We've helped 1,500 Rockland Residents Put it Out!
Put It Out Rockland Campus Edition is the newest addition to our family of programs.
This program is geared specifically to 18-25 year olds. Put It Out Rockland Campus Edition will help you develop a new way to think about quitting smoking. You will learn how to enjoy life without cigarettes.
Based on our hugely successful One On One Program, The PIOR Campus Edition consists of three, 30-minute sessions with a Cessation Specialist who works exclusively with college age youth. The specialist provides personal support, encouragement and assistance to each participant during the often-challenging time of quitting smoking. Sessions are spread out over a 6-week period. This is a Low Cost Program that offers up to an 8-week supply of nicotine replacement products (NRT) to those who attend college in Rockland County or are between 18-25.
How does PIOR Campus Edition work?
This program uses tools proven to aid in successfully quitting smoking. To participate, you must commit to attending all the sessions, work hard at it, practice the techniques you are given and use the medications if prescribed. With the personal support, encouragement and assistance of your PIOR cessation specialist, you will be able to identify the triggers that make you want to smoke, deal with and understand your cravings and achieve success.
Getting Started
Put It Out Rockland Campus Edition is currently active on site at Rockland Community College. If you are a college student in Rockland County and wish to quit smoking with the PIOR Campus Edition, please download and complete the pregistration/screening form and fax to 845-364-3837 or call us at 845-364-2651 or email ferraram@co.rockland.ny.us
Scary Statistic
Young people are still picking up smoking at the alarming rate of 3,000 a day in the U.S., and 80,000 to 100,000 a day worldwide. Here in Rockland County we are reversing that trend!