Northeast Regional Cancer Institute brings Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program to First Night Scranton

The Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute will be in downtown Scranton on New Year’s Eve collecting signatures from those who are “determined to quit” tobacco in 2008. This event is part of the Department’s ongoing statewide tobacco cessation initiative.

The Tobacco Prevention and Cessation information will be on display on the first floor in the Mall at Steamtown, in Scranton, from 6:00pm to midnight on Monday, December 31st for the First Night celebration. Information on quitting tobacco and resources to help individuals quit will be available.

The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, in conjunction with The Partnership for a Tobacco Free Northeast Pennsylvania, provides tobacco prevention, cessation, compliance and outreach services throughout Lackawanna County in partnership with local social service and healthcare professionals, policymakers, school districts, law enforcement professionals, businesses, and residents.

The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is a non-profit, community-based agency working to ease the burden of cancer in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Focusing on research, education & survivorship the Cancer Institute invests all of its resources in this region.

For more information on quitting tobacco please call 1-800-Quit NOW or visit DeterminedToQuit.com.

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