Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!

A Special Invitation to Smokers Ages 50+...

Are you age 50 or older?

Do you smoke at least
10 cigarettes per day?

Have you smoked for
at least 10 years?

Are you planning to quit
within the next 3 months?

Do you plan to stay in this area for at least
the next 18 months?

Do you live in a home or an
apartment with a private telephone?

Western New York smokers who answered "yes" to these questions, joined over 1,800 people in a free and unique self-quitting program called Project50. The study is no longer taking new research subjects, but please contact us if you have questions, or would like to be referred to a smoking cessation program.

Participants In Project50 got:

A Clear Horizons self-help manual that addresses the concerns of smokers ages 50+
An invitation to use the exclusive Smokers' Victory Line hotline, staffed by EX-SMOKERS
A series of telephone and/or mailed contacts for a year and a half
Three telephone calls from University researchers

If you would like more information on how to quit smoking, please contact us.

Call (716)273-3871 in Monroe County,
or 1-888-222-3993 outside of Monroe County.

Or, e-mail your name, regular mailing address
and telephone number to: scott_mcintosh@urmc.rochester.edu

Or, you may write to:
Project50, Smoking Research Program
University of Rochester, Cancer Center
601 Elmwood Ave., Box 704
Rochester, NY 14642

Project50 was available only to persons in the following counties in the State of New York:
Cayuga, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.

For more information, Email: scott_mcintosh@urmc.rochester.edu

GO to: More Information About Project50