Tobacco Cessation Clinic

The road to quitting starts here!

Most of us know how tobacco use (smoke, chew, dip) hurts our health, but quitting can be a challenge. After all, it’s a permanent lifestyle change. Southwest General can help!

Our Tobacco Cessation Clinic provides a quality, evidence-based care in a nonjudgmental, supportive one-on-one environment. The Clinic offers a combination of behavioral therapy and medication that has been proven to dramatically increase the chance of success. A team of professionals—certified smoking cessation specialists, pharmacists and respiratory therapists— will help you understand all the treatment options available and create a customized plan to help you quit tobacco use.

Comprehensive, affordable program
Southwest General’s Tobacco Cessation Clinic is $130. Services include:

• Initial 30-60 minute consultation with a pharmacist and respiratory therapist

• Optional consultation with a dietitian

• Individualized treatment plan using proven techniques, nicotine replacement strategies and medications

• 24-hour “Quit Line”—number available upon sign-up

• Goal setting with a plan to get you through nicotine addiction, triggers and relapses

• Pulmonary function testing and carbon monoxide monitoring to test progress

• Financial assistance for prescription and over-the-counter medications

• Follow-up calls and visits, as needed

Quitting just makes “cents”
Quitting tobacco use just doesn’t affect your health—it can affect your savings, too. Take smoking, for example. A pack-a-day smoker spends the following on cigarettes (based on $6.24/pack):

1 month - $189.80

1 year - $2,278

5 years - $11,388

What will your tobacco habit cost you this month, this year, in five years? The answer is certainly a lot more than you’ll pay for Southwest General’s Tobacco Cessation Clinic. Consider the savings—and the health benefits. Some health plans and employers help cover the cost of the program. Check into your benefits for more details.

Worried about weight gain after quitting tobacco use?
If you're concerned about gaining weight after you quit tobacco use, consider joining LifeWorks of Southwest General, a premier health and wellness facility. For more information, call LifeWorks at 440-816-4214 or visit www.lifeworksfitness.net/

Call and set your "quit date"
For an appointment to Southwest General's Tobacco Cessation Clinic, call 440-816-6743. The Clinic is open Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., in B-316, at the hospital's main campus, 18697 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights.

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