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Smoke-Free Policy
To maintain accreditation with the Joint Commission of Accreditation of HealthCare Organizations, St. Anthony’s enforces a campus-wide no smoking policy.
As a health care provider, we are concerned about your health. If you are a smoker, or someone in your family or circle of friends is a smoker, we urge you to consider stopping.
Keys for Quitting Smoking
Get ready
- Set a quit date and stick to it, not even a single puff!
- Think about past quit attempts. What worked and what did not?
Get support and encouragement
- Tell your family, friends, and coworkers you are quitting.
- Get group, individual, or telephone counseling.
Learn new skills and behaviors
- When you first try to quit, change your routine.
- Reduce stress.
- Distract yourself from urges to smoke.
- Plan something enjoyable to do every day.
- Drink a lot of water and other fluids.
Consider medication
- Talk with your health care provider about which medication will work best for you.
Prepare yourself for relapse of difficult situations.
- Avoid alcohol.
- Be careful around other smokers.
- Improve your mood in ways other than smoking.
- Eat a healthy diet and stay active.
For smoking cessation class information, call 314-525-1250 or see our upcoming community program schedule.
For information or a physician referral, please call 800-554-9550 or visit our online physician referral.
At St. Anthony's, our vision is to be the area's premier health care organization — and your first choice for health care services.