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MARYLAND
CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT
(State Smoking Ban)
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Operation Enduring
Freedom and/or Iraqi Freedom returnees
Returning active duty, National Guard and
Reserve service members
Click
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Veterans Affairs website regarding "Seamless
Transition" - benefits, transition assistance and
medical assistance.
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SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM The Department of Health
- Charles County offers a free 10-week smoking
cessation program, using the nicotine patch. Individual
counseling to quit smoking is also available. Please call to
schedule an individual consultation or reserve a space in the
program. For more information, call the Department of Health -
Charles County, Health Promotion Division at (301) 609-6935.
GETTING
STARTED with the Department of Health's Stop Smoking
Program.
OUR 10 WEEK PROGRAM
Week
Topic
1 Class goals and expectations.
Preparing to quit.
Nicotine addiction.
2
The decision making process.
Smoking and health.
Positive reasons and rewards.
Stress management.
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QUIT DAY! Receive patches.
Practice stress management.
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Recovery process.
Benefits of tobacco cessation.
5
Fitness and exercise.
6
Weight control and nutrition.
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Relapse prevention.
8
Respiratory Issues
Relapse prevention
9
Resisting tobacco marketing
Evaluation
10
Graduation and Celebration!
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ADDITIONAL HELP
To order a Quit Kit
Call 301-609-6935
Quitting Tips
Centers
for Disease Control
From the Surgeon General
American Cancer Society
MARYLAND STOP-SMOKING
HOTLINE
1-800-QUIT-NOW
Offers information, literature, support and "quit coaches."
Available 8:00am until midnight.
Helpful Links:
Anti-smoking.org
Centers for Disease Control
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
On-line Guides
to Quitting
American Lung Association
Freedom From Smoking
Smokefree.gov
Quit
Smoking Now
HELPING OTHERS
Want to help a friend or loved one to stop smoking?
Download our Smoking
Referral Form and send it or fax it to us at
301-609-6937 and one of our smoking cessation counselors will
contact the smoker and provide assistance.
Tobacco
Information
for
Kids
Tips 4 Youth - From CDC
Tobacco Free
Kids
It's My
Life - from PBS
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