Placentia-Linda Hospital is pleased to offer a FREE
Just the Facts
Five-Week Tobacco Cessation Series

Offering this program is one of the key components of Placentia-Linda Hospital's Commitment to Quality initiative.  Under the Get With The Guidelines program, patients are started on aggressive risk-reduction therapies such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, aspirin, ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers in the hospital and receive smoking cessation and weight management counseling and referrals for cardiac rehabilitation before they are discharged.  

2008 CLASSES
Wednesdays -- September 3, 10, 17, 24 and October 1

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Meeting Room #1

Light refreshments served
For reservations, please call (800) 554-7879.  Reservations are not required and walk-ins are welcome!

The Smoking Cessation Support Group features a structured, counselor-led group in which tobacco users attempting to quit find encouragement, understanding and tobacco cessation education through a group sharing process.*  Topics covered include:
Nicotine addiction and weight control
Coping with urges to smoke
Developing a support system
Relaxation Techniques
Forming skills to help you stay smoke-free and prevent relapse
*This service is available for adults only.

Have you tried to quit before and relapsed?  Don’t give up!
It takes the average smoker 4-7 times before quitting successfully.

Participants in the class will receive at no charge:
Survival Kit
Workbook
Counseling

This program if funded by the Tobacco Free Communities Grant and made possible by the Orange County Health Care Agency through funds received from the National Tobacco Settlement.   Wayna Cariaga, Tobacco Cessation Coordinator, will present this series.

Placentia-Linda Hospital also has a relationship with the American Lung Association.  The mission of the American Lung Association of Orange County is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health in Orange County, because when you can’t breathe, nothing else matters.

If you would like to contact the American Lung Association for educational information and other classes, please call (714) 835-5864 or clink on this link to go directly to their web site at http://www.oclung.org/.

If you would like to contact the American Heart Association for educational information, please visit their web site at http://www.americanheart.org/.