Ford County Public Health Department supports, educates, and instructs Ford County residents on how they can receive counseling, support, and free nicotine replacement products through the Illinois Tobacco Quitline.  Additionally, Ford County Public Health Department monitors compliance of the Smoke-Free Illinois Act.

Smoke-Free Illinois Act

The Smoke-free Illinois Act prohibits smoking / vaping in virtually all public places and workplaces, including offices, theaters, museums, libraries, educational institutions, schools, commercial establishments, enclosed shopping centers and retail stores, restaurants, bars, private clubs and gaming facilities.

Illinois has taken this important step to protect its residents, workers and visitors from the harmful and hazardous effects of secondhand smoke. (Effective January 1, 2008)

For information or to submit a public smoking / vaping complaint, please visit: Smoke-free Illinois                                 

To view the Smoke-Free Illinois Act, visit:https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2893&ChapterID=35

Thinking about quitting???

Illinois Tobacco Quitline 
The Illinois Tobacco Quitline is a free telephonic or phone resource for individuals wanting to quit tobacco or tobacco-related products.

The Quitline’s counselors — nurses, respiratory therapists, and tobacco-cessation specialists — all have at least 25 years of medical experience and attend accredited, renowned nicotine dependence training programs to become certified in tobacco-cessation therapies.

They also are qualified to offer guidance in lung health and disease-related comorbidities, in addition to tobacco cessation. Because many are formers smokers, too, they know the challenges it takes to quit for good.

Staff can offer free advice, addicition help, personalized quit plan, cravings support, nicotene replacement products, follow up, and more. For more information, please call 1-866-QUIT-YES (1-866-784-8937), or visit: https://quityes.org/index.php

Smokefree.gov

Link: Quit Smoking or Vaping Today – We Can Help | Smokefree

 

My life my quit (just for teens) 

Text "start my quit" to 36072 or Call 855-891-9989

Link: My Life My Quit 

 

Smoke Free Teen

Link: Smokefree Teen

 

Smoke Free Veteran

Link: Smokefree Veterans

The Truth Initiative

At the Truth Initiative, we are committed to a future free from lifelong addiction, fostering healthier lives and a more resilient nation. We are the nation’s largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to preventing youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empowering quitting for all.

 

For Nonsmokers

Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights is dedicated to taking on the tobacco industry at all levels of government, protecting nonsmokers from exposure to secondhand smoke, and preventing tobacco addiction among youth. ANR pursues an action-oriented program of policy and legislation.

 

More Resources

• American Lung Association is committed to ending the death and disease caused by tobacco use. Information about tobacco regulation, tobacco taxes, cessation, and smoke-free environments, along with other information, is available on their website.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tips from Former Smokers
• American Cancer Society's How to Quit Smoking or Smokeless Tobacco
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Youth Tobacco Prevention Campaign The Real Cost
• IDPH E-cigarettes and Vapes