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Smoking Cessation Classes

Wellness Tips for Prevention of Cancer

The most important steps you can take to control and protect your health are also some of the best tips for helping to prevent cancer. These two top the list:

• Avoid tobacco in all its forms; if you smoke cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, or use chewing tobacco, stop! If you don't smoke or chew, don't start!
• Lose weight! Obesity contributes to poor overall health and may directly influence certain cancers.

Others tips include:

• Protect your skin by using sunscreen, protective clothing, and limiting exposure during peak daylight hours (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.);
• Consume food and alcohol in moderation, and strive for a balanced diet that includes whole grains (fiber), fruits and vegetables;
• Work toward a balanced daily schedule that includes exercise and enough sleep;
• Know your family history - Become aware of any cancers that might run in your family.

While all cancers cannot be prevented, most cancers have certain physical properties that allow a screening program to reveal them while they are the most treatable.

Please consider Free Health Screening opportunities available at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center

Cigarettes contain over 4,000 chemicals, over 60 of which cause cancer.

Tobacco Cessation

Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, as part of LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, has partnered with the LSUHSC School of Public Health and the Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco Free Living (TFL) to provide tobacco cessation services to LSUHSC-S patients, hospital employees and the communities we serve. Cessation services are facilitated by the Tobacco Control Initiative, which provides evidence-based interventions that are cost effective, appropriate, and acceptable to patients.

LSUHSC-S health care providers can refer patients using the Tobacco Control Initiative's Outpatient Tobacco Cessation Referral form. Referred patients are offered the following cessation treatment options:

• Medication assistance (e.g. Nicotine patch, Chantix, and Wellbutrin) at a free or reduced cost for qualified patients;
• Facilitated access to the Louisiana Quit-Line (1-800-QUIT-NOW) for free telephone counseling;
• Group behavioral counseling class; and
• Self-help materials for patients interested in quitting on their own.

The next Tobacco Cessation class is scheduled Wednesday, March 12 at 2:00 p.m. in the Partners in Wellness conference room, which is in the Ambulatory Care Clinic on the corner of Kings Hwy and Linwood Ave. Evening classes will start in April.

For more information contact Kristen Catanese, Tobacco Control Initiative Participant Recruiter, by phone (318) 813-2233 or by e-mail kcatan@lsuhsc.edu.

Download the TCI Referral Form ( Inpatient  or Outpatient). 
To refer a patient, print out and FAX the referral form to: (318) 813-2238

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