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Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following organizations provide smoking cessation
						  information.
1. The National Cancer Institute operates a toll free
						  Cancer Information Service (CIS) with trained personnel to help you. Call
						  1-800-4-CANCER to reach the CIS office serving your area, or write: Office of
						  Cancer Communications, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of
						  Health, Building 31 Room 10A24, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
2. American Cancer Society, 3340 Peachtree Road, N.E.,
						  Atlanta, Georgia 30026, (404) 320-3333. The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a
						  voluntary organization composed of 58 divisions and 3,100 local units. Through
						  "The Great American Smokeout" in November, the annual Cancer Crusade in April,
						  and numerous educational materials, ACS helps people learn about the health
						  hazards of smoking and become successful ex-smokers.
3. American Heart Association, 7320 Greenville Avenue,
						  Dallas, Texas 75231, (214) 750-5300. The American Heart Association (AHA) is a
						  voluntary organization with 130,000 members (physicians, scientists, and lay
						  persons) in 55 state and regional groups. AHA produces a variety of
						  publications and audiovisual materials about the effects of smoking on the
						  heart. AHA also has developed a guidebook for incorporating a weight-control
						  component into smoking cessation programs.
4. American Lung Association, 1740 Broadway, New York,
						  New York 10019, (212) 245-8000. A voluntary organization of 7,500 members
						  (physicians, nurses, and lay persons), the American Lung Association (ALA)
						  conducts numerous public information programs about the health effects of
						  smoking. ALA has 59 state and 85 local units. The organization actively
						  supports legislation and information campaigns for non-smokers' rights and
						  provides help for smokers who want to quit, for example, through "Freedom From
						  Smoking," a self-help smoking cessation program.
5. Office on Smoking and Health, U.S. Department of
						  Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Park Building, Room 110,
						  Rockville, Maryland 20857. The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) is the
						  Department of Health and Human Services' lead agency in smoking control. OSH
						  has sponsored distribution of publications on smoking-related topics, such as
						  free flyers on relapse after initial quitting, helping a friend or family
						  member quit smoking, the health hazards of smoking, and the effects of parental
						  smoking on teenagers. In Hawaii, on Oahu call 524-1234 (call collect from
						  neighboring islands), Spanish-speaking staff members are available during
						  daytime hours to callers from the following areas: California, Florida,
						  Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey (area code 201), New York, and Texas. Consult
						  your local telephone directory for listings of local
						  chapters.
1. New
						  Appendix I to section
						  5208 filed 5-3-96; operative 7-3-96
						  (Register 96, No. 18).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 1 42.3. Labor Code. Reference:
							 Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.