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Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department

 
 

Public Health - Prevent. Promote. Protect.
 

 Stepping Away from Chew

Stepping Away from Chew is a program designed to assist those who are interested in giving up their chewing tobacco risky behavior. The program is complete with Quit Spit Kits, information on the latest prescription medications, facts on the ill effects of tobacco use on the mouth, and nutrition and exercise tips for starting your new tobacco- free lifestyle. Give us a call to learn the date of the next scheduled program.

Using Smokeless Tobacco is gambling with your health

To obtain your free "Quit Spit Kit" call Jamie Hawkins at 308-345-4223

 or E-mail jamie@swhealthdept.com .

Quit Spit Kits contain quitting strategies and tips, nutrition information, 1-800-Quit-Now wallet card, gum, mints, games and healthy snacks.

Freedom From Smoking Classes

"Freedom From Smoking" tobacco cessation clinics are held periodically. Call our office for time and location near you.
 
Please contact our office anytime to receive individual assistance in helping you to quit smoking.
 
Want to try to quit without a program?

  Call the Quit Line at 1-800-QUIT-NOW for individual counseling and materials to assist in your cessation decision.

 

Tobacco Cessation & Awareness

Tobacco Free Nebraska

Nebraska's comprehensive tobacco control program that targets youth prevention, cessation, eliminating secondhand smoke exposure, and disparities related to tobacco use and its effects among different population groups.

Quit Smoking - American Lung Association

Fact sheets, data, smoking cessation information, second hand smoke facts.

American Cancer Society- Prevention and Early Detection

Smoking damages nearly every organ in the human body, is linked to at least 10 different cancers, and accounts for some 30% of all cancer deaths. And it costs billions of dollars each year. Yet one in four Americans still light up.
Quit Smoking with our Online Guide to Quitting.
A guide for quitting spit tobacco.
What you need to know about spit tobacco and ways to quit.
Resources to help you quit smoking and using spit tobacco.

Oral Cancer

What you need to know about oral cancer.
Oral cancer facts and the connection between oral cancer and tobacco use
 
"It takes more courage to quit tobacco than it does to wait for cancer to strike." Curtis Ansley.
 
 

 

 


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