Resources
Group and One-On-One Counseling
Smoking Cessation Providers in your area
Quit Smoking Materials
Guide to Quitting Smoking, American Cancer Society
How To Quit - Make a Plan, American Cancer Society
Help for Cravings, American Cancer Society
Tobacco Use in the African American Community, a faith-based tobacco control program for African American smokers.
Pathways to Freedom: Winning the Fight Against Tobacco, developed with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the African American smokers, friends and family and community leaders.
Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users (PDF), brochure with helpful tips for those who plan to quit smoking.
I QUIT!: What to Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing, or Dipping, a guide for teens: quitting cigarettes or smokelesss tobacco, nicotine withdrawal and situations that may lead to relapse.
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: A Clinical Practice Guideline, 2008 Update, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Services. Includes new, effective clinical treatments for tobacco dependence for health professionals' use.
American Legacy Foundation, for quit plan materials and media campaigns against tobacco use.
Smokefree.gov, for science-driven tools, information and support that have been effective in quitting smoking, by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and its partners.
QuitNet, offers smokers an on-line support, community forums moderated by counselors and individually tailored advice.
Organizations
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), (202) 659-4310 http://ash.org/
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), 1-800-358-9295 http://www.ahrq.gov (For Tobacco) http://www.ahrq.gov/az/t.htm
American Cancer Society (ACS), Toll-free: 1-800-ACS-2345 http://www.cancer.org/
American Heart Association (AHA), Toll-free: 1-800-AHA-USA1 www.americanheart.org
American Lung Association (ALA), Toll-free: 1-800-LUNG-USA www.lungusa.org
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, (202) 296-5469 http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Toll-free: 1-800-CDC-INFO www.cdc.gov/tobacco
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), (202) 272-0167 www.epa.gov/smokefree
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Toll-free: 1-800-4-CANCER www.cancer.gov
Office on Smoking and Health, Toll-free: 1-800-CDC-1311 http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
Tobacco-Free Initiative (World Health Organization), +41 22 791 4426 (Switzerland) Fax: +41 22 791 4832 E-mail: tfi@sho.int; http://www.who.int/tobacco/about/en/index.html
Search Library
CDC Smoking & Health Resource Library, http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/shrl/quickSearch.aspx
Links to other organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by the PA Health Department or the State Government, and none should be inferred. The PA Health Department is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.
