Partners for Clean Air, a program of The Center for Human Services, an affiliate of the Seven Hills Foundation, working in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, New Bedford  Mayor's Crusade Against Cancer and Mayor Edward M. Lambert Jr.’s Healthy City Fall River initiative, was able to offer a free two-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy patches to the first 4,000 smokers in Fall River and New Bedford to respond. By calling 800-TRY-TO-STOP, those living in Fall River and New Bedford were able to receive the supply by mail and also be offered free telephone counseling services. The Ready, Set, Quit program was being funded with $90,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The pilot program was begun in Fall River and New Bedford due to the high rates of smoking in those cities. To see the Herald News story, click here.
 

The program was announced at a news conference held at the Greater Fall River Chamber of Commerce on March 21, 2005. (Pictured above) Fall River Health and Human Services Director Michael Coughlin (top, left) introduces Mayor Edward Lambert, Jr. (center, left), Judith Coykendall (bottom, left) of Partners for Clean Air, Associate Commissioner for Public Health Sally Fogarty (center, right) and Healthy City Fall River Coordinator David Weed (bottom, right) at the news conference introducing the Nicotine Replacement Therapy give-away.

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