools and tips to help you if you get off track.

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Level up

Track your cravings and progress and earn badges when you quash your goals. The more you use the app, the more badges you’ll earn.

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Quash Your Spending

Ever have a big ticket item you wanted to buy but you didn’t have enough savings for it?

If you’re still on the fence about trying to quit, check out how much quitting can save you! Take your savings and invest it back into quashing your life goals!

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Vaping

5 years of not smoking is equal to 5k savings. 5 years of not vaping is equal to 4k savings.

$ 5k

$ 4k

Information you can trust

If you watch the news, talk with friends or use social media, you have likely been exposed to disinformation.


Disinformation intentionally leads you away from your own good judgement to misleading or false beliefs that affect your choices and behaviours. 


For decades, tobacco companies have spread disinformation, twisting the truth about the dangers of their products. Quash will help you assess information by encouraging you to ask questions and use critical thinking.



Learn about disinformation tactics used by the industry so you can avoid their traps.

Click through the myth busters to help inform your choice to quit smoking or vaping.

If you watch the news, talk with friends or use social media, you have likely been exposed to disinformation.


Disinformation intentionally leads you away from your own good judgement to misleading or false beliefs that affect your choices and behaviours. 


For decades, tobacco companies have spread disinformation, twisting the truth about the dangers of their products. Quash will help you assess information by encouraging you to ask questions and use critical thinking.


Learn about disinformation tactics used by the industry so you can avoid their traps.

Click through the myth busters to help inform your choice to quit smoking or vaping.

Vaping is a healthy replacement for smoking

A lot of people think that. While vaping products contain fewer toxic chemicals than regular cigarettes, they are far from harmless! 

Cancer-causing chemicals, nicotine and heavy metals are some of the ingredients found in vaping products that can harm your overall health and your lungs. 

Vaping is not a harmless vapour.

Vaping devices heat liquids that contain chemicals. These chemicals make an aerosol which are inhaled into the lungs.

There’s only one right way to quit.

Quitting is different for everyone. There are so many ways to kick the habit, but first it starts with the right mindset. If quitting completely feels overwhelming, try cutting back on how much product you use to get you started. 

Smoking and vaping are not that bad for the environment.

Butts, plastic filters and other cigarette litter are the most littered items on the planet. 

E-waste from vaping, like lithium batteries and nicotine can accumulate and pollute the environment as well.  

Both cigarette waste and e-waste can harm animals, soil, ecosystems, drinking water and more.  

Quash works because it uses science to help you change your behaviours.

Quash is meant to guide you to quit by using logic. It works because it uses a theory that’s proven to be effective in changing behaviour. This theory is called The Stages of Change.  

The beauty of this theory is that you can use it to make positive changes in other areas of your life too. 

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A program you can trust, that holds you accountable and allows you to use your own good judgement.

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Using custom strengths-based tools, this program will help you know what to expect and plan for the realities of quitting.

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For programs specific to First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous traditions, be sure to check out our resources page. 

There are a lot of good reasons to quit 

Don’t wait. Save your lungs, save your money and so much more! 

GET STARTED →

Quash was made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.


  1. We mapped data from the 2022 Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey results against Statistics Canada's 2022 population esitimates to calculate these estimates, for young people aged 14-30. If you want more information on how these estimates were calculated, reach out to quash@lunghealth.ca!
  2. Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS): summary of results for 2022.
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