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Smoking Cessation Resources
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American Cancer Society Phone: 800-227-2345 American Cancer Society Guide to Quitting Smoking
American Lung Association Offers 24/7 free online cessation program Phone: 800-586-4872 American Lung Association
American Heart Association Phone: 800-242-8721 American Heart Association
MGH Community Health Associates “Pack It In” Tobacco Treatment, Outreach, and Referral Program Serving Everett, Charlestown and Revere residents Phone: 781-485-6210 MGH Community Health Associates
MGH Tobacco Treatment Service The Mass General Tobacco Treatment Service is a multi-disciplinary team of health professionals who specialize in helping smokers become nonsmokers. Offers low-cost, state-of-the-art tobacco treatment services to all Mass patients, employees, and other members of the community. Mass General Tobacco Treatment Service
Massachusetts Smokers Helpline Serving MA, RI, NH residents Phone: 800-TRY-TO-STOP (800-879-8678) Try to Stop
National Cancer Institute Phone: 800-QUITNOW (800-784-8669) Massachusetts State Health Department Monday-Thursday 9am-7pm, Friday 9-5pm English/Spanish counselors available. Interpreters available in many other languages. - Sign up for 5 quit smoking support phone calls Smokefree.gov
Nicotine Anonymous Nicotine Anonymous is a non-profit 12 step program helping those who would like to cease using tobacco and nicotine products in any form. Nicotine Anonymous
North Shore Medical Center “Quit and Quit for Good” – eight-week group-format program. Has a 62% success rate. (NSMC employees reimbursed full cost upon completion; 20% discount to family members who sign up at the same time.) Phone: 978-741-4151 NSMC Heart Center
Partners HealthCare Tobacco Treatment Resource Center Visit this site to find out what resources are available through Partners Hospitals for quitting smoking. Includes information on support groups, medications and much more! Partners HealthCare
Smokefree.gov Smokefree.gov allows you to chose the help that best fits your needs Smokefree.gov
Smoking and Tobacco Use U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control resources to quit smoking Quit Smoking
Tobacco free nurses This is the first national program focused on helping nurses to stop smoking. tobaccofreenurses.org
Women.smokefree.gov Women.smokefree.gov is intended to helpyou or someone you care about quit smoking and is designed to try to provide information about topics that are often important to women. women.smokefree.gov
Interactive Quit Smoking Resources:
Websites:
Make Smoking History Massachusetts Department of Health: Comprehensive tobacco treatment and information website. Successful quit stories, Support for Quitting, Second hand smoke, Smoke-free housing information, tobacco use statistics www.makesmokinghistory.org
Become an Ex Smoker Educational quit smoking resources. Create a home page and participate in an online quit smoking community. www.becomeanex.org
Center for Disease Control: Smoking and Tobacco Use Website www.cdc.gov/tobacco
National and International statistics, Quit Smoking Resources www.bphc.org
Boston Public Health Commission Website, Public Health resources and initiatives within the City of Boston www.bphc.org
Research Studies: North Shore Medical Center: Quit Smoking Research Study- Salem Area, (978) 745-4391 ext. 247
Individual Smoking Cessation Resources
Quit Smoking Groups
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For more information or to discuss healthy living concerns please contact Partners Employee Assistance Program at 1-866-724-4EAP.
In case of emergency, please call 911 or your local hospital emergency service.
This content was last modified on: 12/14/2011
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