Healthy Suffolk: Learn
to Be…Tobacco Free
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Health Commissioner James
Tomarken, MD, encourage residents who use tobacco to seek help in breaking
their tobacco-nicotine addiction and to sign up for Suffolk County’s “Learn to
Be …Tobacco Free” program.
“We are promoting good health to all residents in Suffolk County,” said
County Executive Bellone. “For those who are addicted to tobacco or nicotine, we
urge them to get the support they need to prevent illnesses that are caused by
tobacco.”
“Breaking an addiction to nicotine can
be very difficult,” said Dr. Tomarken. “Recent studies have shown that smokers
who try to quit smoking using a combination of behavioral support and medicine
are three times more likely to be successful than those who try to stop smoking
without support.”
The classes are free to Suffolk County residents, though there is a
nominal fee for medication for medically eligible participants. Classes are as
follows:
Good Samaritan
Hospital, Breast Cancer Health, Inc. 32 Park Ave, Bay Shore NY
Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., April 23,
30; May 7, 14, 21, 2015
Reunion: June 11, 2015 (Contact: 376-4444)
John T.
Mather Memorial Hospital, 75 North Country Rd Port Jefferson, NY
Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., April 23,
30; May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015
Reunion: June 18, 2015 (Contact: 476-2723)
Connetquot Public Library, 760 Ocean Avenue, Bohemia NY
Tuesdays from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., May 5, 12,
19, 26; June 2, 9, 2015
Reunion: June
30, 2015 (Contact: 567-5079)
South Huntington Library, 145 Pidgeon
Hill Road, South Huntington NY
Tuesdays from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., May 5, 12,
19, 26; June 2, 9, 2015
Reunion: June
30, 2015 (Contact 549-4411)
Suffolk County Dept. of Health, 725
Veterans Highway Bldg. C- 928 Hauppauge NY
Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., May 28,
June 4, 11, 18, 25; July 9, 2015
Reunion: July
30, 2015 (Contact 853-3187)
North Shore Public Library, 250 Rte.
25A, Shoreham, NY
Mondays
from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00
p.m., June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; July 6, 2015
Reunion: July
27, 2015 (Contact 929-4488)
Hampton Bays Library, 52 Ponquogue
Avenue, Hampton Bays, NY
Tuesdays from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., June 16,
23, 30; July 14, 21, 28
Reunion:
August 17, 2015 (Contact: 728-6241)
Middle Country Public
Library, 575 Middle Country Road, Selden, NY
Mondays from
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., June 29; July 6, 13, 20, 27; August 3, 2015
Reunion: August 24, 2015, For more information, call 853-4017.
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