This month, the Indiana Tobacco Quitline (1-800-QUIT NOW) is celebrating a decade of helping thousands of Hoosiers overcome their tobacco addiction and live healthier lives.
Since it began in March 2006, the Quitline has helped more than 114,000 tobacco users quit tobacco through its free phone counseling and its web-based service, Web Coach, and supplementary texting service, Text2Quit. It has also provided help for pregnant smokers who want to quit through programs that emphasize the benefits of quitting for both mother and baby and encourage smoking partners to quit as well.
Indiana’s adult smoking rate is 22.9 percent, down from 25.9 percent in 2011. The Quitline is working to further reduce those rates through the Quit Now Indiana Preferred Network, which comprises more than 6,700 health care providers, employers and other organizations across the state. An additional 42 local tobacco prevention and cessation community-based coalitions work throughout Indiana to support tobacco users who want to quit.
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