Quit With Us, LA

Quit With Us, LA is a partnership between TFL and the Department of Health and Hospitals Tobacco Control Program (TCP) that was built as a grassroots community outreach effort. www.QuitWithUsLA.org welcomes those who have a tobacco addiction, or those who are trying to help others quit, with open arms. The website is a resource for those who want to quit on their own or help their friend or loved one quit, and for healthcare providers who identify that their patients are tobacco users and have a desire to quit.

The Quit With Us, LA website provides tobacco users with important information and tips for quitting, and offers links to online resources and free statewide cessation programs—all accessible from a single location.

For more information, please visit the Quit With Us, LA website at www.QuitWithUsLA.org

Stopping smoking is the single most important step that a smoker can take to enhance the length and quality of their life. An estimated 70% of current smokers would like to quit smoking completely, but only 5 – 7% are able to quit each year.

Quitting is not easy, but the best chance of quitting happens with the support of family and friends, and resources that help smokers find the tools they need to be successful. There are many Reasons To Quit smoking, and your body will be able to tell the difference within 20 minutes. Read more here.

Healtcare Providers treating tobacco use and dependancy can refer to LSU Health Care Services Divisions Tobacco Control Initiative (TCI). TCI is a unique private-public-academic partnership with the LSU School of Public Health in conjunction with the Louisiana public hospital system. The initiative integrates evidence-based cessation programs into the public hospital system and reduces the prevalence of tobacco use among public hospital patients by identifying tobacco users and treatment options that are most appropriate and acceptable to the patients, as well as cost effective. More information is available here.