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 Cancer Institute (WCI) (Jonathan Friedberg, M.D., M.Sc., Director)
  • Offers free text-message and telephone-based cessation program with individual counseling
  • Offers 10 weeks of free Nicotine Replacement Therapy
  • Available in English or Spanish, led by cessation experts
• Center for Community Health and Prevention (Edith Williams, Ph.D., Director)
  • Offers ongoing group cessation programs for adults
  • Offers web-based group cessation for teens
  • Well-U sponsors You Can Quit - with professional quit coaches to help staff quit smoking or vaping
• Community Outreach and Engagement Program (Paula Cupertino, Ph.D., Director)
  • Free "Promote Health" classes for healthy living, to empower participants to make and maintain lifestyle changes that help lower their risk of cancer and other chronic diseases.
  • Offers Lung Cancer Screening, Mammography and other related resources
• The New York State Quitline and Quitsite
  • Offers free Nicotine Replacement Therapy and one-on-one telephone counseling
  • Web-based support includes information about vaping, and support for parents

These programs offer evidence-based cessation services for members of the community, to stop smoking and vaping, within a 27-County catchment-area in New York State.