SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMS IN THE BAY AREA
Courtesy of Habit Abatement Clinic
University of California, San Francisco
Last Updated: June 1st, 2005
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CONSUMER’S GUIDE TO SELECTING STOP-SMOKING PROGRAMS
The programs listed here offer the kinds of activities suggested for reducing health risks through smoking cessation. Although we have
not evaluated the programs individually, we hope that the consumer guidelines offered here will help you choose a program that meets
your needs. For further information, consult the Community Services page of your phone book or call your physician or local Public
Health Service.
 General Considerations
Consult: If you have any doubts whether the program is safe for your, consult your physician.
Cost: If the representative will not discuss fees on the phone, find out if you will be charged for the initial consultation or informational
session.
Method of Payment: Do you pay separately for each session or for the entire course at once? Is there a refund policy? Is there a free
consultation? Is insurance accepted?
Convenience: Are the program location and meeting times appropriate for you and for your schedule? Some programs have flexible
schedules and varying locations.
Support and Follow Up: Programs that offer good support and follow-up systems have greater success. Support systems can include a
buddy (peer) or staff person whom you can call between meetings or sessions for support or encouragement. Follow-up may be periodic
phone contacts, reunions, or meetings after the initial smoking-cessation goal is reached.
 Considerations for Smoking Programs
Each person’s reasons for smoking and addiction are slightly different. That’s one reason why so many stop-smoking programs exist
today. Although they may differ radically from one another, each program may offer some measure of success. It is important for the
smoker to select the program carefully and to consider his or her own special needs. Techniques used include:
Behavior Modification: Understanding and analyzing the smoking behavior and changing habits by breaking the smoking behavior
pattern.
Group Therapy: Opportunity to gain advice, support, and feedback from other smokers who are quitting. Usually facilitated by someone
trained to provide smoking cessation treatment.
Cold Turkey: Stop smoking immediately with support and assistance for withdrawal.
Pharmacological Treatment: Use of nicotine replacement therapies, e.g. gum, patch, or other pharmacological agents to reduce
withdrawal symptoms.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Smoking-cessation programs may be conducted on an individual or group basis. The duration of programs vary from several days to
several months. Be sure to find out how meeting time is structured and what kind of long-term support is available. Program staff also
varies: Some courses are led by psychologists or health-care professionals while others are taught by former smokers who have completed
the specific smoking-cessation course they are teaching.
The following is a list of smoking-cessation programs in the Bay Area. A brief description of each program is included, but details and
locations are subject to change. Please call each program for more information.
CALIFORNIA SMOKER’S HELPLINES
Free telephone counseling provided to callers who set a quit date within one week of their call. Written material on smoking cessation
provided, as well as information on other programs by region.
1-800-662-8887 (English)
1-800-456-6386 (Spanish)
1-800-838-8917 (Mandarin and Cantonese)
1-800-556-5564 (Korean)
1-800-778-0866 (Vietnamese)
1-800-933-4833 (TDD/TYY)
1-800-844-CHEW (For People Who Wish to Stop Chewing Tobacco)
1-800-642-0666 (Nicotine Anonymous)
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SAN FRANCISCO
 American Cancer Society
Address
235 Montgomery St, Ste 320
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone Number
(415) 394-7100 ext. 323 or visit www.cancer.org
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
Call for fees
 Chinese Community Health Resource Center
Address
835 Jackson St, Room 407
San Francisco, CA 94133
Phone Number
(415) 677-2473
Description
Program offers individual counseling only
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call to make an appointment
Program Fees
Free
 American Heart Association
Address
120 Montgomery St, Ste 1650
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone Number
(415) 433-2273 or visit www.americanheart.org
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Comments
No classes offered. Provider only offers free educational and
self-help materials, in addition to referrals to local smoking
cessation groups.
 Sunset Russian Tobacco Education Project
Address
1351 24th Ave
Phone Number
Linette Escobar (415) 682-1963  English
Yelena Zmushko (415) 682-1972  Russian
Description
Group sessions with education and acupuncture or
hypnotherapy. Families welcome. Quit smoking clinics in
Russian language.
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
Free
 University of California, San Francisco (Internet-Based
Program)
Website
https://www.iquit.medschool.ucsf.edu/
Program Name
IQuit
Phone Number
1-866-895-8050
Description
This website is designed to provide and evaluate smoking
treatments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
smokers
Program Fees
Free
 University of California, San Francisco
Address
Habit Abatement Clinic
1515 Scott St. Suite 2
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone Number & Website
(415) 476-7453
www.ucsf.edu/nosmoke
Description
Research programs designed to motivate smokers to quit
and stay quit. Treatment includes group and individual
counseling, nicotine replacement, and education.
Program Dates
Monday – Friday
Program Times
12:00pm - 8:00pm (Monday – Thursday)
9:00am – 5:00pm (Friday)
Program Fees
Free
 Tom Waddell Homeless Family Program
Location
Haight-Ashbury area
Phone Number
Jill Jarvie (415) 355-7511
Description
Smoking awareness program for African American smokers
staying at Hamilton Family Emergency Center
Fees
Free
 SMART Recovery
Address
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital
900 Hyde St. 2nd Floor (Doctor’s Dining Room)
Phone Number
415-673-2848 (contact Dr. Edelstein)
Description
Provides smoking cessation and relapse prevention clsses.
www.threeminutetherapy.com
Classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays (7-8:30pm)
Program Fees
Free
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 UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center
Address
Cancer Resource Center
1600 Divisadero St, Room A532
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone Number & Website
(415) 885-7895; http://cc.ucsf.edu/crc
Program Name
The Tobacco Education Center (TEC)
Description
1) The Cessation Program
2) The Relapse Prevention Support
3) Individual Consultations
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
1) The Cessation Program meets on four consecutive
Tuesdays from 5:30-7PM. Sessions include issues related to
smoking or health; medications to ease withdrawal;
neurobiology and addiction; and tools for building and
sustaining motivation.
2) The Relapse Prevention Support group meets Mondays
from 5:30-6:45PM and is available to graduates of the
Cessation program who want continued help to become and
remain smoke free.
3) Individual Consultations with physicians trained in
treating tobacco addiction are also available.
Program Fees
1) The Cessation Program: $50
2) The Relapse Prevention Support: $5 drop in fee is
requested but not required.
 Kaiser Permanente – San Francisco
Address
2241 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94115
Contact
Health Education Services
Phone Number
(415) 833-3450
Website
www.permanente.net/doctor/healthedsf
Program Name
1) “Stop Smoking”
2) “Quit Tobacco Workshop”
Description
1) “Stop Smoking” – 7-session program; 2 hrs each session;
this program offers group support, strategies for
changing behavior and controlling urges to stop smoking;
pre-registration and prepayment are required.
2) “Quit Tobacco Workshop” – 1-session only; this workshop
help participants develop their own quit plan. Information
about smoking cessation aids such as the nicotine patch
and Zyban will be presented; class is drop-in, no preregistration needed.
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
”Stop Smoking” --- Thursdays 7-9pm (call for dates)
“Quit Tobacco Workshop” --- First Monday of each month
3-6pm; Third Monday of each month (6-9pm)
Program Fees
Free for Kaiser member; for non-Kaiser member: ($115 for
“Stop Smoking; $20 for “Quit Tobacco Workshop”)
 SF Tobacco Free Project Stop Smoking Program at
San Francisco General Hospital
Address
1001 Potrero Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone Number
415-206-6074
Email
sfsmokefree@aol.com
Description
Provides 7-wk quit smoking classes and counseling; medical
quitting aids also provided
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
Free
 Last Drag
Address
LGBT Community Center,
1800 Market Street(at Octavia Street)
Phone Number
415-339-7867 (339-STOP)
Description
The Last Drag is a quit smoking class for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, intersex and HIV+ smokers held in
San Francisco. Quit smoking in a confidential and supportive
group setting. Classes led by a highly skilled and
experienced clinic leader certified by the American Lung
Association.
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules or visit website www.lastdrag.org
Classes are held four times a year
Program Fees
Free
 Chinatown Public Health Center
Address
1490 Mason Street
Phone Number
415-364-7908
Description
One to one cessation counseling and coupons to redeem
nicotine patches at a local pharmacy at no extra charge
Fees
Free
 San Francisco General Hospital Smoking Cessation
and Relapse Prevention Program
Address
1001 Potrero Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone Number
415-206-5449 (call for details)
Description
Groups, weekly relapse prevention support
Fees
Free
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 Department of Veterans Affairs - San Francisco
Address
Smoking Cessation Clinic
4150 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone Number
(415) 750-2004 or (415) 221-4810 ext. 2340
Description
Treatment involves behavioral counseling, nicotine
replacement therapy, and group intervention sessions. At the
initial visit, new patients are evaluated by a psychologist
regarding their smoking habit, nicotine dependence, and
readiness to quit. The first step in quitting involves setting a
date. For those individuals who appear ready to quit, a
clinical pharmacist provides further screening to see if
nicotine gum/patch might be used as a temporary substitute
for cigarette smoking; usually 2-3 months of nicotine
replacement therapy is needed.
Patients who participate in the Smoking Cessation Clinic
treatment program attend four weekly group sessions to
learn about behavior modification, stress reduction, selfhypnosis, relapse prevention, and other strategies for
successfully quitting and remaining abstinent from cigarettes.
Intended Audience
Any veteran who smokes is eligible to be referred to the
Smoking Cessation Clinic. However, priority is given to
service-connected and category A patients as well as to
smokers who have already developed smoking-related
diseases of the heart and lungs.
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
Call for current fee amounts.
 Community Health Resource Center
Address
2100 Webster St, Ste 100
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone Number
(415) 923-3155
Description
Provides group smoking cessation support
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
Call for current fee amounts.
 Hypnosis for Health
Address
815 Hyde St. Suite 302
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone Number
415-775-7797 contact Ken Steinmetz
Program Name
Stop Smoking NOW
Description
This program begins with a free 1/2 hour consultation and
hypnotic screening. Then it is either 1 or 3 sessions
depending on how much a person smokes per day. Each
session is about 2 hours.
Program Dates & Times
Call to set up an appointment
Website
www.hypnosisforhealth.com
Program Fees
The 1 session program includes a reinforcement tape and
costs $179. The 3-session program includes 2 reinforcement
tapes and costs $399.
 San Francisco Tobacco Free Project
Address
30 Van Ness Ave. #2300
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number
(415) 581-2448
Website
http://sftfc.globalink.org/list.html
Description
Provides information about free smoking cessation programs
in San Francisco Bay Area
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
 Asian Perinatal Advocates
Address
Services provided at SFGH and Commercial street in
downtown.
Phone Number
Amy Yu (415) 616-9797
Description
Second hand smoke education and environmental changes
for Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Tagalog families.
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Fees
Free
 African American Tobacco Free Project
Administrative Office:
394 Fourth Street
Phone Number
Carol McGruder (415) 777-3229 ext. 313
Description
Faith based cessation classes offered in either Potrero Hill,
Bay View Hunter Point, or the Western Addition areas of the
city.
Fees
Free
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EAST BAY AREA
 Oakland Health Center
Address
East: 7450 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94621
West: 700 Adeline St, Oakland, CA 94607
Phone Number
East: (510) 430-9401
West: (510) 835-9610
Contact Person
Joyce Wriley (Health Education)
Description
5-wk program; meet once a week; group & individual
counseling
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
Free
 Eden Hospital
Address
Health Education Department
20103 Lake Chabot Rd
Castro Valley, CA 94546
Phone Number
(510) 889-5078
Description
Programs offer one-day workshop or 3-part sessions
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
$65 general public; $100 couples
 Alameda County Health Care Services Agency
Address
Public Health Department
1000 Broadway Ste 500
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone Number
(510) 628-7867 or (510) 208-5920
Program Name
Tobacco Control Program
Intended Audience
General
Comments
Provides tobacco education and prevention services in
Alameda county. Will address complaints involving
environmental tobacco smoke in the work place, residential
housing, and other public environments as well as
complaints regarding the retail of tobacco products to
minors.
Program Fees
Free
Additional Information
Educational materials are available in most major
languages.
 American Heart Association
Address
11200 Golf Links Rd
Oakland, CA 94605
Phone Number
(510) 827-1600
Intended Audience
General
Comments
No classes offered. Provider only offers free educational and
self-help materials
 University of California, Berkeley
Address
University Health Services
2222 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone Number
(510) 981-5330
Description
2-hr session; Program to support those in need of assistance
with cessation of tobacco use, smoking and nicotine addiction.
Intended Audience
Student, Faculty, and Staff
Program Times
Call for schedule or check
http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/home/news/calendar.shtml
Program Fees
Free
 American Lung Association
Address
1900 Powell St., Ste. 800
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone Number
(510) 893-5474
Website
http://www.lungusa.org/eastbay/programs.html
Description
A variety of services are available, including information and
referral; Freedom from Smoking® clinics; Freedom from
Smoking® Facilitator Training; and tobacco education in
schools. Some materials are available in Chinese, Spanish,
Vietnamese, Cambodian, Farsi, and other languages.
Intended Audience
General
Program Times
Call for more information
Program Fees
Call for fees
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 Kaiser Permanente - Fremont
Address
Health Education Center
39400 Paseo Padre Pkwy
Fremont, CA 94538
Phone Number
(510) 795-3455
Description
3 different kinds of classes currently offered: 1-day, 3-day
and 7-wk.
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
Non Kaiser members $75; Kaiser members free
 Kaiser Permanente – Hayward
Address
27400 Hesperian Blvd
Hayward, CA 94545
Phone Number
(510) 784-4531
Description
7-wk classes currently offered
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates
Call for schedules
Program Times
Currently classes offered from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Program Fees
Non Kaiser members $75; Kaiser members free
PENINSULA & SOUTH BAY AREAS
 American Lung Association (San Francisco County
and San Mateo County)
Address
2171 Junipero Serra Blvd, Ste 720
Daly City, CA 94014
Phone Number
(650) 994-5864
Website
http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/
Description
6-wk classes are currently offered in Daly City and
Redwood City (group counseling and nicotine patch
provided). Group, self-help and youth programs available.
Videos and self-help materials available
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules; meets once a week
Program Fees
Free for San Mateo County residents; call for fee for nonSan Mateo County Residents
 Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Address
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone Number
(650) 853-2960
Program Name
Stop Smoking One-On-One
Description
Behavior modification and stress management.
Program Dates
Every Wednesdays
Program Times
Currently classes meet at 9:00am or 11:00am
Program Fees
$30 (needs to pay before class)
 American Lung Association – San Jose
Address
1469 Park Ave.
San Jose, CA 95126
Phone Number
(408) 998-5864
Description
8-sessions program; classes offered at O’Conner’s Hospital
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules; classes meet once a week
Program Fees
$70
 Smoking Free Start For Families (Health Services
Department)
Address
225 West 37th St.
San Mateo, CA 94403
Phone Number
(650) 573-3989
Intended Audience
General
Description
Various smoking cessation services for general public (group
counseling; 7-wk sessions); recently they also started offering
free phone counseling for pregnant women and post-partum
women up to 12 months.
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
Free to residents of San Mateo County; call for fees for nonresidents
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NORTH BAY AREA
 Northern California Intergroup of Nicotine
Anonymous (including all counties in Northern
California)
Website
http://www.nica-norcal.org/
Description
Nicotine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women
helping each other to live our lives free of nicotine.
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules (415) 995-1938
Program Fees
Free
 American Lung Association
Address
115 Talbot Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone Number
(707) 527-5864
Description
7-wk group sessions; each session lasts two hours; this
program uses a positive behavior-change approach that
teaches you how to become a nonsmoker for good. You’ll
get special attention in developing your own quitting plan,
dealing with recovery symptoms, controlling weight,
managing stress through relaxation techniques that work,
and being ready to fight those urges to go back to smoking.
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
$80
 Kaiser Permanente – San Rafael
Address
Health Education Department
99 Montecillo Rd.
San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone Number
(415) 444-2173
Description
9-class group sessions; each session lasts two hours
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
Non Kaiser members $90; Kaiser members free
 American Cancer Society
Address
25 Bellam Blvd. Suite 150
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone Number
(415) 454-8464
Description
6-class group sessions; each session lasts two hours; classes
are taught by a former smoker; classes are held at Novato
Community Hospital
Intended Audience
General
Program Dates & Times
Call for schedules
Program Fees
$25/ six classes; pre-registration required
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