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QuitlineNC is a telephone-based, tobacco cessation service that provides free support to all NC residents who want to quit their tobacco use. Research shows that quitlines are an effective and evidence-based approach to tobacco cessation. QuitlineNC offers free, private coaching over the phone to help callers stop smoking or dipping. QuitlineNC is available from 8am—3am, seven days a week. |
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A 100% Tobacco-Free School prohibits all tobacco use anytime, anywhere by anyone on all school property and at all school-sponsored events. School property includes buildings, grounds and vehicles owned or leased by the school. School-sponsored events include sporting events, school dances and other events held on and off school property. |
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The TUPC initiative is comprised of several different programs. To learn more, select a logo for link to the program website. To read the latest outcomes report about the program, select a button next to the program name . Our programs are evaluated by UNC Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program. |
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Evidence shows that comprehensive school-based programs, combined with community and mass-marketing efforts, can effectively prevent or postpone the onset of youth smoking. The Teen Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation (TUPC) Initiative includes grants to local school and community organizations; statewide organizations capable of addressing the needs of priority populations and enforcement of the state law restricting the sale of tobacco to minors. |
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The NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF) provides grant funding across North Carolina to promote tobacco use prevention and cessation among college-aged students (18-24). This statewide network of Tobacco-Free Colleges participates in coalition building, policy advocacy and grassroots activities to create change. |
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The You Quit Two Quit Project is implemented by the University of North Carolina Center for Maternal and Infant Health. The goal of the You Quit Two Quit project is to ensure that there is a comprehensive system in place to screen and treat pregnant and postpartum women for tobacco use. This project is unique in its focus on new mothers and recidivism prevention. |
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Breathe Easy Live Well (BELW) is a three-year wellness and tobacco cessation program focused on NC Clubhouses, comprehensive centers of support and encouragement for members (people with serious mental illness). The overall objective of BELW is to reduce the harmful effects that tobacco has on people with mental illness by providing them with equal access to a cessation program in addition to increasing their awareness about wellness. |
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Through its eight local medical societies and under the direction of the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Council, the Old North State Medical Society (ONSMS) Tobacco Cessation Education Program serves to train member physicians and other healthcare providers about implementing system change and treating tobacco use dependence. In contrast to strategies that target only the clinician or the tobacco user, systems strategies are intended to ensure that tobacco use is systematically assessed and treated at every clinical encounter. |
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