We are providing a number of links to additional stop smoking resources because we think these are helpful. The links go to websites that are not a part of Spine-health.com and Spine-health.com is not responsible for the content on the following sites.
- American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org)
- Cigar Smoking (also available in Spanish)
- Cigarette Smoking (available in Spanish through the ACS toll-free number)
- Guide to Quitting Smoking (available in Spanish through the toll-free number)
- Helping a Smoker Quit: Dos and Don'ts
- Questions About Smoking, Tobacco, and Health (available in Spanish through the ACS toll free number)
- Quitting Smoking - Help for Cravings and Tough Situations (available in Spanish through the ACS toll-free number)
- Smokeless Tobacco
- Women and Smoking (available in Spanish through the ACS toll-free number)
Additional informational resources:
Annals Internal Medicine – Scientific review of smoking cessation intervention strategies annals.org
MedlinePlus – Quitting Smoking Resources
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
Smoking Cessation Informationwww.smoking-cessation.org
American Heart Association – Smoking Cessation
www.heart.org
Organizations that provide information and help for quitting smoking:
American Heart Association & American Stroke Association
Telephone: 1-800-AHA-USA-1 or 1-800-242-8721
Telephone: 1-888-4-STROKE or 1-888-478-7653
Internet address: www.heart.org
Internet address: www.strokeassociation.org
American Lung Association
Telephone: 1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-548-8252)
Internet address: www.lung.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office on Smoking & Health
Telephone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)
Internet address: www.cdc.gov/tobacco
National Cancer Institute
Cancer Information Service
Telephone: 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
Internet address: www.cancer.gov
Nicotine Anonymous
Telephone: 1-877-879-6422
Internet address: www.nicotine-anonymous.org
Smokefree.gov
(Online materials, including info on state telephone-based programs)
Telephone: 1-800-QUITNOW (1-800-784-8669)
Internet address: www.smokefree.gov
Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
Telephone: 1-800-QUITNOW or 1-800-784-8669
Internet address: http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/
