Durham Housing Authority (DHA) Community Health Advisor (CHA) Smoking Cessation Project

"CHAs meet with all interested residents to discuss taking steps towards quitting. The CHAs follow a four step program with all participant 1) get to know the resident and their smoking, 2) Assess what the resident is ready to do to take steps towards quitting, 3) discuss using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in the form of patches, gum or lozenges, 4) set one goal for taking steps towards quitting. CHAs will attempt to follow up with participants after the initial encounter. There is no limit on the number of times the CHA may talk with the participants. Some follow interactions will be brief encounters in the neighborhood, while others will be at scheduled. All contacts with each participant will be tracked.~We will provide up to 6 weeks of NRT patches, gum and lozenges to participants who are interested in using NRT to help them quit."