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Program Description

The Northwestern Health Unit is committed to supporting and providing information and free resources to the community to achieve Tobacco-free Living by:

• Helping smokers to quit.
  
  
• Protecting the public from the health effects of second-hand smoke.
  
  
• Preventing youth from starting to smoke.

Smokers’ Helpline for Smokers who:

• May be thinking of kicking the habit.
• Have stopped smoking and need support.
• Enjoy smoking and do not want to quit.
• Those wanting to help a friend or family member quit smoking.

Call toll-free 1-877-513-5333
or online Canadian Cancer Smokers Helpline

• Brief Intervention Cessation Counseling (BICC) offered to clients of NWHU Sexual Health Clinics.
  
  
• BICC offered to pregnant women and Healthy Babies/Healthy Children clients.
  
  
• Provision of cessation self-help resources.
  • On the Road to Quitting (Health Canada).
  • One Step at a Time (Canadian Cancer Society)
  • Quit for Life (Health Canada)
    
    
• Promotion and support of the annual Ontario Quit Smoking Contest for Adults.
• The Driven to Quit  Challenge
  

Protecting the public from the health effects of second-hand smoke:

• Smoke-free Ontario Act

Preventing youth from starting to smoke:

• Curriculum support to teachers Lungs are for Life

Youth Advocacy:

• Smoke FX
• Truth Found
• Smoke Free Movies

For more information about smoking and second-hand smoke:

• Physicians for a Smoke-free Canada
• Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco