Stop Smoking Services

Location: Student Health Center
Telephone: 681-WELL
Hours: By appointment Mon-Thu, 2pm - 10pm, or Friday 9am - 5pm

What's available at Student Health?

• One-on-one help: Come meet with Kevin Harrell, MPH, CHES, a Stop Smoking Specialist, to get information and/or develop a quit plan that’s right for you.
• Get personalized stop smoking information.
• Bring a friend: Support can increase your chances of quitting for good.
• Try the patch: The nicotine patch or gum doubles the success rate of quitting. Check out the Student Health Pharmacy prices for the patch, gum, and lozenge. You’ll be glad you did!
• See a provider: Talk to a Student Health provider about the stop smoking medications, Zyban® and Chantix®, or the nicotine inhaler, also available at the Student Health Pharmacy with a prescription.
• FREE Quit Kits: Stop by Student Health for a free quit kit to get you started.
• Carbon Monoxide Testing: See how much carbon monoxide is in your body and see your level decrease to normal after stopping smoking.

What happens when you meet with a Stop Smoking Specialist?

A Stop Smoking Specialist can help you decide if you want to quit using tobacco. The benefits and reasons for quitting can be discussed, along with the reasons for smoking. She can guide you through the steps of preparing to quit by identifying triggers and developing a plan of what you are going to do when you quit smoking. You can discuss nicotine replacement therapy and Zyban®, the non-nicotine pill, to decide if one of these is right for you to help you quit. When you are ready, your Stop Smoking Specialist will help you set a quit date and guide you through the days leading up to this day. Once your quit day arrives, you will receive support through emails and 1-on-1 meetings to help you stay smoke-free. If you slip, you will have the support to get you back on track.

Do you use other forms of tobacco?

We can help you quit any form of tobacco. It doesn’t matter if someone smokes or uses chewing tobacco or dip, nicotine is a highly addictive substance and using any form of tobacco increases one’s risk of cancer.

Thinking about quitting tobacco?

- Make a list of reasons why you want to quit.

- Make a list of things you’re worried about if you tried quit – talk these over with a Stop Smoking Specialist at Student Health.

- Calculate how much money you would save in a month and a year by quitting

- Have you tried to quit before? Make a list of the things that went right and the things that didn’t go right.

- Begin to make changes to your smoking behavior – delay your first cigarette of the day, only smoke standing up, or make your home smoke-free.

- Ready to get more information or set a quit date? Talk with a Stop Smoking Specialist at Duke Student Health.