New Jersey QuitNet: An online resource that provides comprehensive, individually tailored smoking treatment service, available 24 hours a day. Other smoking cessation programs are also listed on this site. www.nj.quitnet.com
New Jersey Quitline: 1-866-NJ-STOPS (1-866-657-8677)
The statewide telephone helpline offers FREE one-on-one counseling for smoking cessation. Provide information, advice and support, creation of a personal program of smoking cessation.
Times/Days:
8:00 am - 8:00 pm on Mon - Fri.;
11:00 am - 5:00 pm on Sat.
Websites
American Legacy Foundation: Provides teens the facts about the health effects, social costs and addictiveness of tobacco so they can make informed decisions about tobacco use.www.americanlegacy.org, www.learntoquit.org
American Lung Association: offers free online smoking cessation program including written guide, audiocassette program, online programs, and local group clinic information. http://www.lungusa.org/
Aspire: A website based on school anti-smoking curriculum. Provides an interactive experience to encourage adolescents to keep away from smoking as well as quitting. www.mdanderson.org/aspireonline
New York QuitNet: The New York State Smokers' Quitline website. Offers materials and support for smokers, former smokers, teens, and health professionals. http://www.nysmokefree.com/newweb/default.aspx
QuitNet: Launched in 1995, QuitNet is the Web's original quit smoking site. http://www.quitnet.com/
SmokeClinic: SmokeClinic is a privately held corporation that provides online support for quitting smoking. They have an ongoing partnership with Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital and have been funded by the American Legacy Foundation, National Institute on Drug Abuse, the State of New York, New York Presbyterian Hospital and private sources. Cost depends on service used; fees range from $40 to $70. www.smokeclinic.com
Tobacco Free Nurses: is an extension of QuitNet geared towards helping nurses and student nurses to quit smoking. www.tobaccofreenurses.org
American Cancer Society: National – 1-800-227-2345
Bergen County Unit (Hackensack) – 201-343-2222
The ACS offers information on local cessation programs and provides smoking cessation literature.
"Twenty-one Days to Stop Smoking" audiotape: provides tools to help smokers identify and conquer obstacles that stand in the way of quitting for good. Offered through the American Cancer Society. To order, call Quality Books at 800-556-9444 and request item #100.
American Heart Association: Provides materials on smoking and cardiovascular disease, and resources and tools for quitting smoking.
Northern New Jersey – 732-821-2610
National – 1-800-AHA-USA-1 (1-800-242-8721)
American Lung Association: Provides materials on quitting smoking and Freedom from Smoking self-help smoking cessation program.
National Headquarters – 212-315-8700
ALA of New Jersey – 908-687-9340
To find the ALA nearest you, call 1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872).
To speak to a lung health professional, call the ALA Lung Help Line at 1-800-548-8252.
National Cancer Institute: Provides a Smoking Quitline staffed by specialists to help you quit smoking and up-to-date information on cancer.
1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
1-877-448-7848 (1-877-44U-QUIT)
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: 3-1-1
To promote cessation, the citywide department is offering 45,000 free nicotine replacement therapy courses (or “patch kits”) to qualifying New York City residents 18 and over who smoke.
New York State Smokers’ Quitline: A free and confidential service that provides New Yorkers telephone counseling, stop smoking materials and referrals to local stop smoking programs.
1-866-NY QUITS (1-866-697-8487)
