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Cottleville, MO 63376 | 636-922-8000
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How to Quit Smoking


 

 


SCC is committed to helping students, staff, and faculty members who want to stop using tobacco. SCC provides on-campus resources for students as well as referrals to programs in St. Charles County.

Schedule of Upcoming Activities

See our calendar of events or contact Kelley Pfeiffer, student activities coordinator, at 636-922-8544.

Resources on Campus

Visit the Healthy Environment Information Station located near the Fitness Center Help Desk, College Center. Free "Quit Kits" are available.

Programs off Campus

If you are a tobacco user and carry health insurance coverage, some health care plans provide reimbursement benefits for those who successfully complete a tobacco cessation program. Call your insurance provider to learn more about your preventive health benefits.

  • 1-800-Quit Now (1-800-784-8669) offered by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
  • www.smokefree.gov – An online quitting resource.
  • www.quit-smoking-review.com – Reviews various products available for cessation
  • www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco
  • www.lungusa.org – Online Freedom from Smoking class, provided by the American Lung Association
  • Area hospitals offer smoking cessation, auricular therapy, and hypnosis sessions.
  • Contact your personal medical advisor for medications or program referrals.
  • SCC employees may contact the PAS employee assistance program, 1-800-356-0845, for smoking cessation modules and coaching. www.paseap.com


100 pairs of shoes representing the number of people who die of tobacco related deaths in Missouri each month.

One hundred pairs of shoes were placed around the SCC College Center Rotunda on Thursday, Nov. 16, representing the number of tobacco-related deaths occurring in Missouri each month.

A St. Charles Community College student takes a lung capacity test at the school’s Smokeout Day Event in the College Center Rotunda on Friday, Nov. 16.

An SCC student takes a lung capacity test in the College Center Rotunda.

Recognizing Great American Smokeout Day Nov. 16 on the SCC campus were, from left, students Kendra Kaine, Rachel Kirchoff, and Justin McKinnies; college President John McGuire; Cottleville Mayor Don Yarber; and Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital officials Sharon Lee and Karen Prideaux.

Recognizing Great American Smokeout Day Nov. 16 on the SCC campus were, from left, students Kendra Kaine, Rachel Kirchoff, and Justin McKinnies; SCC President John McGuire; Cottleville Mayor Don Yarber; and Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital officials Sharon Lee and Karen Prideaux.