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You Can Quit Smoking Now!

www.smokefree.gov is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking. Almost four of every five smokers would like to quit. And almost half of all adult smokers have already quit.

It doesn't matter how old you are or how long you’ve smoked. You become healthier and stronger each day you are tobacco-free.

Different people need different resources as they try to quit. The information and professional assistance available on this Web site can help to support both your immediate and long-term needs as you become, and remain, a nonsmoker.
www.smokefree.gov allows you to choose the help that best fits your needs. You can get immediate assistance in the form of:

• An online step-by-step cessation guide
  
• Local and state telephone quitlines
  
• National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) national telephone quitline
  
• NCI's instant messaging service
  
• Publications, which may be downloaded, printed, or ordered
  
• American Legacy Foundation's Great Start - 1-866-66-START
  (A quitline for pregnant smokers)

Wise Choices

• Choosing a Hospital for Bariatric Surgery
• Choosing a Hospital for Cardiac Surgery, Total Joint Replacement and Transplants
• How to Choose a Physician
• Physician and Hospital Information

Staying Healthy
Preventive health care guidelines, immunization schedules and programs for healthy children, adolescents and adults, as well as guidelines for a routine pregnancy.

• Adult Guidelines *
• Child and Adolescent Guidelines *
• Could it be depression? *
• Eating Disorders
• Eating Disorders Male
• Eating Disorders Older
• Diabetes and Eating Disorders
• Managing Your Risk for Heart Disease and Stroke
• Weight Management (this links to another Website)
• Your Child’s Eating Behaviors

Other Health Information
Help and information on common behavioral health issues

• Infertility: A Reference *

* To view and print these forms, you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at www.adobe.com.

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