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Tobacco Cessation Services

Congratulations! The first step toward becoming tobacco-free or supporting someone else quitting is to learn about resources that can help throughout the process.

Learn about

  • Gannett’s tobacco cessation services
  • Tobacco facts
  • The benefits of quitting
  • Additional resources

About two thirds of Cornell students who use tobacco have thought about quitting. Some have tried to quit “cold turkey” and a few have been successful. Others have found that a combination of medical assistance and the right cessation tools were helpful.

Gannett services

Gannett’s tobacco cessation services can help you find what methods will work best for you. Some of the options available include

  • Clinical Visit: talk with one of our Primary Care Providers to review your tobacco use, learn more about new cessation tools that can improve your chance for success in quitting, and get support in creating a quit plan that may include medications. Call 255-5155 to make an appointment.
  • Phone Consultation: a nurse can call you to provide information and practical tips on quitting. Students who complete a tobacco use history form can request this service. Call 255-5155 to set up a time for a phone consultation with a nurse.
  • Email Information: Students who complete a tobacco use history form at Gannett can receive practical information on tobacco and cessation tips via a series of email messages. To learn more about this service stop by Gannett.
  • Self-Help Materials: Visit Health Promotion on level 3 of Gannett or talk with a health care provider for free fact sheets and pamphlets designed to help you plan an approach that will work for you.
  • Free Quit Kits: Students who are preparing to quit can receive a free quit kit by visiting the drug dispensary or by asking for one during a medical visit.
  • Nicotine Replacement Therapies: Purchase nicotine gum or the patch at Gannett’s Drug Dispensary to relieve withdrawal symptoms when trying to quit.

Tobacco facts

  • More than 400,000 people die of tobacco-related illnesses in the U.S. every year.
  • Cigarettes contain over 40,000 chemicals, over 40 of which are cancerous.
  • A smoker’s chances of getting lung cancer are 10 times greater than that of a non-smoker.
  • People who smoke ‘so-called’ low-tar cigarettes actually smoke more aggressively by inhaling more deeply and smoking more cigarettes.
  • Nicotine in cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco, bidis and cloves is addictive.

Benefits of Stopping Tobacco Use During the First Year
After...

20 minutes

  • Blood pressure drops to normal
  • Pulse rate drops to normal
  • Body temperature of hands and feet increase to normal

8 hours

  • Carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normal
  • Oxygen level in blood increases to normal

24 hours

  • Chance of heart attack decreases

48 hours

  • Nerve endings start to re-grow
  • Ability to smell and taste is enhanced

2 weeks

  • Circulation improves
  • Walking becomes easier
  • Lung function increases up to 30 percent

1 to 9 Months

  • Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breathe decrease
  • Cilia re-grow in lungs, increasing their ability to handle mucous, clean the lungs, and reduce infection
  • Body’s overall energy increases

1 Year

  • Excess risk of heart disease is half that of a smoker

Source: The American Cancer Society & Centers for Disease Contro

Cornell campus resources

  • Cornell University Wellness Offers free phone counseling to help personalize a plan to quit whether you are thinking about quitting, ready to set a quit date, or have already quit and need extra support. Call 255-5060.
    • Wellness staff members also meet one-to-one with Cornell community members for counseling to address their individual needs in quitting smoking or will provide assistance in a group setting when requested for a department or a group of individuals wanting to quit. Please call 255-3886 for more information.
  • Gannett Health Services provides a range of tobacco cessation services for students and their spouses, faculty and staff members including: clinical visits with a primary care provider, a phone consultation with a nurse, e-mail information that can be sent to you, self-help materials, free quit kits, and nicotine replacement therapies. For an appointment call (607) 255-5155 during work hours or stop by Gannett's drug dispensary for a free quit kit and information about nicotine replacement therapies.

Online resources 

Community and On-Line Resources for Tobacco Cessation American Lung Association Provides information, research and advocacy on tobacco, smoking cessation, smoking and women, and tobacco control efforts. Includes the "Freedom from Smoking" guide to tobacco cessation and help staying smoke-free. Call: 1-800-Lung-USA or

New York State Smokers Quitline A free phone service and web site sponsored by the New York State Health Department and Roswell Park Cancer Institute to assist anyone who is thinking about quitting, who has questions or who needs more help. Hours: Monday - Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Pre-recorded information is available 24 hours a day. Call 1-866-697-8487 (1-866-NYquits) or TDD 1-800-280-1213. The service is available in English and Spanish. The website offers tips on cessation, a directory of cessation services in the region and an opportunity to order several print items.

QuitNet Quit All Together: brings proven scientific methods to the web to deliver support to smokers whenever they need it. QuitNet operates in association with Boston University School of Public Health and the Legacy Foundation.

 

You will find additional information about tobacco, and on tobacco cessation elsewhere on our site.

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