WOONSOCKET, R.I., November 20, 2014 /3BL Media/ — CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced that the company and its foundation has committed to invest more than $1 million in grants to support tobacco cessation and prevention programs. The grants will be distributed to leading health care and community partners working to promote tobacco-free communities, programs that help people kick the habit and help those who don’t smoke to never start. Among the awards are funds to support quit lines operated by National Jewish Health and the American Lung Association, which also partners with CVS Health on the LUNG FORCE initiative to fight cancer. These investments also build on the partnership developed between CVS Health and the American Cancer Society, which operates a quit line supporting the smoking cessation campaign CVS Health launched in September, when the company stopped selling tobacco products. With this announcement, CVS Health joins the American Cancer Society and advocates across the country in recognizing the Great American Smokeout.

“As we mark the Great American Smokeout, CVS Health is proud to make this investment in smoking cessation programs that give people the resources and support they need to quit smoking and lead tobacco free lives,” said Eileen Howard Boone, Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy at CVS Health. “Our company’s purpose is helping people on their path to better health, and by supporting these dedicated community and health care partners, we are able to extend that purpose into our local communities.”

Other grantees include the Baltimore, Maryland-based B’More for Healthy Babies, with support for an innovative smoking cessation partnership with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield that helps new moms and pregnant women quit smoking, focusing particularly on high risk populations who have limited access to health care services. Another grant will allow CVS Health to partner with the American Lung Association of San Diego to support Live Well San Diego, a municipal, metropolitan-wide Health and Wellness Initiative, administered by the Department of Health, which will provide smoking cessation support and services for 1,750 residents who are currently part of the behavioral health system. Additionally, another grant will support the “Be Smart, Don’t Start” youth tobacco awareness and education program, which recently launched in 16 Connecticut Area Boys & Girls Clubs.

These grants are being made as research from the CVS Health Research Institute, published earlier this year online with卫生事务，说明私营部门行动对吸烟率的影响。研究人员研究了波士顿和旧金山法律的影响，禁止在药房中出售烟草。他们发现，在这些社区中，烟草采购商的烟草购买者最多减少了13％，这意味着，如果全国各地有药房的零售商放弃烟草产品的销售，则每年可能会减少与烟草相关的死亡人数少60,000。

“Retailers with pharmacies can have a significant impact lowering rates of smoking and reducing tobacco-related deaths, and the implications of reductions of this magnitude cannot be overlooked,” said Troyen A. Brennan, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health. “CVS/pharmacy is the first and only national pharmacy chain to end tobacco sales in support of the health and well-being of our patients and customers and we continue to underscore that commitment with our comprehensive smoking cessation program.”

CVS健康’s comprehensive and uniquely personalized smoking cessation program combines the efforts of CVS/pharmacy, CVS/minuteclinic and CVS/caremark to help the seven in ten smokers who want to quit. Designed with input from national experts, it includes four critical components: an assessment of the smoker’s readiness to quit, education to give smokers the information and tools they need to quit, medication support to help curb the desire to use tobacco and coaching to help individuals stay motivated and prevent relapses.

今天宣布的赠款支持的戒烟计划的完整清单如下：

美国肺协会
国家犹太人健康
提高青少年的健康	加利福尼亚州圣拉斐尔
圣地亚哥/圣地亚哥的美国肺协会生活井	San Diego, CA
CT地区男孩和女孩俱乐部	康涅狄格州哈特福德
Thomas E. Langley Medical Center	佛罗里达州萨姆特维尔
Tanner Health Systems	乔治亚州卡罗尔顿
美国儿科学会，伊利诺伊州分会	伊利诺伊州芝加哥
西北纪念医疗保健	伊利诺伊州芝加哥
芝加哥大都会呼吸健康协会	伊利诺伊州芝加哥
马修25	英尺韦恩，在
印第安纳州围产期网络	印第安纳波利斯，在
奥尔德姆县部长级协会	肯塔基州拉格朗日
Boston Health Care for the Homeless	马萨诸塞州波士顿
达娜·法伯癌症研究所	马萨诸塞州波士顿
Fenway Community Health	马萨诸塞州波士顿
B'More for Healthy Babies	马里兰州巴尔的摩
Oakwood Healthcare Foundation	Dearborn, MI
山顶部的城市	Zeeland, MI
Concord Hospital Trust	Concord, NH
家庭首先是大海	Portsmouth, NH
塞顿健康基金会	纽约州奥尔巴尼
半岛咨询中心	Valley Stream, NY
费城儿童医院	Philadelphia, PA
United Way of Rhode Island/RI Department of Health	Providence, RI
信仰间卫生诊所	Knoxville, TN
Grace Grapevine	Grapevine, TX
外展社区卫生中心188bet网址怎么打不开	Milwaukee, WI

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