Tobacco Cessation Resources

Quit Smoking Products for Clinicians and Consumers

Tobacco Cessation Different people need different resources as they try to quit. The information and professional assistance available on the smokefree.gov Web site can help to support both immediate and long-term needs to become, and remain, a nonsmoker. This Web site was created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute, with important contributions from other nationally recognized agencies and organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cancer Society.

Health Promotion Materials from Journeyworks Publishing

Various brochures are available for purchase on tobacco cessation and prevention, focusing on teens and adults.

Free Tobacco Cessation Assistance
The quit line offers a one-on-one proactive counseling program for tobacco users ready to quit. A downloadable fact sheet containing information and frequently asked questions about the quit line is available. In addition, Medicaid recipients may be eligible for free nicotine replacement therapy products.
Kentucky QuitLine - 1.800.QUITNOW
(1.800.784.8669)

Kentucky's Local Tobacco Coordinators
Located in all health districts and departments throughout Kentucky, the coordinators are able to provide information about smoking related issues in their area. To locate the Tobacco Coordinator in your county, the counties they represent are listed under the district name

Smoke Free Paducah
The McCracken County Medical Association is seeking to ban smoking in indoor public places in the City of Paducah and McCracken County. The Committee for a Smoke-free Paducah supports the Society in this effort. A number of organizations have also given their support to the effort to make Paducah and McCracken County smoke-free.

Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy
Science-based strategies for advancing smoke-free policies in rural and urban communities across Kentucky.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
The NIDA is a part of the National Institues of Health, Department for Health and Human Services, and addresses the most fundamental and essential questions about drug abuse, including nicotine addiction.

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