FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health’s Tobacco Free Florida Program offers residents services that can double a tobacco user’s chances of successfully quitting.
A new study released in the journal "Addictive Behaviors" confirmed that Tobacco Free Florida’s media campaign is using the right strategy by airing hard-hitting messages and ensuring high exposure through television, online and radio advertising to inspire smokers to quit.
The study went on to note that campaign exposure is also reducing the likelihood of relapse among those who quit.[i]
The smokeout, currently in its 40th year, is a time for tobacco users to make a quit plan or to plan in advance to quit on that day.
For more information on free and easy-to-access ways to quit, visit www.tobaccofreeflorida.com.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Learn to quit for free during Great American Smokeout