Smoking Cessation

Smoking Cessation at Beverly Hospital

Quitting smoking can be hard, especially if you’ve been a smoker for years. But it’s an important step you can take to improve your health. The best part is that it’s never too late to quit. When you’re ready to stop smoking, we can help.

Why Quit Smoking?

Quitting smoking is a personal decision, but there are dozens of reasons to stop. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are many health benefits of quitting smoking, including:

• Improving your health status and enhancing your quality of life
• Reducing your risk of premature death
• Reducing your risk of adverse health effects, such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer
• Protecting loved ones from the health risks of breathing secondhand smoke

Resources to Help You Quit Smoking

Nicotine is addictive, which makes it hard to quit on your own. Not every smoking cessation technique will work for everyone. Here are some tools and resources that may work for you:

• Lifestyle Management Institute
  Phone: 978-304-8020
  Address: 480 Maple Street, Danvers, MA 01923
  Behavior Modification: Freedom from Smoking Program, $125 for 8 sessions
  Hypnosis: Individual sessions, $75 for initial session, $35 for follow-up
  
• Acupuncture
  Practitioners available throughout the North Shore, $50-$70 per session
  
  
• American Cancer Society*
  Phone: 1-800-ACS-2345 (1-800-227-2345)
  Website: www.cancer.org
  
  
• American Heart Association*
  Phone: 1-800-AHA-USA-1 (1-800-242-8721)
  Website: www.americanheart.org
• American Lung Association*
  Phone: 1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872)
  Website: www.lung.org/quit-smoking
  
  
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention*
  Website: www.cdc.gov/tobacco
  
  
• Massachusetts Quitline*
  Phone: 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
  Website: www.ma.quitlogix.org
  
  
• National Cancer Institute*
  Website: www.smokefree.gov
  
  
• Nicotine Anonymous
  Phone: 1-877-TRY-NICA (1-877-879-6422)
  Website: www.nicotine-anonymous.org
  Free support to gain freedom from nicotine
  
  
• Nicotine Replacement Therapy
  Over-the-counter nicotine patches or gum, $35-60
• Quit Works*
  Phone: 1-800-879-8678
  Website: www.QuitWorks.org
  
  
• U.S. Office of the Surgeon General
  Website: www.surgeongeneral.gov

*Free, confidential services providing information to help you quit