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American Cancer Society (ACS)
2655 Camino del Rio N. Ste.100
San Diego, CA
619.299.4201 |
The American Cancer Society not only sponsors the Great American Smokeout, but provides information on the harmful effects of tobacco including smokeless tobacco and secondhand smokealong with quitting tips, state smoking legislation and much more. |
American Lung Association
2750 4th Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
619.297.3901 |
Freedom from Smoking information packets available online. Cessation program also available. Call for more information. |
American Lung Association Helpline
61 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10006
800.586.4872 ext. 2 |
Nurses and respiratory therapists can answer questions about lung cancer as well as many other types of lung health issues. |
California Smoker's Helpline
800.NO.BUTTS or 800.45.NO.FUME (Spanish) |
The Helpline is a free, phone-based, state-wide smoking cessation service operated by the University of California, San Diego. The Helpline offers self-help materials, referrals to local programs and one-on-one counseling to help smokers break their addiction to tobacco. Mon.-Fri. 7am-9pm and Sat. 9am-1pm. |
Camp Pendleton
Camp Pendleton, CA 92055
760.725.0755
CustomerService@mccsCP.com |
Services available for military and beneficiaries only. Call for recorded information. |
Cancer Care Counseling
275 Seventh Ave.
New York, NY 10001
800.813.4673 |
Telephone line and website staffed by social workers to provide individual and group counseling, and answer questions. Also offers educational materials and telephone support groups. |
Center for Tobacco Cessation
9500 Gilman Drive, #0905
La Jolla, CA 92093-0905
866.610.2482
C4TC@ucsd.edu |
The Center for Tobacco Cessation provides training and technical assistance to organizations statewide to increase their capacity in tobacco cessation. Our services include information and resources, technical assistance, and online and in-person trainings on topics including development of a comprehensive cessation strategy, evidence-based behavioral treatments, tobacco cessation in special populations, promotional approaches to increasing cessation, evaluation of cessation programs, and more. This is a statewide project funded by the California Department of Public Health Tobacco Control Program (CTCP) and located at the University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center. |
County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
San Diego, CA
619.515.6505 or 800.660.7537 |
Self-help materials available. Referrals to tobacco cessation programs. No charge call for recorded information. |
Kaiser Permanente
7035 Convoy Ct.
San Diego, CA 92111
858.573.0090 |
Positive Choice Wellness Centers services include biofeedback, smoking cessation plus eight additional health-related classes. |
Lung Cancer Alliance
1155 21st ST. NW, Ste. 350
Washington, DC 20036
800.298.2436 |
National information, education and advocacy organization. Has a telephone support network (Phone Buddies) which can hook up lung cancer survivors with each other. Comprehensive Internet and printed information. |
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