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The following sources provide information about community tobacco cessation programs. Additionally, your local or county government section in the phone book (blue pages) has phone numbers for health agencies. Information to help smokers who want to quit is also available through community hospitals, the yellow pages (under "drug abuse and addiction"), public libraries, health maintenance organizations, health fairs, and community help lines.
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Health and Welfare Building
7th & Forster Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Main line: 1-877-PA-HEALTH (877-724-3258) for more information
Free Quit line: 1-800-QUIT-NOW for tips, information and help quitting tobacco use
www.state.pa.us Keyword: Health (for PA Dept. of Health home page)
www.WhereIsPete.org (for smokeless tobacco information)
The Pennsylvania Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control is a division within the Pennsylvania Department of Health responsible for leading and coordinating strategic efforts aimed at preventing tobacco use among youth, promoting smoking cessation among youth and adults, protecting nonsmokers from environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and eliminating tobacco-related health disparities.
Wyoming Through With Chew
Box 2631
Jackson, WY 83001
Fax: 801-582-0244
throughwithchew@yahoo.com
http://www.throughwithchew.com
ThroughWithChew.com is a resource for all tobacco prevention professionals. We seek to share our experiences and materials which we developed while establishing successful spit tobacco prevention programs for Teton County and throughout Wyoming.
PA BUSTED!
Clarion University Health Science Education Center
330 Main Street
Clarion, PA 16214
814-227-1901
http://www.pabusted.com
PA BUSTED! This organization exists to help teens live tobacco free lives by taking steps to stop the manipulation of Big Tobacco on today's youth. PA BUSTED! is a statewide organization made up of students, adults and teachers devoted to helping teens live healthy, tobacco free lives.
National Spit Tobacco Education Program
Oral Health America
Suite 352
410 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312-836-9900
http://www.nstep.org
The mission of the National Spit Tobacco Education Program (NSTEP) is to prevent people, especially young people, from starting to use tobacco and to help users to quit. NSTEP offers information and materials on spit tobacco use, prevention and cessation.
National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
One NOHIC Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3500
301-402-7364
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/SpecailCareResources
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research's National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse offers educational booklets that discuss spit tobacco use in a colorful and graphic format. These booklets are designed specifically for young men who have decided to quit or are thinking about it.
The Office on Smoking and Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mail Stop K-50
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
1-800-CDC-1311 (1-800-232-1311)
tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office on Smoking and Health distributes a brochure for teens who are trying to quit cigarettes or smokeless tobacco. The Office also maintains a database of smoking and health-related materials.
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE.
Atlanta, GA 30329
1-800-ACS-2345 (1-800-227-2345)
http://www.cancer.org
The American Cancer Society publishes a series of pamphlets with helpful tips and techniques for smokeless tobacco users who want to quit.
American Academy of Family Physicians
11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
Leawood, KS 66211-2672
email@familydoctor.org
http://familydoctor.org
The American Academy of Family Physicians has a fact sheet with information on how to quit using smokeless tobacco. The fact sheet is available at http://familydoctor.org/handouts/177.html.
