Tobacco Cessation

Are You Ready to Quit Tobacco Use?

Free Classes

Upcoming Tobacco Cessation Classes

Classes are free, but registration is required. Call 375-5211.

Boise Public Library - Downtown
715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise

Five sessions of 2 hours apiece

April 3, 10, 17, 19 & 24
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

All classes are free, paid for by the Idaho Tobacco Millennium Fund monies.

You must call 375-5211 or 327-8543 to enroll in the classes.

Class size is limited.

Print the Free Tobacco Cessation Class flyer

Classes Available District-Wide

Free Tobacco Cessation classes are offered through the district by the individuals listed under the "Contacts for Classes" column on the right. These classes are supported by Idaho Tobacco Millennium monies.

Most classes meet multiple times and cover the following topics:

• Nicotine addiction and habit
• Consequences of tobacco use
• Information and tips on how to quit
• Dealing with withdrawal symptoms
• Managing stress through relaxation techniques
• Avoiding weight gain
• Social supports
• How to become a non-tobacco user for good!

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Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) - the "patch", lozenge, or gum is available at no cost to individuals who enroll in either phone-based tobacco cessation counseling with the Idaho QuitLine (1-800-784-8669) or in web-based (internet) counseling with idaho.quitnet.com. Must be 18 years or older.

Funded by Idaho Tobacco Millennium Funds, Coordinated by Project Filter

Free Phone and Internet Cessation Services

These services are funded by the Idaho Tobacco Prevention and Control Program at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. No tax dollars are involved.

Idaho QuitLine 1-800-QuitNow (1-800-784-8669)
Help to quit smoking is now just a phone call away. The Idaho QuitLine is a free telephone counseling service designed to help smokers quit. This confidential service connects tobacco users with trained counselors who guide and support them through the process of becoming tobacco-free.

Idaho QuitNet
The Idaho QuitNet is a free internet service that can help you quit smoking. It offers expert advice on quitting, online support from other smokers who are trying to quit and information about medications that may make quitting easier. QuitNet is available 24 hours a day.

Idaho Medicaid Preventive Health Assistance (PHA)

Eligible individuals can earn PHA $200 vouchers to help pay for tobacco cessation products such as Chantix at a participating vendor or PHA $200 vouchers toward weight management program fees at participating gyms. Call
1-877-364-1843.

For details on the PHA benefit, click here.

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Smoking in the Work Place

Effective July 1, 2008 the Central District Health Department banned all tobacco use on health department property in Ada, Elmore and Valley counties. For the complete story
click here:

The Board of Health for CDHD decided to go tobacco-free because of the well-established fact that tobacco use, including being subjected to secondhand smoke, is hazardous to health. In addition to banning tobacco use on CDHD property, the health district is taking the further step of discouraging tobacco users from applying for jobs at the health department. CDHD is not the first organization in the area to enact hiring policies that favor non-tobacco users. In fact, the Ada County Sheriff’s Department has had a similar policy in place for more than a decade.

Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney talked about the Sheriff’s Department policy with the J-105 morning crew on October 23, 2008. Listen to the interview here. (Length 8:42)

Under CDHD policies, employees can use tobacco, but must go off campus to do so. All tobacco-using employees have been offered assistance in quitting.

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