Smoking Cessation
Quitting tobacco use - including cigarrette, cigar, pipe and smokeless tobacco use - can substaintially decrease both risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of death in the United States, claiming responsibility for more than 85% of lung cancer deaths and one-third of all cancer deaths each year. In addition to lung cancer, smoking may increase the likelihood of developing oral cancer as well as cancers of the larynx, esophagus, pancreas, bladder, kidney, cervix, stomach, liver, prostate, colon and rectum.
However, it is never too late to quit. The risk of cancer begins to decrease soon after a smoker quits, and the risk continues to decline gradually each year after quitting.
If you use tobacco of any form and need help quitting, you may want to talk to your doctor, dentist or health professional, or join a local smoking cessation group.
Below are some helpful smoking cessation resources in Indianapolis, Indiana and throughout the nation, including group and one-on-one counseling, printed and online support materials, and telephone hotlines. Information about smokefree restaurants in Indiana follows as well.
Cessation Programs - Indianapolis Area:
Clarian Tobacco Control Center
One-on-one program, worksite programs
317-962-9662
Marion County Health Department
Group programs
317-221-2084 or
Wishard Health Services
Group programs
317-287-3717
Cessation Programs - in Indiana and Nationwide:
The American Lung Association of Indiana
Freedom From Smoking ® clinics
800-LUNG-USA
Cessation Programs – Telephone & Web-based
American Cancer Society
Telephone counseling & information
1-877-YES-QUIT
American Lung Association
Telephone counseling & information
1-800-548-8252
Great Start
Telephone and Web-based program for pregnant women
1-866-66-STAR
ICanQuit.org
A Podcast Cessation Program from Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Indiana Tobacco Quitline
A free, statewide, telephone-based tobacco cessation resource
1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669)
National Cancer Institute
Telephone counseling and information
1-877-44U-QUIT
Nicotine Anonymous
Web-based support and information
Quitnet
Web-based support
Quitworks
Telephone counseling and Web-based program
1-800-TRY-TO-STOP