University of Wisconsin–Madison

Year: 2024

Melissa Quit Via the Quit Line’s American Indian Program

Melissa started smoking when she was 11 years old. She would sneak Salems from her grandma’s purse and meet her friends at the park. “We would smoke and think we looked like glamour queens,” Melissa said. It wasn’t until her mid-20s when she smoked regularly. “It started socially, at parties, and then got more and …

Quit Line Quadruples Meds for Limited Time

The Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line is quadrupling the length of free medications for all Wisconsin residents who want to rethink their tobacco use–for a limited time only. The Quit Line has long mailed a free two-week starter kit of nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, or nicotine gum to eligible tobacco users. But beginning January 1, the …