Start the New Year Right: Quit Tobacco & Nicotine!

By BreatheWell Nicotine Reduction Coalition

You don’t have to quit smoking, vaping or chewing tobacco on January 1st. But you can make a great start by getting the information, nicotine replacement or medication, and the support that you need!
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Here are some choices, all provided by trained Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTS):

1. Free 4-week online classes starting Wednesday, January 6 at 6pm:
   www.spectrumhealth.org/vaping/cessation; or call Libby Stern, TTS, 616-486-6503
2. Phone coaching (until in-person appointments can begin again):
   Spectrum Health Gerber: Caitlin Mitchell-Schucker, TTS
   [email protected], 231-924-7589
3. District #10 Health Department:
   Karen Ripke, TTS: [email protected], 231-305-8659
4. Michigan Quit Line – phone coaching with possible free nicotine patches:
   1.800.quit.now (800-784-8669), www.michigan.quitlogix.org

Nicotine is addictive, so it is not easy to quit. A Tobacco Treatment Specialist can help find the best ways for you. They will help you chose the best nicotine replacement or medication for you to reduce urges, and give you tools to help break your nicotine routines.

Take your first step today! Call or email the Tobacco Treatment Specialist resources above. Get your breath back, get your life back. Be nicotine free in 2021!

(BreatheWell is the nicotine reduction taskforce of the Headway Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Newaygo County).