Capital Area Quit-Tobacco Support, Lansing MI

Quit Tobacco programs are available several times a month and free across the Capital Area.  Multiple options are offered to fit the needs of individuals seeking support.  Medications plus social support results is doubling the success of each quit attempt.  Click on the live link for a detailed flyer.

• 2019 Quit Tobacco Resources 
• Tobacco and You: Support Group - Wednesdays 2-3 pm 2017
• Quit-Tobacco Workshop: one-time 2-hour: develop your Quit-Plan
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
• Learning About Healthy Living

Social Support, Nicotine Replacement and other Quit-Tobacco Medications

The Michigan Tobacco Quit Line is always a good referral for those wishing to quit their nicotine addiction.  The quit-line is able to help any caller, over the age of 14, to navigate the best support and help available for when they are ready.  If a person does not have medical insurance the quit-line will mail the caller patches, gum and lozenge.  If a person has Medicaid, Healthy Michigan Plan, or private insurance, the individual will have coverage for all seven quit-tobacco medications with access to the medications by requesting a prescription through their primary care provider.   In addition to supportive medications, social support is free and available through the opportunities linked above.  To be most successful, utilize both medications and social support at each quit attempt.

The Quit Line can be reached at 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669), which is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week.  Calling the Michigan Tobacco Quit Line is always a good option for an individual that wants to quit-tobacco.  All callers are offered connections to local resources, access to smart-phone apps and useful websites.  Those that use spit-tobacco, cigarettes, cigars or electronic smoking devices are all eligible for this free help.

The Michigan Tobacco Quit Line has received more than 105,000 calls since it was launched in October 2003. The Quit Line offers English, Spanish-speaking and Arabic-speaking counselors, interpretive services for a wide variety of languages and counselors trained to help those with a Native American ancestry and Indian heritage.  Special incentives are available for pregnant and parenting women and the phone counselors have special training in treating all callers with kindness and respect.

For more information, call 1-800-QUIT NOW or visit the Website: https://michigan.quitlogix.org/

Most smokers start before the age of 18. According to Dr. DiFranza of the University Of Massachusetts Medical School, “nicotine-induced alterations in the brain can trigger addiction with the first cigarette”[1].

To help reduce the number of potential or addicted youth, Ingham County Health Department began to require all retailers to purchase an annual tobacco license in 1993 and initiated tobacco compliance checks within Ingham County to reduce the probability of minors being able to attain tobacco products.

In addition Ingham County Health Department is involved in several projects to reduce youth use and addiction. For more information about youth prevention organizations and ways to get involved in Ingham County please see the information below.

[1] DiFranza, Joseph, et. (2007). Inhaling From Just One Cigarette. University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Tobacco Compliance Checks

In 1993 Ingham County became one of three counties in Michigan to require retailers to obtain an annually renewed tobacco license if they carried any form of tobacco products in their store.

In Michigan, tobacco compliance checks (SYNAR) are conducted on a yearly basis in order to prevent tobacco sales to minors. In addition, Ingham County conducts it's own tobacco compliance checks in which all licensed tobacco retailers within Ingham County are checked annually to further prevent tobacco sales to minors.

Figure: Successful sales to minors in Ingham County and Michigan (2006-2013)

Figure: Trend of successful sales to minors in Ingham County and Michigan (2006-2013)

To report a suspicion of sale to a minor please fill out the form below or contact us at (517) 887 - 4312

• Citizen Form to Report Suspected Tobacco Sale to Minors - Submit Document/s Via Email

Local Youth Prevention Organizations

• Ingham Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (ISAP) 
• The Power of We 
• Kick Butts Day 
• Tobacco Free Kids 
• Families Against Narcotics (FAN)

Tobacco Research Articles

• American Lung Association Trend Alert 
• Impact of Retail Cigarette Marketing Practices 
• Inhaling From Just One Cigarette (doc.)

This webpage serves as a reference for individuals interested in either educating themselves about the hazards of smoking, or those interested in facilitating smoking cessation groups.

The primary source of information for this program comes from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Learning about Healthy Living: Tobacco and You program. However, this webpage breaks the content into a user friendly format and makes the development of new groups quick and easy. Supplemental information has also been added from the Kaiser Permanente of Northern California’s Quit Tobacco Workshop (2007) and www.choosemyplate.gov.

The development of this webpage was done by the Ingham County Health Department of Michigan as a way to promote the development of new tobacco cessation programs throughout the County. While this webpage was created with the needs of Ingham County in mind specifically, the content is likely beneficial to anyone interested in tobacco cessation projects. If you are interested in learning more about this program click the “Read This First” document below.

While every effort is made to ensure that the program resource links are functional, please Click Here to email an Environmental Health representative if any appear broken.

• Read This First
• Manual: Learning about Healthy Living NJ Dental 2012
• Resources
• 5 Myths
• Addiction Quit Plan
• BMI Information
• Facilitator NRT
• GUM Instructions
• Quit Plan
• The Truth About ECigs
• Tolerance Test
• You Can Quit
• Weekly Materials
• Electric Sign-in and Progress Report Generator
• Sign-in Spreadsheet Instructions
• Blank Sign-in Spreadsheet
• BMI Info
• CO Monitoring
• End-of-session questionnaire
• Reminder
• Sign-in (hardcopy)
• Smoking Diaries
• Advertising
• Quit Tobacco Resources 2017
• Tobacco & You Support Group
• Sessions
• Group 1: Found below
• Group 2: Found below