Nicotine patches can break the smoking habit

Nicotine patch kits from health department

Thanks to a generous donation from Pfizer, we have made the nicotine patch available to city residents without cost, and so far more than 25,000 New Yorkers have taken the first step toward greatly improving their health.

Simply call 311 and if you’re eligible, you will get a full course of effective and safe medicines to assist you kick the smoking habit.

Who Isn’t Calling to Request Patches

•  New Yorkers ages 18-24. Smokers in this age group are only 1/2 as likely as other smokers to have called.
• New Yorkers of Asian/Pacific Islander descent. Smokers in this ethnic group comprise about less than 2.5% of total nicotine patch requests.
• Some New Yorkers of foreign-born descent. Although 1 in 4 smokers in New York are of foreign origin, only 1 in 6 patch recipients is foreign born.

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