Current Resources for Smoking Cessation Counseling,  Treatment, Advocacy

  Available to

New: Quit Smoking Program at ECU Family Medicine

Terry Icard, Physician Extender, ECU Family Medicine Center, is offering a 4 week smoking group cessation program for employees, patients or anyone in the community who want to quit smoking. It will be held Wednesday afternoons 1:30 – 3:30 in the Family Medicine Classroom from March 11th – April 1st, 2009.

ECU Human Resources has approved the release of employees to have total 2 hours away from work during each of the 4 weeks to attend the sessions, with the permission of their supervisor or manager. Ms. Icard has many years of experience in helping smokers to quit and with the use of medications to support cessation.

Call 746-4611 to sign up or inquire about next session.

New: Fresh Air Clinic

Family Medicine Center - The clinic will be held in the Family Medicine Classroom from April 22nd – May 13th, 2009 from 1:30 - 2:30. 

Call 744-4611 to sign up.

Students

√

Employees

√

Quitline   NC 1-800-QUIT-NOW or www.quitlinenc.com telephone     support line

√

√

Health Smart, NC State Health Plan http://statehealthplan.state.nc/us 

Personal  counseling and/or telephone support.   No co-pay on OTC generic nicotine patches 1-800-336-5933

√

Campus Wellness      328-5172

·         Smoke-free ECU Coalition

·         Ellen Hanley,  Education Director

·         Group presentations upon request  

·         Healthy Lifestyles Network, Wellness Calendar of events

·         Great American Smoke-Out

√

√

Student Health Services 328-6841

Counseling and  pharmacologic support for cessation

√

Deer Oaks Employee Assistance Program

·         Smoking  cessation seminars, counseling

·         Breathe Life  Program

·         http://www.helpguide.org/mental/quit_smoking_cessation.htm

·         1-877-327-7658

√

ECU Physicians

√

√

√

√