Health Enhancement

Local and Other Health Resources

• Resources for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

  "Smoking cessation represents the single most important step that smokers can take to enhance the length and quality of their lives."
  --Report of the U.S. Surgeon General (1990)

• Local Resources:
• Health Enhancement /Division of Student Affairs/NIU (815)753-9755
  Health Enhancement, the health promotion and disease prevention office of the Division of Student Affairs, offers smoking cessation services to students:
  • -FREE Quit Kits (Evans Field House and outreach sites)
  • -Xtreme Air Program-individual smoking cessation coaching program
• Employee Wellness and Assistance (EWAP), NIU (815)753-9191
  EWAP offers the American Cancer Society's Fresh Start Program to interested students. A group of approximately six students meet four times over a two- or four-week period to quit smoking.
• DeKalb County Health Department 2550 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb (815)758-6673
  Handouts and resources on tobacco and smoking cessation.
• Kishwaukee Community Hospital 626 Bethany Road, DeKalb (815)756-1521
  Smoking cessation classes meet periodically. Call for more information.
• National Resources:
  • National Institutes of Health - (301) 496-4000
  • American Heart Association-320 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 (214)750-5300
  • American Lung Association-1740 Broadway New York, NY 10019 (212)245-8000
  • Office on Smoking and Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    5600 Fishers Lane Park Building, Room 110 Rockville, MD 20857
• Books
  • Institute of Medicine. (1994). Growing Up Tobacco Free. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
  • National Cancer Institute. Population Based Smoking Cessation: Proceedings of a Conference on What Works to Influence Cessation in the General Population. Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph No. 12. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, November 2000.
  • Fiore, MC, Bailey, WC, Cohen, SJ, et al. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. Clinical Practice Guideline. Rockville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service. June 2000.