UW-River Falls Student Health
and Counseling Services Tobacco Cessation Web Page

Cessation information and options.

Boston University website. An honest look at the realities of smoking and the possibilities of quitting. Offers support & information for those seeking help. Includes information on the risks/benefits of medication and news updates. Plus access to other informational web sites.

If you're thinking about quitting smoking you have certainly come to the right place! If you are looking for information for another person you care about,  please be sure to refer them to this site.

QuitTime

QuitTime is a Windows quitmeter that shows you how long you've been smoke-free, how many cigarettes you haven't smoked, how much money you've saved and how much longer you might live by not smoking.

So you wanna quit smoking?  Okay, friend, the fun's over. No more hacking coughs, no more shelling out money to Big Tobacco day after day, no more shortness of breath, and no more social alienation. How do you give all this up? That's what we're here to tell you.

The American Lung Association (ALA) today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health.  This site features information on quitting, nicotine replacement theory information, fact sheets, secondhand smoke and much more.

The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community- based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.  Web site contains information on types of cancer, treatment options, prevention, statistics, etc.

Center for Disease Control website.  Overview of tobacco efforts in the U.S. and the world with links & information for quitting, comments & questions area, share your thoughts, Surgeon General report.

This Virginia Commonwealth University website provides great information on smoking and why this is important for the college student.

This Office of the Surgeon General site has the latest drugs and counseling techniques for quitting tobacco use and dependence.  Included is a 5-day countdown and a 5-day plan to quit smoking.

The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) created this page to help empower women and girls, and the people they love, to breathe clean!  Gain independence from the stale world of smoking by using our information and resources.  Learn about the specific effects of smoking on your health and how to overcome barriers to quit.

This site features tobacco trends in Wisconsin and links to statewide efforts.  Posters and other free stuff are available.

Smoke Free Wisconsin is an organization with a single focus - reducing tobacco use in Wisconsin through policy change. Also learn more about the Wisconsin Children's Initiative, a campaign to reduce youth smoking by raising the price of tobacco and to fund important tobacco prevention programs and Medicaid.

Meet Joe Chemo, a camel who wishes he'd never smoked cigarettes.  Joe just realized that he's been MaNiPuLaTeD all his life by tobacco companies.  Test your tobacco IQ and more about Joe.

The tobacco industry sees their customers as idiots, pawns that can be played to the tune of billions of dollars in profits.  Fighting Against Corporate Tobacco (FACT) a Wisconsin youth led anti-tobacco industry movement beliefs you deserve the truth about big tobacco.