Category: Tobacco Cessation and Prevention
Address: 52579 Highway 51 South, Independence, LA 70443
Website: https://www.lsuhospitals.org/lak/smoking_cessation.aspx
The Louisiana Tobacco Control Initiative (LA-TCI) provides FREE, evidence-based smoking cessation services at Lallie Kemp Medical Center. Designated staff member Debby Durapau, MS, CTTS offers several quit smoking options for patients and employees, including:
- Individual face-to-face behavioral counseling; sessions upon request
- Group behavioral counseling; classes held several times a month
- Referral to the state’s Quitline for FREE telephone or web-based counseling
- Referral to the Louisiana Smoking Cessation Trust program for FREE counseling and medication*
- Assistance with obtaining a prescription for cessation medication from a person’s primary care doctor to help them quit
Contact: Debby Durapau, MS, CTTS
More Information: 985-878-1362 or ddurap@lsuhsc.edu
Lallie Kemp Medical Center Smoking Cessation Services
52579 Highway 51 South, Independence, LA 70443