TIP #17

Increase your support system. Enlist your family, friends, coworkers, and or health care providers to give you ongoing support.You don't fail if you have a slip or a relapse, but only if you don't keep trying to quit.

ROI Calculator for Employers and Health Insurance Plans

The ROI Calculator. This is for health insurance plans and employers tool uses your data and default information to estimate the return on investment to coverage, promotion, and encouragement of smoking cessation.

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Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) of St. Joseph County is the area lead agency selected to oversee the implementation of tobacco prevention and cessation related activities of the Tobacco Free of St. Joseph County coalition. SJRMC has received funding from the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency (ITPC) www.in.gov/itpc. Funding to ITPC was made available through the Master Settlement Agreement between 46 state attorneys general and the tobacco industry.

The mission of Tobacco Free St. Joseph County is to improve the health and quality of life of citizens of St. Joseph County. More specific to the Tobacco Free St. Joseph County initiative, the mission is to create a culture within the community where the use of tobacco is no longer socially acceptable behavior.