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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 J to section
						1529 filed 5-3-96; operative 7-3-96
						(Register 96, No. 18).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  142.3. Labor
						  Code. Reference: Section
						  142.3, Labor
						  Code.