New Website Offers Help to Smokeless Tobacco Users
Individuals who are addicted to the nicotine in smokeless tobacco can find help on a new website called Chewfree.com, the East Carolinian reported Sept. 2.
Created by the Oregon Research Institute (ORI) and funded by the National Institute of Health, the website provides smokeless-tobacco users with information and resources. Visitors looking for help can submit an e-mail to Chewfree.com and an ORI representative will e-mail back a password that provides access to the site's many resources.
"The neat thing about Chewfree.com is that it's available 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Herb Severson, a member of the ORI.
The website provides quit plans, information on smokeless tobacco, and access to chats with other users trying to quit.
The website is also part of a study into whether the Internet can be used as a smoking-cessation tool; it hosts smokeless tobacco programs that have been effective in other formats.
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