Tobacco Cessation Services
Here are resources to help you quit tobacco. Two are state-funded and are at no or low cost. Privately-funded cessation centers are also listed, at no, low and/or regular cost.
New Jersey State Funded Cessation Services:
NJ
Quitline/(800) QUIT-NOW A service with educational materials and
coaches who can help you quit smoking or chewing tobacco. As of September
28, 2011, the free NJ Quitline phone services are available only to uninsured
and Medicaid residents. Click here
to print a referral form which can be filled out with NJ GASP as the provider
clinic name and then faxed to 1-800-483-3114. You can call the phone numbers
(866) 657-8677 or (800) 784-8669 for more information. Click the logo to
go to NJ Quitline's webpage. - Mom's
Quit Connection
Mom's Quit Connection (MCQ) is a free smoking cessation support program for pregnant women, and mothers, families and caregivers of young children who need help trying to quit.
Merle Weitz, 856-675-5322 mweitz@snjpc.org
Cathy Butler, 856-675-5289 cbutler@snjpc.org
The American Lung Association's annual "Helping Smokers Quit: Tobacco Cessation Coverage 2011" report documents the coverage of programs and treatments to help smokers quit available in each state and from the federal government. Unfortunately, New Jersey is listed as one of five states as the LEAST SUPPORTIVE for quitting tobacco.
If you are a non-smoker who has been exposed to secondhand smoke, you may be eligible for a free lung cancer screening as a participant in a study funded by FAMRI, the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute. Visit the I-ELCAP website to learn more about participation in the study.
Privately Funded Cessation Services Available in NJ:
- Atlantic
Health
Call 800-247-9580 or Lisa Picciuti, LCSW 973-971-7971, or go to the website, click on Classes and Screening and select "Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation" from the dropdown menu. Morristown Memorial Hospital, 100 Madison Avenue, Morristown, NJ.
Atlantic Health is also offering low-cost CT scans to help detect lung cancer. Open to persons age 45+ who are smokers or have had significant exposure to secondhand smoke. Read the press release. - American
Lung Association
Quit services offered by the American Lung Assocation can be found by clicking on the above link or by calling 800-586-4872. - HiTOPS,
Inc
iQuit! Program for 13 to 27 year olds through counseling and possible Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
Ivy Pearlstein 609-683-5155 x212 ivy@hitops.org - Saint
Barnabas Behavioral Health Center
Essex/Union: Dennis Lee (Tobacco Treatment Specialist)
973-926-7978 denlee@barnabashealth.org
Ocean/Monmouth: Helene Long, CTTS (Tobacco Treatment Specialist)
732-886-4149 hlong@barnabashealth.org - Shore
Memorial Hospital (Atlantic County)
609-653-3440, quitcenter@shorememorial.org
NOTE: This program is very affordable and open to anyone.
- Somerset
Medical Center (Somerset)
Dr. Chris Kotsen, 908-685-2442 ckotsen@somerset-healthcare.com -
UMDNJ Tobacco Dependence Program, School Of Public Health,
Dr. Michael Steinberg, 732-235-8222 clinic@tobaccoprogram.org
NOTE: This program services the community now as well as UMDNJ oncology patients.Learn about becoming a certified tobacco treatment specialist through the UMDNJ School of Public Health Tobacco Training Program.
Federal Smoking Cessation Websites
- For 2012, the FDA released a new webpage called, Resolve to be Tobacco Free in 2012. This webpage lists government resources to help people quit tobacco, including a website to help teens quit tobacco.
- Surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco has the latest information on how to quit from the Surgeon General's website which includes new, effective clinical treatments for tobacco dependence and the latest information to help people quit smoking.
- Smokefree.gov was created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute and is a collaborative site with other institutions. The site provides a step-by-step quit guide, tools for quitting, information on quitting and the ability to speak to a counselor. Go to women.smokefree.gov for helping women quit smoking.
- Quit Tobacco was created by the US Department of Defense and is focused on helping US military personnel.
Self magazine's November 2010 issue shares strategies on how to quit smoking, including a quit smoking contract to print, sign and share. Click here for the contract.
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