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 Baptist North Mississippi to Host Free, On-site Tobacco Treatment Program Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi has joined The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi’s ACT Tobacco Treatment Program and now offers on-site tobacco-treatment programs free of charge for the community. Baptist North Mississippi is one of six new sites added in 2004 and one of 12 regional sites selected for the program. Funded by The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi and managed by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, the program is designed to meet the needs of the growing number of Mississippians who have requested local and personal assistance in their efforts to quit smoking. The sites combine individual and group meetings conducted by trained tobacco specialists with free nicotine replacement patches to help participants eliminate their tobacco habit. Baptist North Mississippi offers six-week sessions several times a year. “We are honored to be one of the sites selected for this tremendous public service program,” said Wanda Barbour, director of education at Baptist North Mississippi and the hospital’s program leader. “Tobacco use is widely regarded as the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Overcoming a tobacco addiction can be difficult, but research shows that when people get help, they are twice as likely to quit tobacco use for good.” The ACT Tobacco Treatment Program is staffed by a team of health care professionals and offers education, treatment and research in tobacco prevention and cessation. Staff members include dentists, nurses, psychologists, physicians and others. The program was tested during a pilot program during the fall of 2003 and spring of 2004 at six sites across the state. Of the more than 1,800 patients who were seen during the pilot, nearly 73 percent reported successfully quitting by the end of the program. Cessation programs like these are credited with reducing Mississippi’s adult smoking rate to just 18 percent in 2003. The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi is a public/private, nonprofit organization that comprises statewide governmental and nongovernmental agencies, as well as community groups. The Partnership combines community and faith-based efforts with school programs, a school nurse program, cessation support, media and law enforcement that prohibits the sale of tobacco to youth. For more information about classes, please call Merilyn Charlton at (662) 513-1506.  Top of Page |
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