{"id":50613,"date":"2011-11-17T08:59:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T13:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=50613"},"modified":"2011-11-17T14:57:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T19:57:42","slug":"great-american-smokeout-a-reminder-to-kick-the-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/11\/great-american-smokeout-a-reminder-to-kick-the-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"Great American Smokeout a Reminder to Kick the Habit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout<\/a>, a day dedicated to encouraging smokers to quit cigarettes or commit to a quit date.<\/p>\n

The UConn Health Center has a number of research studies that offer free counseling and treatment to participants.<\/p>\n

Dr. William White<\/a> is leading a study of an approach known as contingency management<\/a>, in which participants are able to draw cards to redeem for prizes when they meet certain cessation goals. More information is available by calling 860-372-8418.<\/p>\n

Dr. Cheryl Oncken<\/a> is enrolling postmenopausal women age 50 and older in a trial that studies the impact of exercise and relaxation<\/a> as part of smoking cessation efforts. She also is recruiting for a study of nicotine inhaler use during pregnancy<\/a>. More information on either of these studies is available by calling 860-679-4219.<\/p>\n

Dr. Sheila Alessi<\/a> soon will be recruiting for a smoking treatment study that includes FDA-approved medication and counseling. More information is available by calling 860-679-1849.<\/p>\n

A full catalog of research studies is on the UConn Health Center\u2019s clinical trials page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Diahann Wilcox, a nurse practitioner in the Health Center\u2019s Pulmonary Division, is facilitating a seven-week smoking cessation program scheduled to start in January. More details on the \u201cFreedom From Smoking\u201d program will be available in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

The Great American Smokeout also marks the first anniversary of the UConn Health Center becoming an entirely tobacco-free campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The American Cancer Society started the Great American Smokeout in 1976, and offers tools and tips to help smokers beat the urge to smoke at www.cancer.org\/Smokeout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Smoking cessation research studies are enrolling at the Health Center as the American Cancer Society\u2019s annual effort to encourage smokers to quit returns for a 36th year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":50615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[57,2010],"class_list":["post-50613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 10:49:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50613"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50627,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50613\/revisions\/50627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/50615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50613"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=50613"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=50613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}