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Healthy Suffolk: Learn to Be…Tobacco Free

      

Health Commissioner James Tomarken, MD, encourages residents who use tobacco to obtain help in breaking their addiction through Suffolk County’s “Learn to Be …Tobacco Free” program.

 “Breaking an addiction to nicotine can be very difficult,” said Dr. Tomarken. “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:

Port Jefferson                                                                      

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital

75 North Country Road

Port Jefferson, NY 11777

Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursdays, November 3, 10,  December 1, 8, 15, 22,  2016

Reunion: January 12, 2017

Contact: 631-476-2723

Brentwood

Brentwood Public Library

2nd Avenue and 4th Street

Brentwood, NY 11717

Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Mondays,   November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12, 19, 2016

Reunion: January 9, 2017

Contact: 631-273-7883

 

Greenlawn

Harborfields Public Library

31 Broadway

Greenlawn, NY 11740

Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, November 15, 22, 29, December 6, 13, 20, 2016

Reunion: January 10, 2017

Contact: 631-757-4200

 

 

 

 

Learn more about the “Tobacco Free” program, by going to the Program Website:

www.suffolkcountyny.gov/health

And watch our video at: Learn to Be…Tobacco Free Program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkinY4SP8KA

 

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