National Cancer Institute
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www.cancer.govThe National Cancer Institute (NCI) website provides two key tools to help you quit smoking: LiveHelp, an online text messaging service, and the toll-free number to NCI's Smoking Quitline LiveHelp offers you live, online assistance from information specialists who provide cancer information and can help you navigate the CNI website. Click on the LiveHelp link, Monday through Friday.
NCI's Smoking QuitLine also is staffed by specialists who can help you quit smoking. Call 1-877-44U-Quit (1-877-448-7848), Monday through Friday.
Cancer Information Service
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www.cis.nci.nih.govNCI's Cancer Information Service provides accurate, up-to-date information on cancer. Information specialists can help you quit smoking and explain the latest cancer information in easy-to-understand English or Spanish. Call 1-800-4-Cancer (1-800-422-6237); TTY, 1-800-332-8615.
American Cancer Society
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www.cancer.orgThe American Cancer Society (ACS) has volunteers and offices all over the country. ACS can help you learn about the health hazards of smoking and how to become an ex-smoker. Its programs include the Great American Smokeout each November. ACS also has many booklets and other information to help you quit. Check online or call 1–800–ACS–2345 (1–800–227–2345) to find your local office or for more information.
American Heart Association
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www.americanheart.orgThe American Heart Association (AHA) has thousands of volunteers and 130,000 members—doctors, scientists, and others—in 55 state and regional groups. AHA offers books, tapes, and videos on how smoking affects the heart. It also has a guidebook on weight control in quit-smoking programs. Check online or call 1–800–AHA–USA1 (1–800–242–8721) to find your local office or for more information.
American Legacy Foundation
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www.americanlegacy.orgThe American Legacy Foundation
® develops programs that address the health effects of tobacco use. Through grants, training, partnerships, and grassroots marketing, the Foundation aims to help young people reject tobacco and give everyone access to tobacco prevention and cessation services. Vulnerable populations are a key focus. Check online for more information.
American Lung Association
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www.lungusa.orgThe American Lung Association (ALA) helps smokers who want to quit through its Freedom From Smoking
® self-help quit-smoking program. ALA actively supports laws and information campaigns for nonsmoker's rights. It also provides public information programs on the health effects of smoking. Check online or call 1–800–LUNG–USA (1–800–586–4872) to find your local office or for more information.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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www.cdc.gov/tobacco/osh/ The Office on Smoking and Health, a program office within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), funds booklets on smoking topics such as relapse, helping a friend or family member quit smoking, the health hazards of smoking, and the effects of parental smoking on teenagers. Check online or call 1–800–CDC–INFO (1–800–232–4636) for more information.