Quit Smoking Online

Here you'll be able to find others who understand the addiction of smoking.  Here you will get the support and encouragement you need to help you quit.

Our best hope is that people will help themselves quit smoking, (and help others quit too!).  To start, if you need a few reasons to quit smoking, read our list.

Good News: Most smokers are either actively trying to quit or want to quit. Since 1965, more than 40 percent of all adults who have ever smoked have quit.

Bad News: Every day 3000 children start smoking cigarettes.

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FREE Smoking Cessation Counseling - The Town of Framingham offers FREE individual one-on-one cessation counseling.  One hour sessions may be scheduled during the day and typically meet weekly for six sessions.  Available to Framingham Residents and Town Employees. Registration is ongoing.

For more information, or to register for this no-cost Stop-Smoking Program, contact:

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"Freedom From Smoking" - The Town of Framingham offers FREE Smoking Cessation Classes at Metrowest Medical Center.  The class, "Freedom From Smoking" , was designed by the American Lung Association and is offered three times per year.  A seven week program which meets for eight 2-hour sessions.  The class is held three times per year and is available FREE to Framingham Residents and Town Employees.
For more information, or to register for this no-cost Stop-Smoking Program, contact:

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Help by phone:

• The American Cancer Society sponsors a "Smokers Quitline", it can be reached at-
  
  1-800-TRY-TO-STOP, (English)
  
  1-800-8-DEJA-LO, (Espanol), or
  
  1-800-TDD-1477 (TDD/Hearing Impaired)
  
  
• The National Cancer Institute can be reached at 1-800-4-CANCER.  Call and ask for support, a quit kit, or referral to local programs.
  
  

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Stop Smoking / Quit Tobacco Links:

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GetOutraged.com
Interesting web site created by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.   One section titled "Secrets" lists snippets of Tobacco Company memos, targeting smokers for prifits while knowing their products provide a lifetime of addiction, illness and death.

Nicotine Anonymous
Internet home of Nicotine Anonymous, a "12 Step" type program to help those who want to quit using nicotine.

American Lung Association
Information about lung cancer, emphysema, and other smoking related illness.   Stop smoking, nicotene replacement, teen smoking, women and smoking, and other smoking related issues.

American Heart Association
The Surgeon General's reports, tobacco industry info, and smoking-related stroke and heart disease info.

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), founded in 1967, is a national nonprofit legal action and educational organization fighting for the rights of nonsmokers against the many problems of smoking.

QuitNet.Org
The "QuitStop" is a discussion area where you can read and post messages about quitting smoking, tobacco news, Forums are the heart of this program of the Boston University School of Public Health, the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, (and others who provide funding).

Do you have other ideas for this page?   Know of any other smoking related web sites?   Please send an email to: info@framingham.com