These resources can provide you with more information, often for free, on how to quit smoking.
- Lahey Clinic Smoking Cessation Program (781-744-QUIT, www.lahey.org/smokingcessation)
At Lahey Clinic, we are committed to addressing the serious consequences of tobacco use. Our goal is to empower each individual to quit smoking by providing a tobacco-free campus as well as easy access to smoking cessation information and treatment. We offer smoking cessation counseling to patients admitted to the hospital. We also offer the American Lung Association's Freedom From SmokingŪ program.
- American Cancer Society (1-800-ACS-2345, www.cancer.org)
The American Cancer Society helps people learn about the dangers of smoking and the best ways to quit. It provides much information on smoking cessation, including a comprehensive guide to quitting available online and in print.
- Try-To-Stop Tobacco Resource Center (1-800-TRYTOSTOP, www.trytostop.org)
The Try-To-Stop Tobacco Resource Center offers services by phone and through an interactive Web site. 1-800-Try-To-Stop provides information, over-the-phone counseling (through American Cancer Society counselors) and referrals to local tobacco treatment centers for residents of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Trytostop.org offers expert advice, an interactive bulletin board and various quitting tools.
- American Lung Association (1-800-LUNGUSA, www.lungusa.org)
The American Lung Association has a wide range of information on smoking. It also helps smokers who want to quit through its Freedom From Smoking program. Through Freedom From Smoking Online (www.ffsonline.org), you can complete educational lessons on quitting at your own pace. You can also use online message boards to build a support system.
- National Cancer Institute (1-800-QUITNOW, www.smokefree.gov)
The National Cancer Institute's quit-smoking Web site walks you through the quitting process, provides many print resources, and offers instant messaging with a tobacco treatment specialist. The National Cancer
Institute also offers expert help by telephone.
- American Heart Association (1-800-AHA-USA1, www.americanheart.org)
The American Heart Association (AHA) helps people understand how smoking affects the heart. It also teaches smokers tips for quitting, including ways to handle slips and to avoid weight gain.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health (1-800-CDC-INFO, www.cdc.gov/tobacco)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides many quitting guides and tips. Its Web site also has a comprehensive listing of links to popular smoking cessation resources.
- Nicotine Anonymous (1-877-879-6422, www.nicotine-anonymous.org)
Nicotine Anonymous offers group support and recovery for people wanting to abstain from nicotine. It uses the 12 Steps as adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous.
Many towns also have different smoking cessation services. Contact your local town hall to learn whether information or programs to help you quit smoking are available.
