Rebecca B. Cook, M.S.
Tobacco Cessation Coordinator
Office: 520-323-1812
rcook@lungarizona.org
Call the ALA Lung Helpline at 1-800-LUNG-USA.
The Lung HelpLine is staffed by Registered Nurses and Respiratory Therapists with extensive experience in the healthcare industry.
Past Events
Sept. 19 - America on the Move Week Y 2 Mile Walk and Health Fair
ALA is participating in the YMCA Health Fair at 8:30am in the gymnasium. Join the YMCA for a 2 mile Walk and Health Fair to kick off America on the Move Week at the Lohse Family YMCA. http://tucsonymca.org/strong/branches/lohse/lohsehealth.php
Oct. 10 – Focus Fitness Health Expo
On October 19, 2009, the Tucson Medical Center Respiratory Care department will begin seeing ALL patients admitted to the hospital that report using tobacco within the past 12 months. A team of dedicated leaders on the tobacco committee at TMC including QIY spokesperson Shannon Vaffis, have been working diligently to overcome barriers that lead to “best practice” methods of counseling patients about tobacco use. Additionally thanks to the hard work by the RT department and the Tobacco Committee, the campus is now entirely smoke free
October 27th — St. Patrick's Center
St. Louis, MO
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
November 12 and 13 — FFS Facilitator Training — Located at American Lung Association St. Louis office
Trainer — Carolyn Westhues
Please call 314-645-5505 to register or for more details
Nov. 14 — Tucson Join the American Lung Association on Nov. 14 for the 4th Annual Festival in the Park at Reid Park. And don’t miss our Tucson champion, Shannon Vaffis to see how she quit for good.
Nov. 19 — Event at the El Presidio Plaza in downtown Tucson The Great American Smokeout is a national one-day event held every third Thursday of November in order to encourage smokers to quit smoking for the day. It is also an opportunity to reach out to smokers and give them information and resources on tobacco cessation. The goal of this year's event is to encourage and motivate Pima County employees and the general public who smoke to quit for one day and to increase awareness of the benefits of tobacco cessation.
Pima County employees are invited to sign up for Commit to Quit! for the day. Any employee signed up will receive a "survival kit" and information on tobacco cessation via inter-office mail. The event takes place on Nov. 19 from 11am to 1pm at the El Presidio Plaza in downtown Tucson. Pima County Wellness will work with Pfizer, the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, City of Tucson, Arizona Smokers Helpline and the ALA to deliver information in printed form; give free peak flow tests, blood pressure screenings, piCO tests, and COPD paper screenings.
Introducing Shannon Vaffis, Age 34, Tucson AZ: Shannon Vaffis, of Tucson, Ariz., struggled with smoking on and off for ten years. Growing up in a family of smokers, she tried her first cigarette at age thirteen. At twenty-three, she transitioned from being a social smoker to a daily smoker due to a stressful job out of college. She made a number of quit...
