The Great American Smokeout is Thursday, November 18, 2021 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. This year's theme is "Quit for COVID: Breathe Change".
For more than 40 years, the American Cancer Society has hosted the Great American
Smokeout on the third Thursday of November. The Great American Smokeout is an opportunity
for people who smoke to commit to healthy, smoke -free lives – not just for a day,
but year round. The Georgia Cancer Center's Cancer Prevention, Control and Population
Health team is proud to partner with the American Cancer Society to encourage people
to stop smoking for a lifetime by visiting one of our “Commit to Quit” stations. There
has never been a more critical time to quit than during this unprecedented COVID-19
pandemic, particularly as cases surge. A variety of tobacco stop-smoking aids and
cessation resources will be available.
Join Augusta University and AU Health, our patients, families, students, and employees
on November 18, 2021, at one of our Commit to Quit Stations to promote health and
prevent diseases. Coronavirus safety precautions will be in place at each station.
Masks are required. Learn about the benefits of quitting smoking and tips for taking
those first steps, how to access cessation resources, and to sign-up for help with
quitting.
Those interested in quitting smoking or vaping can easily access the Georgia Cancer
Center's Tobacco Cessation Program and services by calling (706) 721-0456 or emailing stoptobacco@augusta.edu.
to become a "quit buddy" for a friend or family member who smokes.
Find information about:
how smoking and vaping impacts COVID-19
the buzz behind e-cigarettes and tobacco use
proven strategies and helpful tips to quit smoking
cessation resources and how to access them
Tobacco Cessation Program
Let us help you and the people you care about quit tobacco for life! We offer an integrative approach to help tobacco users quit successfully. This includes
cigarette, cigar and hookah smokers, electronic-cigarette users, and spit tobacco
users. Our cessation clinic and classes use proven, research-based/ evidence-based
methods to help you and the people you care about live a healthier life without tobacco!
Make your appointment today! The public, patients, area businesses and the Augusta
University community can participate. Let us help you, and the people you care about
quit smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes or stop chewing tobacco, for life.
On June 19, 2018, Augusta’s elected commissioners and the mayor took an important
step for public health and the health of workers when they passed the Augusta-Richmond County Smokefree Ordinance. It includes all combustible tobacco products and electronic-cigarettes.
The purpose of the ordinance is two-fold:
To protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking and electronic-cigarettes
in enclosed public and enclosed places of employment.
To support the right of nonsmokers to breathe smokefree air and to recognize that
the need to breathe smokefree air shall have priority over the desire to smoke in
enclosed public places.
This week includes the Great American Smokeout, a lecture on improving mental health, the possible benefits from carbon monoxide and an award for the vice president of information technology.
Augusta University has committed to help the community reduce the number of tobacco and e-cigarette users during the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout.