Smoking Cessation Programs and Links
Cigarette smoking increases blood pressure and the tendency to get blood clots. It also decreases HDL, or the "good cholesterol," and it decreases exercise tolerance. Smoking is so common and such a significant risk factor for heart disease that the Surgeon General has referred to it as, "the most important of the known modifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease in the United States." And when it comes to smoking related health problems, heart disease is only one of many.
The good news is that when you stop smoking--no matter how long or how much you've smoked--your risk of heart disease and stroke starts to drop.
Muskegon County Health Department
(231) 724-6350.
State of Michigan
Michigan Quit Line 1-800-780-7848
Web site link to numerous state cessation programs
Work Life Services – Muskegon Community College employee assistance program offers one on one counseling for smoking cessation. This service is available to MCC employees.
The following resources are available to help you quit smoking:
Smoking Cessation Classes at MCC
American Cancer Society
1-800-227-2345
www.cancer.org
National Women's Health Information Center
1-800-994-WOMAN (1-800-994-9662)
www.4woman.gov/QuitSmoking/howtoquit.cfm
Office on Smoking and Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
770-448-5705
www.cdc.gov/tobacco
Smoke-Free Families (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
www.smokefreefamilies.org