CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE DECIDED TO QUIT, SO GRAB YOUR PHONE!
CALL 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669)
You will talk with a trained tobacco treatment specialist who will assist you in your quit attempt.
- Any S.C. resident can call.
- It’s free!
- Hours are 8 a.m. to midnight, 7 days a week.
- Services feature phone & Internet counseling.
Order materials to help your patients/clients/employees quit tobacco use.
- Download this fax order form now. (pdf)
- Quitline fact sheet with "talking points." (pdf)
- How you can connect your web page with the S.C. Tobacco Quitline (pdf)
Tools for Healthcare Providers.
- Healthcare Provider Fax Referral Form (pdf)
- HIPAA Compliance Form (pdf)
- Healthcare Provider Fax Referral program Q&A (pdf)
Other clinician tools to help patients quit: www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/clinpack.html
Clinician tools to help pregnant smokers quit: www.helppregnantsmokersquit.org
S.C. Hospital-Based Tobacco Cessation Services
Directions for accessing information: Locate the county in which you reside. Point your mouse on the county name and click twice for a listing of hospital-based tobacco cessation (quit smoking) services in your county. It will be noted if a county does not have a hospital or if the cessation services information is not currently available.
Disclaimer: The services listed have been reported by each individual hospital. Efforts will be made to update the listing; however, information is subject to change and contact should be made directly to the hospital to verify the availability and cost of services. Hospital administrators, to update your facility's cessation information, download a survey here. (doc)
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control does not have statutory authority to regulate tobacco cessation (quit smoking) services in S.C. hospital systems. The availability and type of tobacco cessation services at any individual S.C. hospital has no bearing on the regulatory status or health rating of that particular hospital.
