The Great American Smokeout is a national awareness program by the American Cancer Society (ACS) to talk about the effects of smoking and encourage people to quit using tobacco products. Human Response Network’s (HRN) Tobacco Education Program (TEP) is expanding efforts to reach more areas of Trinity County this year to support people who want to quit. The Tobacco Education Program will be at the following seven locations from November 19th to 22nd to provide quitting resources and free quit kits: Tuesday, November 19th at WeCare Clinic in Mad River from 10:30 am to 1:00pm and Wiley’s Supermarket in Hayfork from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm; Wednesday, November 20th at Lewiston Mini Mart from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm; Thursday, November 21st at Salyer Mall Store from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and Douglas City Store from 3:00 to 5:00pm; and Friday, November 22nd at Holiday Market from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and Up North Confectionery and Mercantile from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Stop by our booth if you are considering quitting tobacco products or supporting someone trying to quit.
Smoking is still the leading preventable cause of death as shared in the Trinity County Equity Assessment. Trinity County has more than twice the rate of premature death than California, a higher rate of preventable hospitalizations than statewide, twice as likely to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease, and the death rate from chronic lower respiratory disease is higher than state rate. Trinity County and Northern California youth also have the highest use of flavored tobacco and nicotine products in the state according to the California Youth Tobacco Survey 2023 and California Healthy Kids Survey, 2022-2023.
For support or anonymous help with quitting smoking, vaping, hookah, and chew, you can talk or text with a Kick It California quit coach by calling 1-800-300-8086, visit https://kickitca.org/ or contact HRN’s Tobacco Education Program for a free quit kit at (530)623-2024 or kcompton@hrntrinity.org.
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