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The North Dakota Department of Health has launched North Dakota QuitNet, a new comprehensive web-based service designed to help tobacco users quit. North Dakota residents can log on to QuitNet at www.nd.quitnet.com
and find FREE help with their efforts to quit using tobacco.
When people sign up for the online service they will have:
• Access to online professional cessation counselors.
• Assistance in designing a personal quit plan.
• 24/7/365 support from other quitters all over the world.
• QuitTips e-mail messages that will offer tips about staying quit.
• Free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges to help with the quitting process.
QuitNet can be accessed anyplace and at anytime. The service is convenient and completely confidential. People will have access to online tools, like chat groups and online calculators that let them know how many days they’ve extended their life and how much money they’ve saved.
QuitNet is based on the most recent scientific research, including guidelines issued by the U.S. Surgeon General. QuitNet’s look and feel has been designed and updated with the help of actual quitters.
The Department of Health also continues to sponsor the North Dakota Tobacco Quitline, a free telephone-based service that helps tobacco users quit. QuitNet users can use the online service in conjunction with the Quitline’s services to get the combination of help that’s right for them.
Services for North Dakota QuitNet are being provided by Healthways. Healthways has provided QuitNet online tobacco cessation services to other states since 1995 and continues to be the largest tobacco support website, with more than 600,000 participants and more than 3,700 visitors per day.
http://www.nd.quitnet.com/
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North Dakota residents can call the toll-free number, 1.800.QUIT.NOW (1.800.784.8669), to discuss quitting tobacco use with a trained counselor.
Hours for the Quitline are:
Monday through Thursday: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(During all other hours, callers can leave a message and counselors will return their call during open hours.)
Counselors will help callers establish a quit plan and guide them through the quitting process with follow-up phone calls. A 28 day supply of the patch, gum, or lozenge is available. Family members of tobacco users may call for information. The Quitline is also a resource for health-care professionals, including physicians, nurses, dentists and counselors.
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