The Tennessee Department of Health announced its first state-wide, telephone-based tobacco cessation program. Tennesseans are now able to call 1.800.QUIT.NOW (1.800.784.8669) and receive personalized support to aid in quitting cigarette, spit or chew tobacco.

The toll-free service is designed to connect callers with a trained quit coach who will guide them through the quitting process, as well as ongoing professional coaching via individually scheduled calls from a counselor personally assigned to them.

Lung cancer is the number-one cancer killer in Tennessee, killing 4,148 Tennessee residents in 2004.

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