EX Program: A proven tobacco cessation program for ages 18+

A digital health solution for tobacco cessation

Meet EX Program Premium, the most validated digital tobacco cessation program available on the market today.

EX Program, developed with Mayo Clinic, is the best strategic partner for employers and health plans in ending smoking, vaping,  and nicotine addiction.

Use a tobacco surcharge or incentive? EX Program qualifies as a reasonable alternative standard. 

Resources for tobacco cessation provided under EX Program:

Tobacco Quit Plan

Our quit plan provides the specialized support each tobacco user needs for the behavioral, social, and physical aspects of tobacco addiction.

Quit Nicotine Community

As the longest-running, largest tobacco cessation community, thousands of tobacco users and ex-users share candid advice and powerful motivation.

Live Chat Coaching

Our EX Coaches are tobacco treatment experts who understand how this addiction affects each person’s life differently and how best to overcome it.

Quit Tobacco App

EX® Duo puts an EX Coach in the pocket for on-the-go confidential support throughout a participant’s quit journey to quit smoking, vaping, or chewing tobacco.

Text Messaging

EX Program’s robust text messaging platform delivers interactive and dynamic messages based on how the tobacco user has—or hasn’t—engaged with the program.

Quit Medication

Using quitting medications can double the chances of quitting successfully. EX Coaches help people find the right medication to work for them.

We've helped over 2 million people who use tobacco build the skills and confidence for a successful quit.

Our unique combination of powerful digital tools integrated with the supportive accountability of expert coaches and a vibrant online community generates meaningful results for your organization.

How does EX Program stand out above other tobacco cessation programs?

  • Proven approach: Since 2008, we have partnered with the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, ensuring our program delivers the most effective evidence-based methods for quitting smoking, vaping, and nicotine use.
  • Innovative tobacco cessation treatment: Our program pioneers nicotine addiction treatment, leveraging advanced technology, data analytics, and insights into modern tobacco user behavior to drive significant outcomes.
  • Real-time performance insights: Real-time dashboards provide continuous visibility into program effectiveness.
  • Personalized expert support: Participants receive tailored quit tobacco plans, live chat coaching, access to an online support community, free cessation medications, and customized text messaging.
  • Strategic client support: Clients benefit from dedicated Client Success teams offering strategic advice on best practices for tobacco surcharges, policy implementation, and ongoing promotional strategies.

Member testimonials from EX Program's tobacco cessation solution

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Looking for individual quitting support?

If you’re looking for personalized support to quit smoking, vaping, or any type of tobacco, click “get quitting help now.”

Interested in adding a tobacco surcharge to incentivize users to sign up for your tobacco cessation program? Follow the 5-factor test.

To legally impose a higher premium for tobacco use, wellness programs must adhere to the following 5-factor test for a tobacco surcharge:

  1. Frequency of opportunity: The program must allow individuals eligible for tobacco cessation to qualify for the lower premium at least once annually.
  2. Size of reward: The premium difference cannot exceed 50% of the total cost of employee-only coverage under the plan, or if applicable, 50% of the total coverage cost for employees and dependents.
  3. Reasonable design: Tobacco cessation programs must be designed to promote health or prevent disease, offering reasonable assistance to tobacco users to improve their health.
  4. Uniform availability and alternative standards: Lower premiums must be available to all similarly situated individuals, with reasonable alternative standards provided for those for whom meeting initial requirements is unreasonably difficult due to medical reasons.
  5. Notice of alternative means: Plans must disclose in all materials the terms of tobacco cessation programs and the availability of a reasonable alternative standard.
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