NJ Quit 2 Win | New Jersey Quit2Win Facts

What Is Quit 2 Win?

Quit 2 Win is a statewide campaign launched by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) to mobilize every organization, institution and individual across the State to get involved in reducing tobacco use by:

Getting out the word about the free and low-cost New Jersey Quit Services available to help smokers quit -- NJ Quitline, NJ QuitNet® and NJ Quitcenters
Encouraging smokers they know as their employees, patients, constituents, colleagues, friends and family members to try to quit smoking by using NJ Quit Services
Empowering smokers to feel that they can win in their struggle against tobacco dependence

In May 2004, the Surgeon General published the most comprehensive report ever issues on the health risks of smoking. The report documents the wide-ranging damage to health that smoking causes to nearly every organ in the body, including:

Nine different cancers located throughout the body in addition to lung cancer: cancers of the larynx, esophagus, oral cavity, bladder, kidney, cervix, stomach and pancreas, as well as acute myeloid leukemia
Other life-threatening diseases: stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, pneumonia, increased pregnancy complications, premature births and even sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Conditions that reduce the quality of life: infertility among women, cataracts, periodontal disease, low bone density and hip fractures, impaired lung function and diminished overall health
Nine of these diseases are new to the list: abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute myeloid leukemia, cataracts, cervical cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, pneumonia, periodontitis and stomach cancer¹

In response to this new information, NJDHSS created the Quit 2 Win campaign to increase public awareness and utilization of New Jersey's proven and effective Quit Services. The Department aims to achieve the State's Healthy People 2010 goal to reduce smoking among 18- to 64-year-olds to 15 percent, and among seniors 65 and older to 8 percent. Currently, 17 percent of New Jersey adults smoke.

Quit 2 Win Campaign Components

NJDHSS is calling upon leaders in healthcare, education, business and the faith-based community, as well as major employers and residents in all walks of life, to share information about New Jersey's Quit Services and encourage smokers to quit smoking.
New Jerseyans can log onto www.njquit2win.com to get more information about the campaign and download materials for campaign initiaitives, including:

Information about how NJ Quitline, NJ QuitNet® and the NJ Quitcenters work and how to access them
How-To Manual describing initiatives that groups can take to support the campaign goals
Slideshows and discussion guides on the impact of smoking, how to quit smoking and the NJ Quit Services for group presentations
Video and downloadable discussion guide highlighting how two New Jerseyans Quit 2 Win using NJ Quitline and NJ QuitNet
E-cards that can be sent to encourage smokers to quit with NJ Quit Services
Posters for display in offices and schools
Print ads and brief articles suitable for reprinting in organizational newletters and new bulletins
A fact sheet for employers demonstrating the bottom-line benefits of helping employees to quit smoking
A referral slip for doctors to refer patients who smoke to the NJ Quit Services and labels for patient files to remind doctors to follow up with patients who smoke

What benefits does the campaign offer to smokers?

The Quit 2 Win campaign encourages New Jersey smokers to utilize services that will increase their ability to succeed in quitting smoking.
New Jersey is the only State to offer three free or low-cost cessation services that smokers can access directly: New Jersey Quitline (1-866-NJ-STOPS); NJ QuitNet® and New Jersey Quitcenters.
Key medical societies endorse the campaign and are encouraging their members to counsel patients who smoke to quit smoking by using NJ Quit Services.
Throughout the year to mobilize support for smokers who want to quit smoking NJDHSS is asking:

Major employers to provide their employees with information about NJ Quit Services and hold educational sessions on smoking cessation
Community groups to distribute information about quitting smoking and the NJ Quit Services
Schools to hold educational sessions on the dangers of smoking and how the NJ Quit Services can help people quit, and to encourage students to share information with adults who smoke
Campus organizations to distribute information and hold programs to encourage quitting among students
Individuals to support the campaign's goal by sharing information about the NJ Quit Services with friends and family members and lending support to their efforts to quit

¹US Department of Health and Human Services, 2004, "The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General."

Nearly 76 percent of New Jersey's 1.15 million smokers want to quit, yet without seeking help only 3 percent succeed. With New Jersey Quitline, smokers are 10 times more likely to succeed. Smokers are 50 percent more likely to succeed when family, friends and colleagues support them.		Within 20 minutes after their last cigarette, smokers' blood pressure and heart rate drop 48 hours: The ability to smell and taste is enhanced 1 to 9 months: Coughing and shortness of breath decrease View additional benefits of quitting smoking

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