Change your quit-vaping support person without forwarding your whole history

Identify what needs to continue

A supporter moving away, changing availability or stepping back can leave a practical role open. Write what the old agreement actually provided: company during one break, an occasional listening call, or a ride to a planned activity. Keep appreciation for the relationship separate from whether that particular task can continue.

Smokefree encourages specific requests about the kind and frequency of support. This handoff sheet is our own way to organize a change between peers; it is not a care-transfer protocol or a claim that a particular supporter arrangement improves quit rates. Professional care has its own process and should not be transferred through a friend’s summary.

National Cancer Institute — Smokefree.gov: Get Ready to Quit Vaping

Close the old role explicitly

Check for unfinished arrangements, such as a promised call or a shared outing. Ask whether they still stand. A message might be: “Thanks for our evening check-ins. From Friday I’m arranging them differently. Are we still meeting on Thursday, or should we cancel that plan?” This prevents an assumed ending from creating two different expectations.

Decide separately what the previous supporter may share. Their knowing your history does not automatically give permission to brief a new person. If they offer an introduction, specify whether you want only contact details passed on or a particular sentence about the request. Avoid forwarding messages that contain their private information as well as yours.

Give the new person a small starting brief

Prepare three lines: what you want help with now, when the help would be useful, and what you prefer to keep private. The new person does not need every past attempt before agreeing to listen. Ask whether the format fits them and leave room for a smaller offer or a refusal.

In an original hypothetical example, a sibling can no longer join a weekly walk. You ask a friend to meet after work on a day they are available. You explain that you want company, not questions about your streak. The friend accepts a particular meeting; they have not accepted permanent responsibility for your quitting or inherited every expectation placed on the sibling.

• Current role: the specific action you are asking for.
• Confirmed start: when the first agreed contact happens.
• Privacy: what can be shared, with whom, and for what purpose.

Check that there is no assumed coverage

Until the new arrangement is confirmed, keep a response you can initiate yourself. If the first contact falls through, review that event as a scheduling issue rather than deciding the handoff never mattered. Another willing person or a verified support service may be appropriate for an unresolved need.

After the first contact, ask whether the task and timing still make sense. Update the short agreement where you keep your plan, and remove the old person from active expectations without rewriting your history. This exercise cannot supply urgent help, resolve treatment questions or establish that peer support is enough. If those needs arise, contact the appropriate qualified service directly.