Smoking Cessation (Programs / Counseling)

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “Smoking cessation reduces risk for many adverse health effects, including poor reproductive health outcomes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cancer. Quitting smoking is also beneficial to those who have been diagnosed with heart disease and COPD.”

The goal of a smoking cessation program and/or counseling is to quit smoking. Healthcare professionals, smoking cessation therapists, behavioral therapists, medicines, and nicotine-containing products, such as nicotine patches, gum, lozenges, inhalers, and nasal sprays, may be used to help a person quit smoking.

For more information, please visit the CDC at www.cdc.gov/tobacco