Welcome to the Live Healthy Georgia Website

In an effort to help the people of Georgia live healthier lives and to reduce the burden of chronic disease and other illnesses, Governor Sonny Perdue and the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) have joined forces by launching the Live Healthy Georgia campaign.

  • Get Checked
  • Eat Healthy
  • Be Active
  • Be Smoke Free
  • Be Positive

CESSATION
Health Care Providers/ Clinician links

Free Online Tobacco Intervention Training for Health Professionals

www.tobaccofreepatients.com
www.tobaccocme.com

Public Health Services Clinical Practice Guidelines

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tobacco/
www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/

Other Healthcare Links

Nurses and cessation www.tobaccofreenurses.org 
Pregnant Women and cessation www.smokefreefamilies.org 
Dental Hygienists and cessation www.askadviserefer.org/ 

More Information: 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/tobacco
National Cancer Institute  www.cis.nci.nih.gov/
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org 
American Lung Association www.lungusa.org
National Institute on Drug Abuse www.smoking.drugabuse.gov
National Heart Lung Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation www.rwjf.org
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Cessation fact sheets www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/index.php?CategoryID=25 -
American Heart Association www.americanheart.org
www.heart.org
www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/
www.smokefree.gov
www.nicotine-anonymous.org


Spit Tobacco

Quit Spit Tobacco www.chewfree.com 
Spit Tobacco Resource www.NSTEP.org

   
 
 

Georgia Department of Human Resources