Resource List - Self Help Organizations

"You Can Quit Smoking"
St. Croix Regional Medical Center 800-828-3627
Class Meetings: Appointment with your Medical Provider
Methods: Individual counseling with follow-up.
Materials/Additional Information: Smoking Cessation Packet

Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line

Toll-Free 877-270-7867 Spanish 877-266-3863
Class Meetings: Available times to call Monday-Thursdays, 9AM - 8 PM Fridays 9AM - 5PM, Saturdays 9AM-1PM
Methods: Telephone counseling for smokers with 1-4 follow up calls.
Materials/Additional Information: Self-help materials available. Referrals to local smoking cessation programs and services.

American Cancer Society
800-ACS-2345 www.cancer.org
Materials/Additional Information: Has a local data bank that will give list of local resources available. Other sources of information about quitting smoking.

American Institute for Preventative Medicine - Smokeless
313-539-1800 www.healthylife.com
Class Meetings: 7 or 8 sessions over 4 weeks; follow-up if needed.
Methods: Emphasis on stress management, relaxation techniques, and assertiveness training; plus work on breaking smoking routines.
Materials/Additional Information: Self-help materials available.

American Lung Association of Minnesota - Freedom From Smoking

651-227-8014 www.lungusa.org
, 490 Concordia Ave, St. Paul, MN 55103-2441
Class Meetings: 8 sessions over 7 weeks
Methods: Emphasis on understanding the smoking habit, stress management and assertiveness training. Participants keep smoking diaries, and there is emphasis on the support system. A panel of ex-smokers advise people on quit day. Weight-control, exercise and maintenance counseling available. Behavior modification.
Materials/Additional Information: Self-help materials available.

American Lung Association of Wisconsin
800-586-4872 www.lungusa.org
Materials/Additional Information: Other sources of information about quitting smoking.

SmokEnders
www.smokenders.com
800-828-HELP, Recording answers, follow prompts.
Class Meeting: Self study 7 week course
Methods: Learn How to Quit Kit. Behavior Modification, easy to follow audiocassette sessions.
Materials/Additional Information: Self-help materials available. Kit approx. $125 + $6 shipping.

National Cancer Institute
www.smokefree.gov
800-4-CANCER, Communications Building 31, Room 10A24
Class Meetings: 9AM-4:30PM Monday-Friday Recording, follow prompts

Mayo Nicotine Dependence Center
800-344-5984, Rochester, MN
Class Meetings: 8 day inpatient
Methods: Program includes individual and group therapy, support groups, nutrition counseling and discharge planning for follow-up care.
Materials/Additional Information: Approximate cost - $3100 (room and board included)

HMR Nicotine Dependence Center
Midelfort Clinic 715-838-KICK (5425), 888-834-4777 (within 715 area code), 733. W. Clairmont Ave., Eau Claire, WI 54701
Class Meetings: 14 months/outpatient eight-week group sessions with one year of maintenance
Methods: Behavioral counseling, phone support and drug therapy are available.
Materials/Additional Information: Approximate cost - $500

Sacred Heart Hospital Education Department
715-839-4265
Class Meetings: 5 weeks
Methods: Outpatient group sessions with education component. Self-help materials and one year follow-up available.
Materials/Additional Information: Approximate cost-$60

Tobacco Intervention Program
Marshfield Clinic, 715-858-4798, 800-924-8515
Class Meetings: 5 weeks
Methods: Community Program - group sessions with one year follow-up and self-help materials. Phone sessions and individualized counseling, along with self-help materials.
Materials/Additional Information: Community Program - approximate cost $75, phone sessions - approximate cost $50

Chippewa Valley Free Clinic

715-839-8477
Methods: Consultation with health care providers and referrals to other services are available.
Materials/Additional Information - Low or no cost

American Heart Association (Self-help and educational materials)
715-834-1108 www.americanheart.org
Materials/Additional Information: Other sources of information about quitting smoking.

Self Help for Smoking Cessation
612-835-3300 American Heart Association Minnesota Affiliate, 4701 West 77th Street, Edina, MN 5543
Materials/Additional Information: Self-help and educational materials available

Hazelden Residential Nicotine Addition Program (Your Next Step)
800-328-9000 ext. 2779 Center City, MN
Class Meetings: 7 day inpatient
Methods: A twelve-step based program with recommendations for follow-up and aftercare
Materials/Additional Information: Self-help materials available. Approximate cost - $1,595 (room and board extra) includes program, meals, transportation. Acupuncture used.