Several options are available to help tobacco users quit. Healthcare Provider Training utilizing the most current research is available to area healthcare providers.

Tobacco Implications and Therapeutic Interventions For Your Patients (pdf document)

Brochure for 6/24/08 event

Quitline:

The Washington State Tobacco Quitline provides free,  confidential and individual attention by trained experts.  In addition to providing counseling and support,  quit coaches offer callers strategies to succeed in quitting,  information on insurance benefits and referrals to local resources.  Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is offered free to qualifying callers.  Research shows that tobacco users who receive Quitline support improve their chance of success by nearly 20 %.

FREEDOM FROM SMOKING classes:

 "Freedom From Smoking"  is a tobacco cessation program from the American Lung Association classes are offered for a minimal charge to anyone who wants to quit tobacco use.  Classes are coordinated through Community Health Education and Resources. Classes are offered locally.

Classes are six sessions long . Topics include:

• Building motivation to quit

• Creating a plan of action

• Setting a date to quit

• Coping with withdrawal symptoms

• Preventing relapse

• Maintaining a tobacco-free life