"One of the biggest benefits of (the site) is the blogging," said Jennifer Mauch, Richland County tobacco prevention coordinator. "To share the same battles with others is helpful."
The site is a great companion to the Quitlline, Mauch said. It allows users to remain somewhat anonymous while chatting with other smokers trying to quit and with counselors. It provides an access point for those who may be afraid to call.
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“The QuitNet service is convenient and completely confidential and provides solid help with the challenging task of quitting tobacco,” said Michelle Walker, tobacco cessation director for the North Dakota Department of Health, in a press release. “We know that people are connected online, using the Internet for work and the social aspects of their lives. We wanted to offer an online tool people would be comfortable using and that would offer the social support which is so helpful when quitting tobacco.”
Services for North Dakota QuitNet are being provided by Healthways, which has provided QuitNet online tobacco cessation services to other states since 1995. It continues to be the largest tobacco support Web site, with more than 600,000 participants and more than 3,700 visitors per day. Any North Dakota resident who is currently paying a fee to subscribe to the QuitNet’s premium service will no longer be charged.
QuitNet is funded through the North Dakota Legislature through funds received in the Master Settlement Agreement with the tobacco industry. Funding also is provided by the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health.
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