Courage to Quit® is a comprehensive group or individual tobacco treatment program for adults. Program leaders provide information, practice skills, and support to help you reach your smoke-free goals.

Courage to Quit is available in multiple formats with flexible content that can be customized for delivery to a variety of participant groups in health centers, community settings or workplaces. Research on a wide variety of people who smoke by age, race and gender has shown that among people who initially enrolled in the program (attended first session), 32-73% quit smoking at the end of the first month, and 18-34% quit smoking at the end of six months.

• addiction and withdrawal
• quit smoking medicines
• managing cravings
• avoiding triggers
• health benefits of quitting
• free quitting resources
  

The program is based on the work of Andrea King, PhD, a faculty member at the University of Chicago. Dr. King is a licensed psychologist with a research background in tobacco and other addictions. More information about Dr. King can be found here.

Ongoing Programs

Courage to Quit: University of Chicago

Location: Department of Psychiatry, 5841 S. Maryland Ave. Chicago, IL
Dates/Time: Ongoing individual and group programs. Please call to schedule an appointment.
Fee: Up to $120 for six sessions based on sliding scale rates
Registration: Call (773) 702-6181 to speak with Dr. Andrea King to schedule your appointment.

Courage to Quit: Northwest Community Hospital
Group Programming

Location: Northwest Community Hospital Community Wellness Center, 900 West Central, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Dates/Time: TBD 
Fee: $35
For more information and registration: Call (847) 618-4968 or visit http://www.nch.org/smokefree/

Courage to Quit: Northwest Community Hospital
Support Group

Location: Northwest Community Hospital Community Wellness Center, 900 West Central, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Dates/Time: Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
Fee: Free
For more information: Call Mary McNally, RN, at (847) 618-7992 or Juli Aistars, RN, APN, at (847) 618-6572

Courage to Quit: Northwest Community Hospital
Individual Programming

Locations:
Northwest Community Hospital Wellness Center, 900 W. Central, Arlington Heights, IL  60005
or Northwest Community Hospital – Main Hospital, 800 W. Central, Arlington Heights, IL  60005
Dates/Time: By appointment 

Fee: Sliding scale up to $35

Registration: Visit website at www.nch.org or call (847) 618-7992

Courage to Quit: Skokie Health Department

Locations:
Skokie Health Department, 5127 W Oakton St., Skokie, IL 60077
Dates/Time: Thursdays at 3 p.m., April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2 and 9 

Fee: $15, no residency required

Registration: Call (847) 933-8252

More information

Become a Courage to Quit program leader

For more information, contact Tracy Lande:
Email Tracy
(312) 628-0228