Orlinda Worthington
Public Relations Coordinator
406-447-2520
oworthington@stpetes.org
For immediate release

  A new type of nicotine replacement will be offered in the next "Quit for Life," course at St. Peter’s.  The six-session tobacco cessation course offered by St. Peter’s Hospital, in association with the Montana Tobacco Quit Line, begins May 4.  The class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 5:30 - 7 p.m., at the Hospital.

  To celebrate its 6th anniversary, the Montana Tobacco Quit Line will add another cessation medication, bupropion, to pharmaceutical options available to Quit for Life participants.  Chantix (varenicline) will continue to be available.  Both medications require a prescription.  Three forms of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (gum, patches, or lozenges) are also an option. These are available without a prescription.  Quit for Life participants can receive a free initial supply of one of these items, which normally is a free two-week supply.  However, to celebrate the Quit Line anniversary, this will be increased to a free four-week supply, just for the month of May.  

  Register at www.stpetes.org, click on "Classes."  For more information call 444-2130.  

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