Did you know that only 5% of smokers quit without any type of assistance?
You don't have to do it alone. Join the NKU Tobacco Cessation program for free, one-on-one cessation counseling.
Additional Lung Health and Cessation Resources
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder COPD Foundation
St. Elizabeth Tobacco Cesstion Support
What Does Vaping Do to Your Lungs?
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Truth Initiative Quit Smoking and Vaping Tools
The program examines effective medications and behavioral strategies available today to help tobacco users give up smoking for good and improve their health. Part of KET's ongoing Smoking Cessation initiative funded in part by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.
Tobacco-Free Kentucky Kids Documentary
The program focuses on efforts to reduce smoking and other tobacco use among teenagers, featuring leaders in Kentucky's teen smoking prevention field. It also examines the use of smokeless tobacco by teens and efforts by high school students to discourage their peers from using tobacco. Part of KET's ongoing Smoking Cessation initiative funded in part by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.
Debbie Patten MA, RRT, CHSE
Faculty, CHHS Allied Health
Tobacco Cessation Specialist
Freedom from Smoking Instructor
FH, 495J
(859) 572-5866
pattend@nku.edu
Recorded Webinar: Reducing Employee Risk: COVID-19, Tobacco Use and Smoke-free Environments
30-minute webinar focused on understanding the increased risk of tobacco use/smoking and COVID-19 complications. There will be speakers from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Kentucky Cancer Program, Kentucky Cancer Consortium and the University of Kentucky. Resources for worksites related to tobacco treatment and smoke-free environments will be highlighted.
Reducing Employee Risk: COVID-19, Tobacco Use and Smoke-free Environments Supplemental Resource Kit
