How Your Local Tobacco Cessation Center Can Help
New York State's 19 Tobacco Cessation Centers were established to work with health care organizations and primary care providers to implement systems to screen patients for tobacco use and prompt providers to offer advice and assistance to quit.
These free services include:
- On-site staff training (individual or group) on topics such as:
- How to talk to patients about quitting smoking
- Effective motivational counseling techniques
- How to improve office practices to promote patient cessation success
- Pharmacotherapy treatments for tobacco dependence
- Patient education materials on a variety of topics related to smoking cessation
- Information on local cessation programs and referrals to additional patient resources including the New York State Smokers' Quitline
- Assistance using the Fax-to-Quit program
- Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (depending upon availability)
Click here to find the Cessation Center nearest you to request free services or materials.
