Free tobacco quit kits available to local residents

 In recognition of New Year’s resolutions to give up tobacco products, Free People from Tobacco is offering free New Year’s quit kits as well as encouraging people who use tobacco to contact their physician for counseling.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), counseling smokers to quit is ranked as one of the most cost effective and clinically preventable burdens of disease and injury, second only to vaccinating children. 

The Public Health Service’s clinical practice guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, contains evidence-based information about pharmacotherapies, behavioral therapies, and counseling—including telephone counseling—that can help patients quit.

The holiday quit kits include everything you will need to start to journey to becoming tobacco-free for 2014.

“The holidays can be a stressful time, but tobacco use doesn’t have to be a part of them,” said Brandy Powers, Tobacco Prevention Specialist for Free People from Tobacco. She added, “These materials can be given to a friend or family member as a gift of support for a New Year’s resolution. After all, New Year’s Day is the single largest day for giving up unhealthy habits.”

For more information, please call Brandy at 712-246-2332. Free People from Tobacco serve individuals in Fremont, Montgomery, Page, and Taylor Counties. 

Anyone interested can also call 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) or access CDC’s Smoking and Tobacco Use website at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ for tips on how to quit smoking.