Tobacco Treatment Program

• Some cancer drugs don’t work as well in patients who smoke.
• Smoking can make some cancer drugs more harmful to your body, even as the drug is fighting your cancer.
• Cancer patients increase their overall risk of dying if they continue to smoke.
• Cancer patients who continue to smoke increase their risk of getting a second cancer.

Your body benefits almost immediately when you stop smoking. You may find that quitting improves your quality of life—your appetite, sleep, and emotional well-being may improve over the long-term.

We will work with you and other members of your cancer care team to tailor smoking cessation treatment based on your readiness to quit and your overall cancer treatment plan. We will help you set short- and long-term goals, so that you can quit on a schedule that is comfortable for you.

We use a supportive, compassionate approach, without guilt or pressure. You choose when and how you quit.

Research shows that the combination of working with a professional tobacco cessation counselor and taking medication for smoking cessation is more effective in quitting tobacco over the long term than either treatment alone. It’s also more effective than trying to quit on your own.