Healing Village/Health Services

Smoking Cessation

"COMMIT TO QUIT"

The Martin University Tobacco Prevention Education
and
Cessation Counseling Program
(317)-917-3404

-- FREE --

A report was released this past June further proving the harm in second-hand smoke. This encourages Martin University's Smoking Cessation Program to continue providing education and assistance to the public. Link to the report below.

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_2006/index.htm

Our overarching goal is, through increased awareness, to gain community support and action in combating the culture of acceptance related to tobacco-use in our community.

    We aim to:
  • Increase individual awareness about tobacco prevention
  • Provide a program for individuals that will help reduce tobacco use
  • Gain greater understanding of tobacco use and cessation among minorities
    Our team - dedicated to helping you quit:
  • Dennis N. Jackson, Ed. D. - Education Director
  • Brian Steuerwald, Ph. D. - Cessation Director
  • Raymond Pierce, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Program Administrator
  • Susan Sheridan, R.N., M.S.N.
  • Beverly L. Watkins, M.A. Urban Ministry
  • John L. Mize
    The program involves:
  • Six to eight individualized counseling sessions over a three- to four-month period
  • Consideration for weight management
  • Participant cost only for nicotine-replacement products


We also host events such as our continuing education conference, State of the Art Tobacco Cessation: Serving the Minority Communities; a Tobacco-Free Kids’ Fashion Show; and Cessation Counseling Training for the African American Community.

All counselors are Master’s or doctoral level practitioners.

The program, which is backed by the National Medical Association, is based upon CDC Best Practices Guidelines and professional standards for individual privacy and confidentiality.


Our sponsor The Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Trust Fund:
This Fund exists to prevent and reduce the use of all tobacco products in Indiana and to protect citizens from exposure to tobacco smoke.

Indiana Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Agency (ITPC)
150 West Market Street, Suite 406
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 234-1787