Tobacco Cessation Classes Scheduled

The Garrett County Health Department has scheduled a number of free tobacco cessation classes at various locations through the end of the year.

The first class begins Monday, August 13 at 5:30 pm in the Garrett County Health Department Conference Room.  Throughout the course of the ten weeks of classes, participants will receive many resources to help them change their habits including a notebook with many tools, group support from others who are also trying to quit smoking, and free cessation aids in the form of nicotine patches, nicotine gum or the prescription drug, Zyban.

Additional classes are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, September 18 at the Grantsville Outreach Center at 28 Hershberger Lane, and on Wednesday, November 7 in the GCHD conference room in Oakland. All currently scheduled classes begin at 5:30 pm.

Participants also have access to the Maryland Tobacco Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW.  This quitline gives tobacco users access to a “Quitting Coach” for help seven days a week.  Anyone from the general public can use the hotline as well.

For more information about the upcoming class or to register, contact the Garrett County Health Department at 301-334 7730 or 301-895-3111. The classes, cessation aids, and Maryland Tobacco Quitline are funded by the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund Program.

By: Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department