Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Resources

QUIT KITS

Michigan Department of Community Health
1-800-537-5666 Free Smoker’s Quit Kit
1-800-QUIT-NOW Michigan Quitline

Michigan Provider's Tobacco Cessation Tool Kit
www.michigancancer.org/WhatWeDo/tob-providerstoolkit.cfm

RESOURCES

American Cancer Society -- www.cancer.org
Metro Detroit Area Service Center
20450 Civic Center Drive
Southfield, MI 48076
Local Cancer Info Call Center: 1-800-925-2271
National Cancer Info Call Center: 1-800-ACS-2345 (1-800-227-2345)

The ACS offers community referral information, phone consultation, information regarding nicotine replacement and prescription therapies, and self-help materials. This is a free service.

American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
Southfield Office
24445 Northwestern Highway
Suite 100
Southfield, MI. 48075-2436
Phone: 1-800-AHA-USA1

The largest voluntary health organization fighting heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases—the nation’s number one cause of death—which kill about 950,000 Americans annually.

American Legacy Foundation
www.americanlegacy.org
1724 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington DC 20036
Phone: 1-800-4-A-LEGAC

MISSION: Building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit.

American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org
Michigan Affiliate
25900 Greenfield
Suite #401
Oak Park, MI 48237
Phone: 1-800-LUNG-USA
Local Phone: 248-784-2012
Fax: 248-784-2008

The American Lung Association of Michigan provides self-help materials at cost, as well as the Freedom from Smoking program.

Americans for Non-Smokers Rights
www.no-smoke.org
2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite J
Berkeley, CA. 94702
Phone: 510-841-3032

Provides clean indoor air and secondhand smoke materials, including sample clean indoor air policies and the “Teens Take Action Guidebook.”

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
www.karmanos.org
New Center One
3031 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI. 48202
Phone: 1-800-KARMANOS
Email: communityed@karmanos.org

Offers a variety of programs in quitting smoking.

Beal Library
www.misd.net
44001 Garfield
Clinton Twp., MI. 48038
Phone: 586-228-3400
Fax: 586-286-1523

A resource center for educators.

Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak
www.beaumonthospitals.com
3601 West 13 Mile Rd.
Royal Oak, MI. 48073
Phone: 248-898-5000

Provides In-house stop-smoking classes.

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
www.tobaccofreekids.org
www.kickbuttsday.org
National Center
1400 Eye Street, Ste. 1200
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 296-5469
Email: info@tobaccofreekids.org

Fighting to free America’s youth from tobacco and to create a healthier environment. The Campaign is one of the nation’s largest non-governmental initiatives ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/tobacco
Tobacco Information and Prevention Sources
(TIPS)
Office on Smoking and Health
4770 Buford Hwy., MS K-50
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO
Email: tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov

The CDC’s tobacco website affords access to national cessation materials and tobacco information. Includes a variety of tobacco-related information, resources, and media materials.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/tobacco
Division of Adolescent School Health (DASH)
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA. 30333
Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO
Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov

For information on CDC guidelines for School Health Programs Preventing Tobacco Use and Addiction, surveillance and evaluation tools, as well as school health data (YRBS), programs, and policies.

Freedom from Smoking Online
www.ffsonline.org
A FREE eight-week online tobacco cessation program. Available 7 days a week/24 hours a day.

GlaxoSmithKline
www.way2quit.com
Phone: 1-877-NO-ASHES

Health Insurance Provider Coverage – Call the Number on Your Insurance Card.

Many health insurance providers will assist patients trying to quit smoking. Call the number on your insurance card and ask what smoking cessation medications and therapies are covered. Some offer telephone support, and some will allow for over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies when prescribed by your doctor. Coverage varies by plan.

Macomb County Prevention Coalition
www.mcpcweb.org
c/o Macomb Family Services, Inc.
36975 Utica Road, Suite 100
Clinton Twp., MI 48036
Phone: (586) 226-3440
Fax: (586) 226-8810
Email: info@mcpcweb.org

Mission: To unite law enforcement, education and community leaders in a partnership to ensure safe, drug-free environments for youth. MCPC serves as an umbrella organization for ten local community coalitions, representing every municipality in Macomb County.

March of Dimes
www.modimes.org
Metro Detroit Chapter
27600 Northwestern Highway
Suite 150
Southfield, MI. 48034
Phone: 248-359-1550

Find out about the risks to your unborn baby caused by smoking during pregnancy.

Michigan Citizens for Smoke-Free Air (MCSFA) -- www.smokefreemichigan.org
P.O. Box 69042
Pleasant Ridge, MI. 48069
Phone: 1-248-547-2600
Email: mcsfa@comcast.net

MCSFA is a grassroots statewide organization working for smoke-free environments wherever the public gathers. They are also publishers of the Dining Smoke-Free in Michigan, a 128 page book featuring over 5,000 smoke-free restaurants and eateries in the state of Michigan.

Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) www.michigan.gov/tobacco
Online Training Resources for Professionals
Tobacco Section-Michigan Tobacco Control Program
109 W. Michigan Ave.
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI. 48909
Phone: 517-335-8376
Michigan Quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW

For tobacco-related questions and requests for information and resources.

National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation
www.becomeanex.org

Re-learn life without cigarettes.

The National Women’s Health Information Center
http://4woman.org/QuitSmoking/index.cfm
8550 Arlington Blvd.
Fairfax, Virginia 22031
Phone: 1-800-994-9662

Education and information on many women’s health topics including the importance of quitting smoking.

Nicotine Anonymous
www.nicotine-anonymous.org
419 Main St.
PMB # 370
Hunington Beach, CA. 92648
Phone: 1-877-879-6422
Email: info@nicotine-anonymous.org

The Nicotine Anonymous website provides program information, support and literature, and available meeting schedules and locations.

Quit Net
www.quitnet.com
The Quit Net site offers cessation information and support chat room.

Smoke-Free Environments Law Project
www.tcsg.org
2307 Shelby Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI. 48103
Phone: 734-665-1126
Email: sfelp@tcsg.org

The Smoke-Free Environments Law Project (SFELP) is a statewide project which provides information, consultation and advice for businesses, local units of government, and individuals in Michigan on policies and practices to protect employees and the general public from the harmful effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and to address the legal requirements and liability issues related to ETS.

Tobacco Free Michigan (TFM)
www.tobaccofreemichigan.org
P.O. Box 10231
Lansing, MI 48901
Email: tobaccofreemi@aol.com

Tobacco-Free Michigan is an independent, non-profit organization. It is a grassroots organization dedicated to promoting tobacco-free environments and to improving health and quality of life through advocacy and education. TFM’s vision is to create a tobacco-free culture.

Email contact tfmacmi@aol.com

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.smokefree.gov
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 1-800-QUITNOW
New initiatives to help Americans quit smoking include a national quitline (1-800-QUITNOW) that put users in touch with programs that can help them give up tobacco. In addition, a new HHS website (www.smokefree.gov) offers online advice and downloadable information to make cessation easier.

Weight-control Information Network,
National Institute of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney Diseases,
National Institute of Health
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/quitsmok/index.htm
1 Win Way
Bethesda, MD. 20892
Phone: 1-877-946-4627
Discover how to improve eating habits and avoid weight gain when quitting smoking.

Last updated July 2009