Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Resources

QUIT KITS

Michigan Department of Community Health
1-800-537-5666 Free Smoker’s Quit Kit
1-800-480-QUIT Michigan Quitline

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

RESOURCES

American Cancer Society -- www.cancer.org
39425 Garfield
Suite 24
Clinton Township, MI 48038
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
1001 G Street, NW. Suite 800
Washington DC 20001
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/tobacco
Michigan Affiliate
25900 Greenfield
Suite #401
Oak Park, MI 48237
Phone: 248-784-2012
Fax: 248-784-2008

The American Lung Association of Michigan provides self-help materials at cost.

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
Main Center
4100 John R
Detroit, MI. 48201
Phone: 1-800-KARMANOS

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: 248-551-5000

Provides In-house stop-smoking classes.

Beaumont Hospital-Troy
www.beaumonthospitals.com
44201 Dequindre Rd.
Troy, MI. 48098
Phone: 248-828-5100

Provides a quit-smoking program.

C.A.R.E.
www.careofmacomb.com
31900 Utica
Fraser, MI. 48026
Phone: 586-541-0033 Ext. 221

Provides Adolescent Intervention Tobacco Information Class

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
www.tobaccofreekids.org
National Center www.kickbuttsday.org
1707 L Street, NW. Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 1-800-248-KIDS

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
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: 1-800-CDC-1311

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/nccdphp/dash
Division of Adolescent School Health (DASH)
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA. 30333
Phone: 1-800-231-6405

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.

Great Start: American Legacy Foundation
www.americanlegacy.org/greatstart
(Working with American Cancer Society)
1001 G Street, NW. Suite 800
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (866) 66-START – (866) 667-8278

The Great Start program is designed especially for PREGNANT women. FREE telephone counseling and support are available. This program enables caller to enroll in program 24 hours a day. Support materials are provided to caller. Counseling sessions (between 6 and 8) are prearranged at caller’s convenience.

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
1-248-547-2600

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 3500 smoke-free restaurants and eateries in the state of Michigan.

Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH)

Tobacco Section-Michigan Tobacco Control Program
3423 N. Martin L. King, Jr. Blvd.
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI. 48909
Phone: 517-335-8376
Michigan Quitline: 1-800-480-QUIT

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

Michigan Resource Center
www.michiganresourcecenter.org
111 W. Edgewood Blvd.
Suite 11
Lansing, MI. 48911
In Michigan – Phone: 1-800-626-4636
Out of State or Local – Phone: 1-517-882-9955
Email: info@michiganresourcecenter.org

A statewide resource center for alcohol, tobacco, and other drug information, health promotion and traffic safety education materials.

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: 415-750-0328

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

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.

Smoke-Free Families Program
www.smokefreefamilies.org
1-919-843-7663

A national program to identify and disseminate evidence-based approaches to improving smoking cessation rates during pregnancy. Supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

St. John Hospital and Medical Center
www.stjohn.org
Detroit Center
22101 Moross Rd.
Detroit, MI. 48236
Phone: 313-343-4000

Provides a hypnosis stop-smoking program and acupuncture.

St. John Hospital
www.stjohn.org
Macomb Center
11800 E. Twelve Mile Rd.
Warren, MI. 48093
Phone: 586-573-5000

Provides various smoking cessation resources, including hypnosis and Smoke-Free with Virtual Reality.

St. John Mercy Hospital
www.stjohn.org
15717 Fifteen Mile Rd.
Clinton Twp. MI. 48035
Phone: 586-263-2756

Tobacco Free Michigan (TFM)
www.tobaccofreemichigan.org

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.

Action alerts on important tobacco control issues and fast-breaking information online:
www.mich-alert@smokescreen.org
Register for alerts at www.smokescreen.org

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
9000 Rockville
Bethesda, MD. 20892
Phone: 301-496-4000
Discover how to improve eating habits and avoid weight gain when quitting smoking.

Last updated September, 2005