LIVE FOR LIFE Resources
General "How to Quit" Booklet (Request a Copy)
If you want to learn more about quitting, but aren't ready to take action, this booklet presents
the skills you need to change your habits and leave smoking behind for good.
Request a copy of the booklet.
Pathways to Freedom  (Request a Copy)
(A guide designed by and for African Americans)
Pathways to Freedom: Winning the Fight Against Tobacco is a 42-page full-color booklet, developed to help African Americans stop smoking.
It offers proven strategies for anyone who wants to quit; how friends and family can help; and how the community and
its leaders can promote the value of gaining freedom from tobacco.
Guía para Dejar de Fumar (Request a Copy)
(A guide designed by and for Spanish speakers)
No lo deje para manana: Guía para dejar de fumar. Si usted fuma cigarrillos: Esta Guía ofrece varias razones para dejar de fumar y algunos consejos prácticos y útiles para ayudarle a hacerlo.
Si usted no fuma cigarrillos: En esta Guía encontrará algunas sugerencias para ayudar a un pariente o amigo a dejar de fumar.
Smokeless Tobacco Cessation
LIVE FOR LIFE has compiled a list of resources to help smokeless tobacco users break the habit.
Duke Resources
Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research
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Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation is a world
renown research center run by Dr. Jed Rose, co-creator of the nicotine patch. The Duke center offers ongoing QUIT smoking clinical
trials and has offices located in Durham, Charlotte, Raleigh and WInston-Salem. All participants
will receive free treatment and compensation. Call (919) 668-STOP or email smoking@duke.edu
today to participate in a research study.
Duke Personal Assistance Service (PAS)
Personal Assistance Service (PAS), Duke's employee assistance program, offers assessment, short-term counseling
and referrals from a staff of licensed clinical social workers and psychologists to help resolve a range of personal,
work and family problems. Services are free and confidential to Duke faculty, staff, and their immediate family members.
State and Federal Resources
Quit Now NC
North Carolina's toll-free quit-line (1-800-QUIT-NOW), has specialists available from 8 a.m. to midnight,
every day for adults and youth. Assistance is available in English, Spanish, TTY and many other languages.
StepUpNC.com
A place for teens to come to learn more about tobacco and tobacco use prevention and control.
SmokeFree.gov
Provides free counseling and resources from the National Cancer Institute.
CDC.gov
The Centers for Disease Control offers reports and statistics on smoking and resources to help quit. Resources
are available in English and Spanish.
SurgeonGeneral.gov
Tobacco cessation resources from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institutes of Health
Information on preventing post-cessation weight gain
Other Resources
Cancer.org
Provides free counseling and resources from the American Cancer Society. Visit the site or call 1-800-ACS-2345.
LungUSA.org
Tobacco cessation support from the American Lung Association.
Quit Net
Quitnet Internet Resource and Group
English and Spanish Launched in 1995, QuitNet is the Webs original quit
smoking site. QuitNet is owned by Healthways and operates in association with
Boston University School of Public Health.
Nicotine Anonymous
English, Spanish, many other languages; Nicotine Anonymous is a Non-Profit 12
Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives.
Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction,
including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids.
Bob Quits
An interactive diary of a former smoker.
American Legacy Foundation
Resources for pregnant women.
The Partnership for Smoke-Free Families
Resources for pregnant women.
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