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Support is available to help you quit smoking.
If you are a patient at the London Regional Cancer Program, contact the smoking cessation champion directly by telephone 519-685-8600, ext. 50366 or email quitsmoking@lhsc.on.ca; or speak with your oncologist or nurse.
Support is also available in your local community:
Telephone: 1-877-513-5333
| Chatham-Kent Public Health | 519-352-7270 ext. 2440 |
| Elgin St. Thomas Public Health | 519-631-9900 ext. 1227 |
| Grey Bruce Health Unit - Owen Sound, Chatsworth, Durham, Dundalk, Hanover, Walkerton, Kincardine, Port Elgin | 519-376-9420 |
| Huron County Health Unit (Clinic locations by appointment only - Clinton & Exeter) |
1-877-837-6143 |
| Middlesex-London Health Unit | 519-663-5317 ext. HELP (4357) |
| Oxford County Public Health (Clinic locations - Woodstock, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg) |
519-539-9800 ext. 3496 |
| Perth District Health Unit - Stratford | 519-271-7600 ext. 722 |
| Choices for Change - Stratford | 519-271-6730 |
| Windsor-Essex County Health Unit | 519-258-2146 ext. 1208 |
