{"id":8786,"date":"2018-05-30T10:06:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T14:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/?page_id=8786"},"modified":"2021-01-28T16:21:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T21:21:41","slug":"success-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/success-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco Treatment Program Success Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Our program participants love to share how the UNC Tobacco Treatment Program helped them become tobacco free. You could be next!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-11005\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-11005\" data-viewnumber=\"11005\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11005&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-views\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:0,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8786\/?wpv_view_count=11005&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8786\/?wpv_view_count=11005\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wc-cards\" style=\"margin-bottom:1em\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2017\/06\/andy-colon-motivated-for-better-health\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/andy-colon-motivated-for-better-health-image2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/andy-colon-motivated-for-better-health-image2.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/andy-colon-motivated-for-better-health-image2-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Andy Colon: Motivated for Better Health<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Andy Colon decided to quit his tobacco addiction and went all out to create a healthier lifestyle for himself. He changed the way he ate, exercised more and, of course,&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2015\/02\/robb-english-proud-to-answer-no\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robb-english-image2-600x400.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robb-english-image2-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robb-english-image2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robb-english-image2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robb-english-image2.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Robb English: Proud to answer &#8220;No&#8221; when his doctor asked, &#8220;Do you use tobacco products?&#8221;<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Robb English, the Aquatics Supervisor in Chapel Hill\u2019s Parks and Recreation Department, dipped almost a can of tobacco a day when he came to the Wellness at Work Tobacco Free&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2015\/04\/rebecca-langham-more-free-time\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/rebecca-langham-success-story-photo-600x524.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/rebecca-langham-success-story-photo-600x524.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/rebecca-langham-success-story-photo-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/rebecca-langham-success-story-photo-768x670.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/rebecca-langham-success-story-photo.png 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Rebecca Langham: Smoke free means a lot more free time<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">When nursing assistant Rebecca Langham enrolled in UNC Health Care System\u2019s Tobacco Free Tar Heels (TFTH) program, she had been smoking a pack of cigarettes daily since she was 16&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2014\/12\/carol-battaglia-tailor-made-to-suit-my-needs\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/carol-battaglia-a-program-that-is-tailor-made-to-suit-my-needs-image2.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/carol-battaglia-a-program-that-is-tailor-made-to-suit-my-needs-image2.png 330w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/carol-battaglia-a-program-that-is-tailor-made-to-suit-my-needs-image2-159x300.png 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Carol Battaglia: &#8220;No one size fits all strategy&#8221;<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Smoking on and off since I was thirteen, I\u2019d tried every trick in the book to stop. Every attempt ended in failure, whether it was stopping cold turkey or gradually&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2014\/10\/claudia-sibila-positive-influence\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/tobacco-free-tar-heels-new-graduate-claudia-sibila-image2-1-600x399.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/tobacco-free-tar-heels-new-graduate-claudia-sibila-image2-1-600x399.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/tobacco-free-tar-heels-new-graduate-claudia-sibila-image2-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/tobacco-free-tar-heels-new-graduate-claudia-sibila-image2-1.png 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Claudia Sibila: &#8220;A Positive Influence is Important&#8221;<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Claudia Sibila, Tobacco Free Tar Heels Program Graduate Claudia Sibila, a medical interpreter in the Interpreter Services Department, did not realize how much her friends and family truly influenced her&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2015\/07\/howard-sutton-poet-in-motion\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/howard-sutton-poet-in-motion-image2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/howard-sutton-poet-in-motion-image2.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/howard-sutton-poet-in-motion-image2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/howard-sutton-poet-in-motion-image2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/howard-sutton-poet-in-motion-image2-64x64.jpeg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Howard Sutton&#8211;Poet in Motion<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Howard Sutton, clinical support technician in the Department of Anesthesia, enrolled in the Tobacco Free Tar Heels program three years ago. Today he is tobacco free. When Howard Sutton enrolled&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2019\/12\/tommy-hawkins-i-wish-i-never-started-smoking\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Tommy-Hawkins-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Tommy-Hawkins-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Tommy-Hawkins-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Tommy-Hawkins-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Tommy-Hawkins-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Tommy-Hawkins-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Tommy-Hawkins-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Tommy Hawkins: &#8220;I wish I never started smoking&#8221;<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Tommy Hawkins, Bus Mechanic #1, had already quit smoking for a month when he contacted the Wellness@Work Tobacco Cessation program. Like many people, he started to smoke at a young&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2019\/10\/tim-kaiser-realized-that-continuing-to-smoke-cigarettes-meant-he-was-gambling-with-his-health\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Tobacco-Free-Tar-Heel-2-e1572464692592-600x462.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Tobacco-Free-Tar-Heel-2-e1572464692592-600x462.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Tobacco-Free-Tar-Heel-2-e1572464692592-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Tobacco-Free-Tar-Heel-2-e1572464692592-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Tobacco-Free-Tar-Heel-2-e1572464692592-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Tobacco-Free-Tar-Heel-2-e1572464692592-1536x1182.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Tobacco-Free-Tar-Heel-2-e1572464692592-2048x1577.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Tim Kaiser: Continuing to smoke cigarettes meant he was gambling with his health<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Tim Kaiser wanted to make some changes while he was still healthy. So he reached to the Tobacco Free Tar Heels Program for help with quitting and is now tobacco&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2014\/08\/paul-moss-quits-smoking\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/firefighter-paul-moss-quits-smoking-image2-646x1024-600x951.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/firefighter-paul-moss-quits-smoking-image2-646x1024-600x951.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/firefighter-paul-moss-quits-smoking-image2-646x1024-189x300.jpeg 189w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/firefighter-paul-moss-quits-smoking-image2-646x1024.jpeg 646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Paul Moss: Being Tobacco Free Saves $5 a Day<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Paul Moss, Wellness@Work Program graduate Paul Moss, Fire Captain, joined the Wellness at Work Tobacco Cessation Program in June, 2012, and was able to quit smoking shortly thereafter. At the&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2019\/01\/nancy-depalma-sick-and-tired\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/Nancy-DePalma.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/Nancy-DePalma.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/Nancy-DePalma-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Nancy DePalma: &#8220;Sick and tired\u201d of being held captive by her cigarette addiction<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">When Nancy DePalma found herself driving to the store over icy roads to buy cigarettes,\u00a0or\u00a0smoking butts she found in her ashtrays, she realized she had a problem. She was \u201csick&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2016\/11\/susan-hinson-hang-out-with-my-grandchildren\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/susan-hinson-201ci-can-hang-out-with-my-grandchildren201d-image.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/susan-hinson-201ci-can-hang-out-with-my-grandchildren201d-image.jpeg 292w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/susan-hinson-201ci-can-hang-out-with-my-grandchildren201d-image-274x300.jpeg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Susan Hinson: \u201cI can hang out with my grandchildren\u201d<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">May 2, 2017 will mark two years of Susan Hinson\u2019s quitting cigarettes, and is also the due date for her first grandchild! She feels excited about the baby\u2019s arrival and&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2014\/10\/robert-jenkins-a-proud-quitter\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robert-jenkins-a-proud-quitter-image2-1024x731-600x428.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robert-jenkins-a-proud-quitter-image2-1024x731-600x428.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robert-jenkins-a-proud-quitter-image2-1024x731-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robert-jenkins-a-proud-quitter-image2-1024x731-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/robert-jenkins-a-proud-quitter-image2-1024x731.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Robert Jenkins: A Proud Quitter<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">When Robert Jenkins came into UNC Health Care System\u2019s Tobacco Free Tar Heels (TFTH) program, he had been smoking since he was 15 years old (\u201ctoo long,\u201d he said). Like&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2016\/08\/erin-barringer-my-reason-for-quitting\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/erin-barringer.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/erin-barringer.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/erin-barringer-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/erin-barringer-280x210.jpeg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Erin Barringer: My Reason for Quitting<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Erin Barringer, a nursing assistant in the Neurosciences Hospital, began smoking socially in 10th grade, and over the years she increased her smoking to one-half pack of cigarettes a day&#8230;.<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2019\/10\/lonnie-harp-tobacco-doesnt-have-a-grip-on-me-anymore\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Lonnie-Harp-e1572457062797-600x480.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Lonnie-Harp-e1572457062797-600x480.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Lonnie-Harp-e1572457062797-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Lonnie-Harp-e1572457062797-1024x819.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Lonnie-Harp-e1572457062797-768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Lonnie-Harp-e1572457062797-1536x1229.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/10\/Lonnie-Harp-e1572457062797.jpeg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Lonnie Harp: &#8220;Tobacco Doesn\u2019t Have a Grip on Me Anymore&#8221;<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Lonnie Harp, Town of Chapel Hill Firefighter, made several attempts to stop using smokeless tobacco. However, he found that each time he returned to his tobacco use, citing the enjoyment&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2014\/10\/ebony-carver-lawson-freedom-from-thinking-about-smoking\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/ebony-carver-lawson-image2-1024x904-600x530.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/ebony-carver-lawson-image2-1024x904-600x530.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/ebony-carver-lawson-image2-1024x904-300x265.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/ebony-carver-lawson-image2-1024x904-768x678.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/ebony-carver-lawson-image2-1024x904.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Ebony Carver Lawson: Freedom from Thinking About Smoking<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Ebony joined the Tobacco Free Tar Heels program nearly two years ago. At that time, she had cut down on her smoking from more than a pack a day to&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2018\/11\/lauren-ryan-quitting-for-herself\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/Lauren-Ryan-600x691.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/Lauren-Ryan-600x691.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/Lauren-Ryan-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/Lauren-Ryan.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Lauren Ryan: Quitting for herself made the difference<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Lauren Ryan (Chapel Hill Transit) started smoking socially in college and continued to smoke after graduation. Soon, Lauren married, and she and her husband planned to become pregnant. She quit&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2018\/11\/glenn-hair-gym-partner\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2018\/11\/NCCH-Team.Ellen-Colleen-Sara-600x502.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2018\/11\/NCCH-Team.Ellen-Colleen-Sara-600x502.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2018\/11\/NCCH-Team.Ellen-Colleen-Sara-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2018\/11\/NCCH-Team.Ellen-Colleen-Sara-1024x856.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2018\/11\/NCCH-Team.Ellen-Colleen-Sara-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2018\/11\/NCCH-Team.Ellen-Colleen-Sara-1536x1284.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2018\/11\/NCCH-Team.Ellen-Colleen-Sara-2048x1712.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Glenn Hair: Working with TTP was like having a gym partner<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Glenn Hair started smoking when he was 12\u00a0years old\u00a0and smoked up to two packs\u00a0of cigarettes\u00a0every\u00a0day. He tried to quit smoking numerous times but always found an excuse for why it&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2016\/11\/john-matt-lawrence-perseverance-pays-off\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/john-matt-lawrence-perseverance-pays-off-image2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/john-matt-lawrence-perseverance-pays-off-image2.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/john-matt-lawrence-perseverance-pays-off-image2-227x300.jpeg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">John (Matt) Lawrence: Perseverance Pays Off<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Matt Lawrence came to the Wellness@Work Program dipping a can of tobacco every day, having made multiple \u201cpractice attempts\u201d without sustaining abstinence. He hated the control that tobacco exerted over&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2019\/02\/jody-nash-and-patti-roten-i-see-many-cancer-patients-at-my-job-and-many-of-them-smoke-i-dont-want-that-to-be-me\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/02\/jodi-nash-and-patti-roten.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/02\/jodi-nash-and-patti-roten.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/02\/jodi-nash-and-patti-roten-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Jody Nash and Patti Roten: \u201cI see many cancer patients at my job, and many of them smoke; I don\u2019t want that to be me.\u201d<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Jody Nash and Patti Roten are sisters-in-law, and both are Administrative Associates at the UNC Cancer Hospital.\u00a0They have a close relationship and decided to participate in the\u00a0Tobacco Free Tar Heels&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2023\/04\/james-hammond-i-would-encourage-anyone-that-is-smoking-and-having-problems-to-get-in-touch-with-unc-because-you-guys-can-do-it\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-01-at-3.33.20-PM-e1680665388188-600x540.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-01-at-3.33.20-PM-e1680665388188-600x540.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-01-at-3.33.20-PM-e1680665388188-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-01-at-3.33.20-PM-e1680665388188.png 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">James Hammond: &#8220;I would encourage anyone that is smoking and having problems, to get in touch with UNC because you guys can do it.&#8221;<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">James Hammond had been wanting to quit smoking for a long time, but when he had smoking-related health issues, it &#8220;woke (him) up.&#8221; Mr. Hammond was a 2 pack-per-day smoker&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2015\/09\/lana-simons-proud-of-her-accomplishment\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/lana-simons-proud-of-her-accomplishment-image2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/lana-simons-proud-of-her-accomplishment-image2.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/lana-simons-proud-of-her-accomplishment-image2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/lana-simons-proud-of-her-accomplishment-image2-280x210.jpeg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Lana Simons: Proud of her Accomplishment<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Lana Simons, a Chapel Hill Transit employee, has been tobacco free for 2\u00bd years! She says it\u2019s a \u201cnicer way to live,\u201d not having cigarettes as part of her life,&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2014\/10\/joe-manginelli-qa\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/joe-manginelli-q-and-a-about-quitting-image2.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/joe-manginelli-q-and-a-about-quitting-image2.png 313w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/01\/joe-manginelli-q-and-a-about-quitting-image2-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Joe Manginelli: Q and A about Quitting<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">After smoking for more than 40 years, with a brief three-year smoke-free period, Joe Manginelli, a Patient Business Associate at UNC Hospitals Spine and Imaging Center, had his last cigarette&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2014\/08\/martha-killough-quits-smoking\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2014\/08\/Live-Tobacco-Free-graphic.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2014\/08\/Live-Tobacco-Free-graphic.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2014\/08\/Live-Tobacco-Free-graphic-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Martha Killough: &#8220;Not Smoking Has Set Me Free&#8221;<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">If you are a smoker or are close to someone who is, you may have found that smoking can impact relationships. Martha Killough, an outpatient coordinator in the N.C. Cancer&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2019\/12\/rose-minton-its-never-to-late-to-become-tobacco-free\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Barbara-and-Celes-2019-e1576597771812-600x408.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Barbara-and-Celes-2019-e1576597771812-600x408.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Barbara-and-Celes-2019-e1576597771812-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Barbara-and-Celes-2019-e1576597771812-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Barbara-and-Celes-2019-e1576597771812-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Barbara-and-Celes-2019-e1576597771812-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Barbara-and-Celes-2019-e1576597771812-2048x1392.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Rose Minton: It&#8217;s never to late to become tobacco free<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Rose\u00a0knew it was time to make a change regarding her tobacco use after experiencing a series of health issues, and after being encouraged to quit by her doctors at UNC&#8230;.<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2019\/12\/corey-peavler-using-strategies-medication-to-remain-tobacco-free\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Corey-Peavler-4-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Corey-Peavler-4-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Corey-Peavler-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Corey-Peavler-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Corey-Peavler-4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2019\/12\/Corey-Peavler-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Corey Peavler: Using strategies &amp; medication to remain tobacco free<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">By Jazmyne Jones Most people start smoking in high school, and Corey Peavler was no exception. Around the age of 16, Corey lit his first cigarette. \u00a0Several factors led to&#8230;<p style=\"color: #007fae; margin: 4px 16px; text-transform:uppercase;font-weight: 700;letter-spacing: 0.25px;word-spacing: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<article class=\"wc-card wc-card--free wc-card--zoom\"><a class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/2014\/10\/bob-pendergraph\/\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2014\/08\/Live-Tobacco-Free-graphic.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free size-wc_card_free wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2014\/08\/Live-Tobacco-Free-graphic.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco-treatment-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/955\/2014\/08\/Live-Tobacco-Free-graphic-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Bob Pendergraph: &#8220;If At First You Don&#8217;t Succeed, Quit Again&#8221;<\/h3><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\">Bob Pendergraph, an HVAC Mechanic who works in Plant Engineering, is a family man who enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, biking, and fishing. 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