Resources to Help You Quit
Free Quit Smart Clinics for students, faculty and staff
To assist with the transition to a tobacco-free enviornment, the campus will offer free Quit Smart Clinics to any staff, faculty or students who wish to attend. This four-week program will teach you steps that will increase your chances of quitting and staying smoke-free.
July Clinics
Clinics will begin on Wednesday, July 18 and meet 4 times over 4 weeks:
- Wednesday July 18
- Thursday July 26
- Wednesday August 1
- Wednesday August 8
August Clinics
Clinics will begin on Wednesday, August 8 and meet 4 times over 4 weeks:
- Wednesday August 8
- Wednesday August 15
- Wednesday August 22
- Wednesday August 29
All clinics will be held in Hillside Hall Room 102 beginning promptly at 12:00 Noon for 1 hour.
If you wish to attend a Quit Smart Clinic, but these times
are not convenient, please let us know. The campus will
offer Quit Smart Clinics again in September of this year, and
will continue to do so as long as there is enough interest.
If you wish to attend a Quit Smart Clinic, please RSVP to hr@ius.edu or
you can call 941-2356 to reserve a place.
“Coping Kits” are Available
The Human Resources department has free “Coping Kits” to
help smokers make it through the day. Contact Human Resources for details.
For more help to quit now:
- Our Place is a
non-profit organization, whose mission is to provide education,
prevention and intervention services for individuals of all
ages, families, organizations, and communities who are presently
or potentially impacted by alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs
of abuse.
- Request a Quit Packet at www.WhiteLies.tv (Web
site in English and Spanish) or call toll-free-1-866-515-LIFE
(5433).
- The National Cancer Institute has a toll-free quitline in
English and Spanish. The toll-free number is 1-877-44U-QUIT
(7848) and it is available Monday-Friday, 9-4:30, local time.
- Go to http://www.smokefree.gov for
a great Web site sponsored by various government agencies.
Reasons to quit, how to prepare to quit, managing cravings,
determining your “triggers,” information about
various smoking cessation aids, a publication geared just for
African American smokers and more are offered at this site.
It also offers telephone counseling in both English and Spanish.
- There’s a great site especially for college students
at http://www.tobaccofreeu.org/.
- The American Lung Association, whose Web site is in both
English and Spanish, has an online smoking cessation program
called “Freedom from Smoking” that can be accessed
by going to http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco.
The site also has great information on steps to take when you’re
planning to quit.
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has information
on five keys to quitting and much more. Visit http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/tobacco/quits.htm.
- Women who are pregnant and quit smoking are more likely to
go full-term and give their babies more oxygen and a chance
to have good lung function and normal birth weight. After birth,
smoking cessation means that you lower the baby’s chances
of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and lung-related infections.
If you are looking for specific information about pregnancy
and smoking, go to http://www.americanlegacy.org/greatstart, http://www.helppregnantsmokersquit.org or
call toll-free1-866-66-START (78278).
- Your personal primary care physician can also assist you in quitting.
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