Programs: Tobacco Cessation
Long Island Quits, our smoking cessation project supported by the New York State Department of Health, pairs LINCS outreach staff with outreach professionals from the Long Island Association for AIDS Care, Inc. (LIAAC) and the Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk (EOC) as part of Street outreach initiatives.
This smoking cessation initiative is designed to reduce tobacco use among predominately minority men and women who have been under-served by traditional smoking cessation programs. Over time, LINCS and its affiliates have worked to win the trust of Long Island's most disenfranchised populations and this program gives us the opportunity to help those populations with yet another health threat - tobacco use. This program serves more than 1,000 Long Islanders annually, offering them behavioral counseling, development of QuitPlans, and direct access to smoking cessation aids such as nicotine patches. Tobacco use remains one of our nations and region's greatest public health threats and we are pleased to be able to offer this service to residents who need it most.
