Assistance With Smoking Problems

[:en]Assistance With Smoking Problems Document

This is a list of groups that help people stop smoking. Patients can either call the number or go to the website of the group that their doctor has marked out.

Nicotine Anonymous – all free resources

· Support Groups in Houston – call 713-827-5989 to check time and place

o Up the Street Club: 508 W Nasa Parkway, Webster, TX, 77598 (SE HOUSTON)

o St Christopher’s Episcopal Church: 1656 Blalock Road, Houston, TX, 77080 (NW HOUSTON)

o Telephone Support Group Meetings: call 218-339-2933 enter pin 944982

· National Support line for 1-on-1 help: 1-877-TRY-NICA (1-877-879-6422)

· https://nicotine-anonymous.org/phone-meetings.html – list of additional telephone meeting times

Texas Tobacco Quitline

· 1(877) 937-7848: free 1-on-1 coaching in English or Spanish and translators for other languages

· 2(866) 228-4327: Deaf/Hard of Hearing 1-on-1 coaching

· Free nicotine patches and lozenges for patients; must call to see if eligible

· www.YesQuit.org: free online or telephone program to help you quit; in English and Spanish

· www.QuitNow.net/texas: Free online or telephone program to help you quit; in English and Spanish

Asian Smokers’ Quitlne – http://www.asiansmokersquitline.org/

· Free nationwide Asian-language service with one-on-one telephone counseling to quit smoking and a free two-week starter kit of nicotine patches for Asian-language smokers.

· Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin): 1-800-838-8917; Korean: 1-800-556-5564; Vietnamese: 1-800-778-8440

MD Anderson Tobacco Treatment Program

· In-person behavioral counseling and several tobacco-cessation medication treatments, at no cost to MD Anderson cancer patients who are current tobacco users or recent quitters (quit within the last 12 months)

· 713-792-7848, toll-free at 1-866-245-0862, or make inquiries by email at quitnow@mdanderson.org.

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston – Commit to Quit

· Private counseling and support for 12 months to help you quit. Total cost is $60 (free for UTMB employees).

· (409) 747-5324 or pmhousto@utmb.edu.

www.Smokefree.gov

· Smart phone App and text messaging service to help you quit

· Text the word QUIT to 47848 to sign up

· Join Facebook.com/Smokefreevet

www.Smokefree.gov/vet – for US veterans

· Call 1-855-QUIT-VET (1-855-784-8838): 1-on-1 phone counseling

· Text the word VET or VETesp (for Spanish) to 47848.

www.Women.smokefree.gov – Support for pregnant mothers. Text the word QUIT to 222888.

www.Teen.smokefree.gov – Support and resources for teens. Text the word QUIT to 47848.

www.Espanol.smokefree.gov – Spanish support. Mande LIBRE al 47848 desde su celular.

Worth It – www.worthit.org

· Tips for parents

· Info about the TX Youth Tobacco Awareness Program for minors with tobacco violations

Become An Ex – www.becomeanex.org/

· Create free quit plan

· Online support group and Phone app

· ConvierteteEnUnEX.org – Spanish

Quit Net

· www.meyouhealth.com/quitnet/

· Online support group

Voices of Nicotine Recovery

· www.voicesofnicotinerecovery.com

· Online meeting using Paltalk, a voice app you can download to your computer or phone

Groups that hold occasional free classes – call for availability

The Montrose Center
- 401 Brand Street, Houston Tx 77006 (inside 610 loop)
- Call 713-529-0037 or check the calendar at http://www.montrosecenter.org/hub/calendar-of-events/
Memorial Hermann Hospital
- 713-222-CARE
- Classes at Katy and South East location

[:de]This is a list of groups that help people stop smoking. Patients can either call the number or go to the website of the group that their doctor has marked out.