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\"IPFW<\/p>\n

News release from IPFW:<\/p>\n

IPFW Programs Offer Help to Smokers Who Want to Quit<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(December 6, 2013) – Would you like to quit smoking, but just don’t know where to start? Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is offering two programs designed to assist people on the difficult journey to becoming a non-smoker. Natalie McLaughlin, an RN from Parkview Hospital Community Nursing Program, will instruct a Freedom from Smoking program and lead the tobacco-free support group.<\/p>\n

Freedom from Smoking classes will meet once a week for seven weeks, beginning Wednesday, January 15, continuing through Wednesday, February 26 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Walb Union, Room G21. The tobacco free-support group will meet on the third Thursday of each month. Dates for the support group include January 16, February 20, March 20, April 17, and May 15. The group will meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Walb Union, Room G 21. Both the class and the support group are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

The first three courses in Freedom from Smoking offer techniques to prepare people for quitting; the last three focus on how to live tobacco-free.<\/p>\n