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Location:
Virginia Hospital Center - Arlington
Health Promotion Services
1701 N. George Mason Drive
Arlington, VA 22205
(703) 558-6740
Web site: www.virginiahospitalcenter.com

Contact:
Cathy Turner, Coordinator
(703) 558-6067
Email: cturner@virginiahospitalcenter.com

Program Description:
This hospital-based class meets for one hour a total of five times over a 4-week period.  Each participant receives an American Heart Association "Quit for Good" packet.  The facilitators are health educators with a B.S. or M.S. degree and training through the American Cancer Society. Fee: $50

Program Services:
Face-to-face counseling, group counseling, supervised medication support (nicotine replacement, Zyban), relapse prevention counseling (for recent quitters).

The program site is wheelchair accessible and accessible by public transportation.  Services are available  to cigarette/cigar and pipe smokers as well as smokeless tobacco users.

Languages: English