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LIVE HEALTHIER AND ENJOY FREEDOM FROM SMOKING

We want to help you stop smoking and save you money on your medical premium.

Join this FREE seven-week program designed by the American Lung Association to help you quit with weekly 60-minute group classes.

THINKING ABOUT QUITTING?

This seven-week program based on the American Lung Association’s “Freedom from Smoking” tobacco cessation program consists of weekly group classes that teach you how to manage triggers and help you develop a plan to quit for good.

Make this year the year you quit by completing our Freedom from Smoking Program available to employees, spouses and dependents on the Quad Health Plan.

Starts the week of Classes Begin: Feb 19

TUESDAYS at 12PM CT:

LYNLEY: Wellness Coach

WEDNESDAYS at 8Am CT:

Stacey: Wellness Coach

THURSDAYS at 12PM CT:

Rose: Wellness Coach

The Freedom from Smoking program is open to employees, spouses and dependents ages 18 and older enrolled in a Quad medical plan.

CAN'T JOIN FREEDOM FROM SMOKING?

We offer the following options for tobacco users on our medical plan who are looking to kick the habit.

Quad’s medical plans cover two 90-day cycles of treatment per year for certain tobacco-cessation products at 100% through a network pharmacy. Among the covered products:

Bupropion SR 150 mg (the generic equivalent to Zyban)
Generic nicotine gum
Generic nicotine patches
Commit lozenges
Chantix starting and continuing packs

You must have a prescription for these products in order to receive the plan benefit, even if a product is sold over-the-counter.

We encourage counseling in addition to the use of cessation products, though it is not mandatory. 1:1 coaching is available for those unable to attend the group sessions. Log in to your MyChart account or call your health center to make a wellness coaching appointment.

If you don’t have MyChart, call 1-888-417-1001.

REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

OPTION 1

Complete the virtual “Freedom from Smoking” Class – attend 100% of sessions
Complete 2 additional 1:1 sessions

(*Note -missed classes may be made-up as 1:1 sessions with the coach. These make-up sessions DO NOT count towards the additional 2 1:1 sessions also required for this option – they would be in addition.)

OPTION 2

Complete an online tobacco cessation course accessible via the Wellness Portal
Complete 5 additional 1:1 sessions

OPTION 3

Complete the 1:1 Tobacco cessation program and complete all assigned homework/tracking requirements as outlined by the wellness coach during the program.
Minimum of 8 sessions

The research I did leading up to quitting had me thinking it was going to be much harder than it actually was, I barely suffered through any of the harsh side effects of nicotine withdrawal. I often told myself I would have done it soon if I had realized how easy it was going to be. It seems like it’s been so long since I quit smoking that I don’t even consider myself a former smoker anymore.

– Shawn Corrigan, Paper & Press Auditor Lead, Sussex

TESTIMONIALS

I can breathe, I don’t cough, and to be honest, with the cost of cigarettes, I could not afford to smoke. Before we both quit we went through at least three cartons per week. Today that would be over $250 per week (or $1,000 per month). THAT’S A HOUSE PAYMENT!

– Gary Rydzik, Employee Shift Supervisor, Hartford

I had been smoking for about 25 years. My life partner told me that evening, ‘Why don’t you just quit smoking?’ So I put them down, and by the end of the second day, she was ready to buy me my smokes. I told her no. I had just lost my Dad and I was doing it for him. Each day was easier and easier. I still had urges but I didn’t cave in. Now I’m so glad I quit and I feel so much better.

– Nancy Frazier, Quality Assurance & Parcel Service Representative, Effingham

TOBACCO MYTH VS FACT

MYTH

Smoking is just a choice.

FACT

Addiction to nicotine can happen quickly. It changes the chemical balance in your brain. Smoking may seem like it’s just a choice or a habit. In fact, most people who use tobacco are addicted.

MYTH

It’s too late to quit—the damage is already done.

FACT

At any age, the sooner you quit, the sooner your health can improve. Within 20 minutes after quitting, your body starts to heal. After 2 to 5 years, your risk for stroke is similar to that of a nonsmoker. And in 10 years, your lung cancer risk is cut in half.

MYTH

Filters make cigarettes safer.

FACT

Filters do NOT protect you. They are designed to make smoke particles smaller. That makes nicotine easier to absorb. This increases addiction.

MYTH

Secondhand smoke may bother people, but it isn’t dangerous.

FACT

Tens of thousands of nonsmokers die every year from breathing others’ secondhand smoke. Breathing the chemicals in tobacco smoke changes your blood’s chemistry almost immediately. Deadly clots can form and block arteries to your heart or brain.

MYTH

An occasional cigarette is no big deal.

FACT

Smoking doesn’t just cause diseases for heavy smokers or longtime smokers. Each cigarette you smoke hurts your lungs, your blood vessels, and cells throughout your body. Tobacco smoke can trigger sudden heart attacks and death, even in nonsmokers.

MYTH

E-cigarettes and vaping are a healthy alternative.

FACT

The aerosol in e-cigarettes can have damaging chemicals, including nicotine, ultrafine particles you can inhale into your lungs, flavorings linked to lung disease, and heavy metals. Vaping may be less harmful than smoking normal cigarettes, "but safer is not the same as safe.”

Starts the week of Classes Begin: Feb 19

TUESDAYS at 12PM CT:

LYNLEY: Wellness Coach

WEDNESDAYS at 8Am CT:

Stacey: Wellness Coach

THURSDAYS at 12PM CT:

Rose: Wellness Coach

CAN'T JOIN FREEDOM FROM SMOKING?

REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

OPTION 1

OPTION 2

OPTION 3

TESTIMONIALS

TOBACCO MYTH VS FACT

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TOBACCO CESSATION RESOURCES

"We'll keep you well;
and if you get sick,
we'll take care of that too."
- Harry V. Quadracci

Starts the week of Classes Begin: Feb 19

TUESDAYS at 12PM CT:

LYNLEY: Wellness Coach

WEDNESDAYS at 8Am CT:

Stacey: Wellness Coach

THURSDAYS at 12PM CT:

Rose: Wellness Coach

CAN'T JOIN FREEDOM FROM SMOKING?

REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

OPTION 1

OPTION 2

OPTION 3

TESTIMONIALS

TOBACCO MYTH VS FACT

MYTH

FACT

MYTH

FACT

MYTH

FACT

MYTH

FACT

MYTH

FACT

MYTH

FACT

TOBACCO CESSATION RESOURCES

"We'll keep you well; and if you get sick, we'll take care of that too." - Harry V. Quadracci

1.800.888.8932

"We'll keep you well;
and if you get sick,
we'll take care of that too."
- Harry V. Quadracci