Nicotine Addiction Seminars

developed and conducted by
Joel Spitzer


These programs are often focused around smoking teens who are sentenced to the program by the Cook County Court System. Adults are welcome to attend. If no teens are sentenced into the program the seminars will concentrate on adult quitting issues.


Tuesday, February 13, 2007 • 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Skokie Health Department

5127 Oakton Street • Skokie, Illinois

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Skokie Health Department

5127 Oakton Street • Skokie, Illinois

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 • 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Skokie Health Department

5127 Oakton Street • Skokie, Illinois

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 • 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Skokie Health Department

5127 Oakton Street • Skokie, Illinois

These programs are all free of charge


We will show you how to overcome the withdrawal
and then be able to stay off in one “Easy Lesson.”*


Topics to be covered include:

Why You Smoke

Why You Should Quit

How to Break the Nicotine Addiction

How to Stay Nicotine Free for the Rest of Your Life


*Attending the lesson will be easy. Quitting smoking, on the other hand, may be easy or may be difficult. It is impossible to predict what quitting will be like for any individual. While it may be harder for some smokers to stop than for others, it is possible for all. Cigarette smoking is a powerful form of nicotine addiction. If you treat nicotine addiction like any other drug addiction, you will control it. If you treat it like a bad habit, you will ultimately fail. Our program will teach you about addiction and how to treat it. Follow our advice and in two weeks you will be rid of nicotine and then be free to choose whether or not you wish to remain permanently off all nicotine products.


About the Speaker:

Joel Spitzer has over 30 years of experience in the development and implementation of smoking cessation programs for adults and smoking prevention programs for children in the Chicagoland area. While with the American Cancer Society, the Rush North Shore Medical Center and now for the Evanston and Skokie, Illinois Health Departments he has conducted over 350 stop smoking clinics with over 4,500 participants. He has also presented over 570 educational seminars to over 90,000 children and adults on smoking prevention.


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