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Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE
receives more than 38,000 calls in 2007
Morrow County Residents Benefit from Free Telephone Counseling Service
Recovery & Prevention Resources (RPR) is pleased to be working with the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF) to promote the Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE to the citizens of Morrow County. A report from the Foundation indicates that 61 Morrow County residents have called the QUIT LINE from January through October.
According to Belinda Webb, RPR Prevention/Education Coordinator, “We are pleased to see Morrow County citizens taking this important step in the quitting process. Morrow County continues to have a smoking rate that is higher than the state and national average and RPR is working hard to educate our citizens about the importance of making healthy choices, including quitting tobacco.”
The QUIT LINE has helped more than 130,000 callers from each of Ohio's 88 counties since its inception in August 2003, and statistics show that tobacco users utilizing the Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE are five times more likely to be successful than tobacco users trying to quit “cold turkey” on their own.
In fact, OTPF recently announced its greatest milestone to date: more than 25,000 Ohioans have quit tobacco by utilizing Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE's telephone coaching services.
The Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE, 1-800-QUITNOW, is a free telephone counseling service that connects people who want to quit using tobacco with trained counselors who can guide and support them through the quitting process. Callers to the QUIT LINE work with a quit specialist to develop an individualized quitting plan, set a quit date and change behaviors associated with tobacco use. Callers to the QUIT LINE may also be eligible for free or reduced-cost nicotine replacement patches through employer and health plan partnerships. In addition, more than one million adult Ohioans without any type of health insurance can now qualify for reduced-cost nicotine patches (4 weeks at a cost of only $25) in combination with the highly effective telephone cessation services to aid in ending tobacco addiction.
RPR has received funding since FY 2004 from the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF) as part of a statewide grassroots program. The focus areas for the 2007 grant (the Tobacco Free Tomorrow project) include: youth smoking prevention, reducing exposure to second hand smoke, smoking cessation and building community awareness and support. To learn more about The Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE, visit www.ohioquits.org.
Recovery & Prevention Resources (RPR) is pleased to be working with the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF) to promote the Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE to the citizens of Morrow County. A report from the Foundation indicates that 61 Morrow County residents have called the QUIT LINE from January through October.
According to Belinda Webb, RPR Prevention/Education Coordinator, “We are pleased to see Morrow County citizens taking this important step in the quitting process. Morrow County continues to have a smoking rate that is higher than the state and national average and RPR is working hard to educate our citizens about the importance of making healthy choices, including quitting tobacco.”
The QUIT LINE has helped more than 130,000 callers from each of Ohio's 88 counties since its inception in August 2003, and statistics show that tobacco users utilizing the Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE are five times more likely to be successful than tobacco users trying to quit “cold turkey” on their own.
In fact, OTPF recently announced its greatest milestone to date: more than 25,000 Ohioans have quit tobacco by utilizing Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE's telephone coaching services.
The Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE, 1-800-QUITNOW, is a free telephone counseling service that connects people who want to quit using tobacco with trained counselors who can guide and support them through the quitting process. Callers to the QUIT LINE work with a quit specialist to develop an individualized quitting plan, set a quit date and change behaviors associated with tobacco use. Callers to the QUIT LINE may also be eligible for free or reduced-cost nicotine replacement patches through employer and health plan partnerships. In addition, more than one million adult Ohioans without any type of health insurance can now qualify for reduced-cost nicotine patches (4 weeks at a cost of only $25) in combination with the highly effective telephone cessation services to aid in ending tobacco addiction.
RPR has received funding since FY 2004 from the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF) as part of a statewide grassroots program. The focus areas for the 2007 grant (the Tobacco Free Tomorrow project) include: youth smoking prevention, reducing exposure to second hand smoke, smoking cessation and building community awareness and support. To learn more about The Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE, visit www.ohioquits.org.