Smoking and tobacco cessation

Working together, program staff helps individuals understand the effects of tobacco use and explains the most effective physical and psychological aspects of quitting tobacco use. These include integrated individual and group counseling and all FDA-approved medications for treating tobacco dependence, including combination therapies. Patients may be referred to the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI), the lead center on the University of Wisconsin campus for treatment of tobacco addiction.

Working together, program staff helps individuals understand the effects of tobacco use and explains the most effective physical and psychological aspects of quitting tobacco use. These include integrated individual and group counseling and all FDA-approved medications for treating tobacco dependence, including combination therapies.

Services

• Comprehensive, state-of-the-art tobacco dependence treatment

• Individualized treatment plans, including counseling and medications

• Specialized assessment involving carbon monoxide and pulmonary function testing

• Open-ended group support for relapse prevention

UW Health Smoking Cessation Clinic staff - physicians, clinical psychologists and others - are trained experts in the field of smoking cessation. We have led the development of the United States public health service clinical practice guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence.

Working together, program staff helps individuals understand the effects of tobacco use and explains the most effective physical and psychological aspects of quitting tobacco use. These include integrated individual and group counseling and all FDA-approved medications for treating tobacco dependence, including combination therapies.

Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line

Smokers calling the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line (1-800-QUIT-NOW) are four times more likely to quit smoking successfully than those who try on their own, according to an independent survey evaluating the Quit Line's second year of operation.

The resources listed below include an array of competent advice on how to quit smoking. You can use these resources as a complement to UW Health's smoking cessation services in your effort to quit smoking.

Health information

• Quick Tips: What to Do When You Crave Nicotine

• Quitting Smoking

• Lung cancer

Online resources

• University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention: includes the organization's Center for Tobacco Research and Innovation Resources

• smokefree.gov: Free, proven methods for those trying to quit smoking, including self-help guides, instant support, and interactive tools available.

• Quit Smoking: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) site includes tips, health information and support phone numbers.