Nicotine & Tobacco Treatment Collaborative

Housed within the Department of Public Health Sciences, the Nicotine & Tobacco Treatment Collaborative offers cessation treatment programs serving a 27-County area in New York State.

The Collaborative includes the following:

• Wilmot Tobacco Cessation Program (Francisco Cartujano Barrera, MD, Director)
  • Free text-message and telephone-based cessation program with individual counseling
  • Offers up to 10 weeks of free Nicotine Replacement Therapy, to stop smoking or chewing tobacco products.
  • Available in English or Spanish, led by cessation experts
• Center for Community Health and Prevention, CCHP Cessation Programs (Edith Williams, Ph.D., Director)
  • CCHP Cessation Programs - Ongoing group cessation programs, as well as individual counseling for adults
  • Well-U sponsors You Can Quit - with professional quit coaches to help staff quit smoking or vaping
• Center for a Tobacco-Free Finger Lakes (Scott McIntosh, PhD, Director)
  • Free training and resources for health care settings, on cessation and tobacco treatment policy
  • Trains health care system professionals to screen and intervene using evidence-based practices
• The New York State Quitline and Quitsite
  • Quitline #: 1-866-697-8487 (866 NY QUITS)
  • Offers free Nicotine Replacement Therapy and one-on-one telephone counseling
  • Web-based support includes information about vaping, and support for parents

These programs cover a 27-County catchment area in New York State, offering evidence-based services to help people stop smoking, vaping, and using other forms of tobacco-products.