Quit Partner Declares Inaugural "Minnesota Quitter's Day"
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, January 12, Gov. Tim Walz and Quit Partner, the free smoking cessation program from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), are declaring "Minnesota Quitter's Day," an observance day to urge Minnesotans who have decided to quit commercial tobacco to keep quitting.
- Tim Walz and Quit Partner, the free smoking cessation program from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), are declaring "Minnesota Quitter's Day," an observance day to urge Minnesotans who have decided to quit commercial tobacco to keep quitting.
- Walz and Quit Partner have proclaimed the new Minnesota Quitter's Day with the aim of ending the stigma associated with taking multiple quit attempts to quit smoking, vaping or chewing tobacco.
- MDH reports that it takes an average of 8 to 10 quit attempts to permanently quit commercial tobacco.
- Resources such as Quit Partner, a free quit support tool provided by MDH, can help maintain a successful quit attempt, with an average of 28% of participants successfully quitting commercial tobacco.