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UF Employee Assistance Program
University of Florida faculty, staff, graduate assistants, non-student OPS employees, house staff/residents, and postdoc associates who live within the State of Florida, as well as their spouses or domestic partners, are eligible for six free mental health counseling sessions with one of three dedicated licensed therapists. Call or email to schedule an appointment.
Tobacco Free Alachua
Tobacco Free Alachua is a diverse community partnership which fosters collaborative initiatives to develop and promote policies that reduce the use and effects of tobacco and nicotine products. We focus on building community support and advocating for the establishment of tobacco control policies that will:
Protect Alachua County residents from the negative implications of tobacco use and involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke.
Educate the community by equipping residents with factual, evidence-based information to address the local prevalence of tobacco and vaping.
Promote and Strengthen the local network of organizations dedicated to helping users quit while leveraging diverse partnerships to reduce the burden of tobacco.
Wendy Resnick
info@tobaccofreealachua.org
(336) 907-2576
2401 SW Archer Rd
Gainesville, FL 32608
Palatka VA Clinic
www.va.gov/north-florida-health-care/locations/palatka-va-clinic/#smoking-and-tobacco-cessation
Support, resources, and programs available to help veterans to adopt a tobacco free life. These include:
- FDA-approved medications to manage nicotine withdrawal and the urge to smoke.
- Counseling in person or by phone
- Tobacco Cessation Quitline for individual counseling and strategies
- SmokefreeVET text message program for daily advice and interactive support
- Stay Quit Coach mobile app to help you quit smoking and stay smoke-free
(386) 329-8800
400 North State Road 19
Suite 48
Palatka, FL 32177
UF Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
The University of Florida AHEC Program offers free Group Quit classes with in-person and online options in partnership with Tobacco Free Florida. Through the program, any individual can receive various strategies and medications offered by a tobacco treatment specialist. In-person and online options available to help with quitting. Free gift cards are offered for attending a class.
(352) 273-5224
3190 Radio Road
Gainesville, FL 32611
Suwannee River Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Suwannee River AHEC provides the Group Quit option of Tobacco Free Florida’s Quit Your Way Program. Group Quit helps people quit all types of tobacco—cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipes, and others—in Suwannee River AHEC’s twelve county service area of Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Putnam, Suwannee, and Union counties.
The Group Quit program offers two types of groups: a one-time 2-hour group and a multi-session group held once a week for four weeks. Both programs are free and participants receive up to four weeks of free nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges. Call toll free at (866) 341-2730 or visit www.ahectobacco.com for details about upcoming groups.
Suwannee River AHEC also provides free tobacco cessation trainings for healthcare professionals and healthcare professional students.
Florida Quitline
Tobacco Free Florida offers a number of free and convenient resources to help tobacco users quit. The Florida Quitline and Web Coach are available 24 hours per day, seven days a week. Florida Residents 11 and older may use the quitline. Services are also available for hearing impaired.
AHEC “Quit Your Way”
ahectobacco.com/group-quit-calendar/
The Florida Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Network offers group tobacco cessation classes through Tobacco Free Florida’s Quit Your Way program throughout the state. See what’s happening in your county by visiting their online calendar.
Smokefree.gov
A website created by the National Cancer Institute to provide assistance to quit smoking. Provides a step-by-step guide to quit and other online resources.
1-877-44U-QUIT (1-877-448-7848)
Quit for Life
The Quit For Life® Program was a collaboration between the American Cancer Society and Alere Wellbeing, now a part of Rally Coach. The program helps people quit tobacco use by providing: Personalized coach support with a Quit Plan, online resources to get daily advice on how to manage triggers, track progress you’ve made, and connect with others who are trying to quit, mobile app progress, and text message support for your quit journey.
(866) QUIT-4-LIFE (866-784-8454)
American Lung Association
Freedom From Smoking® is a free online quit program for adults that teaches the skills and techniques necessary to quit smoking. It is also available as a group clinic, an online program and a self-help book. Cessation counselors also available at the Lung HelpLine.
1-800-586-4872