Quitting smoking can be hard, especially if you’ve been a smoker for years. But it’s an important step you can take to improve your health. The best part is that it’s never too late to quit. When you’re ready to stop smoking, we can help.
Why Quit Smoking?
Quitting smoking is a personal decision, but there are dozens of reasons to stop. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are many health benefits of quitting smoking, including:
Improving your health status and enhancing your quality of life
Reducing your risk of premature death
Reducing your risk of adverse health effects, such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer
Protecting loved ones from the health risks of breathing secondhand smoke
Resources to Help You Quit Smoking
Nicotine is addictive, which makes it hard to quit on your own. Not every smoking cessation technique will work for everyone. Here are some tools and resources that may work for you:
Lifestyle Management Institute
Phone: 978-304-8020
Address: 480 Maple Street, Danvers, MA 01923
Behavior Modification: Freedom from Smoking Program, $125 for 8 sessions
Hypnosis: Individual sessions, $75 for initial session, $35 for follow-up
Acupuncture
Practitioners available throughout the North Shore, $50-$70 per session
American Cancer Society*
Phone: 1-800-ACS-2345 (1-800-227-2345)
Website: www.cancer.org
American Heart Association*
Phone: 1-800-AHA-USA-1 (1-800-242-8721)
Website: www.americanheart.org
American Lung Association*
Phone: 1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872)
Website: www.lung.org/quit-smoking
*Free, confidential services providing information to help you quit
Treatments We Offer
To help you quit smoking, we offer these therapies:
Acupuncture
Behavior modification
Group coaching
Hypnosis
Individual coaching
Services & Specialties
Smoking hurts just about every organ in your body and causes a variety of health problems. We offer these services to support you if smoking has affected your health: