NYU Winthrop offers free tobacco cessation program

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NYU Winthrop Hospital is offering a free tobacco cessation program for individuals who are ready to quit smoking. The six-week program will be held on Thursdays at 5:45 p.m. on the following dates: August 2, 9, 16, 23,30, and September 6. Sessions will be held at the NYU Winthrop Research & Academic Center, Ground Floor Conference Room, at 101 Mineola Boulevard at the corner of Second Street in Mineola.

The program offers a step-by-step process to help smokers quit for good. This is a comprehensive program that will address motivational and behavioral support, nicotine use and pharmacological interventions, just to name a few. Facilitators include Joseph Weaver, nurse practitioner in the Department of Behavioral Health and Robert Sobotker, behavioral health social worker.

Admission is free, but seating is limited and pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, please call 1-866-WINTHROP (1-866-946-8476).

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