Wellness Resources
- Tobacco Quitline 1-877-YES QUIT (1-877-937-7848); www.yesquit.com offers free and confidential phone counseling services and resources such as nicotine patches, gums, or lozenges.
- Nicotine Anonymous is a 12-step program to achieve abstinence from nicotine, offering group and Internet meetings and phone conferences. Request a free Starter Kit at 1-877-879-6422 or email info@nicotine-anonymous.org for local group meetings. Learn more at www.Nicotine-Anonymous.org.
- American Lung Association's Freedom from Smoking™ program includes eight weekly group classes, resources such as nicotine patches and gum, an online quit resource, and phone counseling. Learn more at www.LungUSA.org, or sign up for local classes at 512-467-6753.
- Seton Family of Hospitals is offering free tobacco cessation classes at locations throughout Travis County and resources such as nicotine patches, gum, and lozenges. Classes run in six-week sessions. Call 512-324-2762 to sign up or visit the Seton Tobacco Education Resource Center.
- American Cancer Society programs that smokers can participate in to help them stop smoking are Freshstart, a pragmatic approach to quitting smoking that focuses on active participation and group support, and Quit For Life, which provides evidence-based telephone and Web coaching to help tobacco users quit for good. The Quit For Life program is for serious quitters. After completing four telephone sessions, they get coupons for free patches. Booklets available are: Set Yourself Free: A Smoker's Guide, The Decision Is Yours, Living Smoke-free For You and Your Baby and The Smoke Around You.
For more tips or to find programs and materials that will help you stop smoking, visit the American Cancer Society’s website at www.cancer.org or call 1-800-227-2345.