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How has your community helped smokers quit?

One of the themes for National Public Health Week was smoking cessation. What programs has your community started to help smokers quit? What tools have you used?

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Permalink Reply by POW'R Tobacco Cessation Center on July 11, 2012 at 12:51pm

As part of National Public Health Week and beyond, POW'R Tobacco Cessation Center launched a social media outreach campaign, "Help Your Patients Stop Smoking", to connect with New York healthcare providers as well as tobacco users outside the healthcare facility. (http://www.powrcessationcenter.org/ClientUpload/DocumentsClientUplo... )

We've also raised awareness of our programs and services through increased outreach:

For healthcare providers: on-site training using clinical practice guidelines, tobacco cessation materials for patients, additional education and credit opportunities, assistance on becoming a Tobacco-Free facility or campus, assistance referring patients to Quitline and other programs.

For tobacco users: resources and materials to assist in tobacco cessation, information of treatment options and and Medicaid coverage, outreach support and referral to quit programs.

And we've hosted a number of statewide educational sessions and workshops, to learn more about specific areas of tobacco cessation and intervention (http://www.powrcessationcenter.org/Pages/Tobacco_Cessation_Educatio...)