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Tobacco Cessation

The Tobacco Cessation & Smoke-Free Space program of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center offers information and resources to fight nicotine addiction and encourages a commitment to the elimination of second-hand smoke. The program addresses the impact of tobacco on our community from an advocacy perspective as well as offering individual and group tobacco cessation services.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For more resource materials about tobacco cessation, please contact Dave Martin at (414) 271-2656, Ext. 1021. You may also visit the Tobacco Control Resource Center website at www.tobwis.org or call (800) 248-9244.

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS

The Center works collaboratively with these local organizations:

American Lung Association – FACT
City of Milwaukee Health Department
Diverse and Resilient, Inc.
Milwaukee Community Tobacco-Free Coalition
University of Wisconsin – Madison: Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
Wisconsin Quitline

RM2BREATHE QUIT GROUP

RM2BREATHE is an LGBT smoking cessation program co-sponsored by Diverse and Resilient and the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center. If you have been thinking about quitting, do it in a friendly supportive group. Contact Dave at 414-292-3066 for more information. This seven week quit group series is held at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center from 6 to 8pm. Call for more information on the next Quit Group Series.

To get help, feel free to contact:

Quit Line: (800) QUITNOW (784-8669), a program of The University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, which is funded by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. For more information about counseling services, visit www.ctri.wisc.edu/quitline.

rm2breathe, a program funded by The University of Wisconsin school of Medicine and Public Health’s Wisconsin Partnership Program and implemented by Diverse & Resilient, Inc. Rm2breathe's components of Social Marketing, Outreach, Health Promoters, Quit Groups, and Quit Buddies are part of a new evidence-based intervention on a community and individual level to adresss the impact of smoking in our community.