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It's Quitting Time!
According to the federal Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, responsible for 443,000 deaths annually. An estimated 49,000 deaths are the result of secondhand smoke exposure. In Anne Arundel County, about 1 in 5 adults and teens smokes. No wonder lung cancer is the county's leading cancer killer.
What can you do to quit or help someone you know quit smoking?
- Order or download a FREE Quit Smoking Kit or call the Learn To Live Line at 410-222-7979 for information on any of the following resources.
- Sign up for a quit-smoking class. People 18 or older, who live, work or attend school in Anne Arundel County, can get free help to quit smoking. The following programs offer free counseling and quit smoking aids. You must attend counseling sessions to receive quit smoking aids.
- Order or download FREE quit smoking referral cards. Distribute them in your community to encourage people to seek more information about our quit smoking classes and information.
Anne Arundel Medical Center
2002 Medical Parkway
Sajak Pavilion
Annapolis, MD 21401
Pre-registration is required.
Call to register or for more information, 443-481-4000 or 1-800-MD-NURSE
Baltimore Washington Medical Center
301 Hospital Drive
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Pre-registration is required.
Call to register or for more information, 410-553-8129 or 410-787-4367
Harbor Hospital LifeResource Center
2990 South Hanover Street
Baltimore, MD 21225
Pre-registration is required.
Call to register or for more information, 410-350-8255 or 410-350-2563
Current enrollment is being accepted for the following class:
- Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Owensville Primary Care
134 Owensville Primary Care
West River, MD 20778
Pre-registration is required.
Call to register or for more information, 410-867-4700
For more resources: Call the Maryland Tobacco Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. Provides FREE quit smoking counseling sessions on the telephone and nicotine replacement therapy by mail. Support is available in English and Spanish.
Help kids say no to tobacco. It's vital to teach kids early to avoid cigarettes and chewing tobacco. The Learn To Live campaign's Smoking Stinks! program offers free materials such as posters, stickers and education booklets, plus speakers for youth and adult groups. For parents, the Smoke-Free Kids Activity Kit, gives you tips on raising smoke-free kids. For teens who already smoke, checkout out the interactive online Quit Smoking Kit that can help them stop smoking on their own.
Save Yourself and Your Family from Secondhand Smoke! Secondhand smoke is harmful to your family and is associated with several illnesses. Learn six ways to protect your family today order or download a Free copy of Save Yourself and Your Family from Secondhand Smoke.
The Roadmap to Quitting workbook can be viewed and printed as a pdf document. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system to view the documents. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat
Reader click here to download.
Hot Links!
View these Web sites for more information about smoking cessation.
Smokers and Asthmatics 19-64 Years Old, Get Immunized Against Pneumococcal Disease. See: www.aahealth.org/App_pdfs/ImmunizeforLife.pdf
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Updated: 5.19.10
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