Tobacco Treatment in Albert Lea

The Tobacco Cessation Program offers a one-on-one 60-minute educational session with a certified tobacco treatment specialist, which will help lead to an individualized treatment plan for stopping tobacco use.

The program incorporates three key elements:

1. Counseling to help you understand and change your behaviors
2. Current clinically researched pharmacologic therapy to help ease the discomfort of withdrawal from nicotine with a pharmacist reviewing the appropriate replacement therapy
3. Follow up to prevent relapse by providing accountability and receiving encouragement, support and additional information when needed.

You can self-refer or your healthcare provider can refer you for this program. Call weekdays during business hours to schedule an appointment, which can be made earlier or later, if necessary.

Most of the people we see want to stop tobacco use, though some are only interested in learning more about new methods. Anyone can benefit from a discussion of reasons for smoking, reasons for stopping and changes in health due to smoking.

Follow-up counseling sessions may be short or long, and the number varies from person to person. Many people are counseled individually for one or more sessions following their initial one-on-one consultation. These counseling sessions benefit those who have set a stop date within a month, helping them to cope with the behavioral and lifestyle changes underway.

The program is physician supervised so all aspects of your condition are considered and can managed in the treatment process.