Community Health Promotion
Upper Peninsula Quit Smoking Resources
Free Quit Smoking Counseling for Delta County Pregnant Moms
Pregnant moms in Delta County who need help to quit smoking can now receive free counseling, thanks to a grant received from Great Parents, Great Start of the Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District and the Delta-Schoolcraft Great Start Collaborative. Any pregnant smoker living in Delta County is eligible to receive free individualized counseling with a trained American Lung Association Freedom From Smoking® certified cessation counselor. Pregnant women enrolled in "A Great Smoke Free Start" will receive a Quit Workbook, support materials, a personalized Quit Plan, and incentives such as nicotine replacement products, gift cards, and group exercise class enrollment.
Contact Kim Harris at 789-8105, or kharris@phdm.org
Quit Smoking Kits
This kit can help you learn how to get ready to stop using tobacco, develop strategies to help conquer cravings and triggers and prevent relapse once you have quit. Call Kim at (906)789-8105 to receive a FREE Quit Kit. You can also print a Quit Kit from The Michigan Department of Community Health at www.michigan.gov/tobacco.
Tobacco Quit Lines
Help with quitting is just a phone call away.
Michigan Tobacco Quit Line
Must have Medicaid, medicare, or be uninsured
Cessation services, a personal health coach, and participant toolkits to help tobacco users gain confidence and motivation they need to quit for good.
1-800-480-7848
National Network of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines
1-800-QUITNOW (1-800-784-8669) / TTY 1-800-332-8615
American Lung Association Lung HelpLine
Direct 1-866-784-8937
M-F 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. EST
Staffed by Registered Nurses and Registered Respiratory Therapists. Areas of expertise include: Education, Smoking Cessation, Respiratory Therapy, Lung Disease, Nursing, Physician Referral, Respiratory Home Care, Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult Intensive Care, Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurannce, Medication Counseling, Patient Advocacy, Health Care Insurance, and Nursing Case Management. Callers are encouraged to call back for further assistance on time per week.
American Lung Association
1-866-784-8937
Telephone referral and cessation advice
National Cancer Institute Smoking Quit Line
1-877-44U-QUIT (1-877-448-7848)
M-F 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. local time
Smoking cessation counselors are available for help quitting and answers to smoking-related questions.They send a Quit Kit as well.
American Legacy Foundation
1-866-66-START
Free counseling to pregnant smokers.
Online Resources
Recommended from the Michigan Department of Community Health
www.cancer.org
The American Cancer Society offers printed material and sponsors the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday in November. Also call 1-800-227-2345.
www.americanheart.org
The American Heart Association offers printed material. Also call 1-800-242-8721.
www.lungusa.org
The American Lung Association offers quit smoking classes, printed material, and a cessation website. Also call 1-800-586-4872. Telephone referral and cessation advice is available by calling 1-866-784-8937.
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/smoking
The National Partnership to help Pregnant Smokers Quit offers prenatal cessation resources.
www.helppregnantsmokersquit.org
The National Partnership to help Pregnant Smokers Quit offers prenatal cessation resources.
www.nicotine-anonymous.org
Nicotine Anonymous. Also call 415-750-0328.
www.quitnet.com
QuitNet Online Smoking Cessation.
www.trytostop.org
Try to Stop: A website offering an online quit smoking program called Quit Wizard.
www.becomeanex.org
BecomeanEX: A website offering an online quit smoking program.
www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco
U.S. Public Health Service offers a free booklet, You Can Quit Smoking Now! Call 1-800-QUITNOW.
