Joel
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Joel Spitzer has been conducting Stop Smoking Clinics for many major corporate employers throughout the Chicago area since 1977. Corporate clients have included Allstate Insurance Company, Aon Corporation, Brunswick, Chicago Sun Times, Corboy and Demetrio, Kraft, Fel-Pro, G.D. Searle, Morton International, NBC, NutraSweet, Commonwealth Edison, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, American Hospital Association, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, S & C Electric, Northwestern University, Zenith Data Systems and many others.
Mr. Spitzer has conducted hundreds of worksite and community clinics with over 4,500 graduates. His quit rate, usually over 50% off at one year, is consistently above the national average for professional programs. NORTH SHORE MAGAZINE named Joel Spitzer’s program the area’s #1 clinic in 1986. Our options include the following services:
I. STOP SMOKING CLINICS
Our intensive Stop Smoking Clinic consists of six sessions over a two week period: Tuesday through Friday, Monday, Monday. The first day is an introductory session of two hours for all employees and members who are even considering quitting; the following five sessions are 90 minutes. Unlike others, our clinic has several particularly strong features. We have 5-10, often lengthy, telephone consultations with each participant during and after the clinic. Each person receives, indefinitely, especially prepared emails for support. Individuals have access to a 24-hour live hot-line and may attend, at no cost, any Joel Spitzer, Ltd community clinics for reinforcement or should they go back to smoking. One session is also devoted to avoiding weight gain.
We are highly successful since participants go "cold turkey" on day one and, to prevent relapse, they have maximal support throughout any withdrawal and thereafter. This approach compresses physical withdrawal to the shortest period and substantially increases long-term quit rates. If individuals are on nicotine replacement gum or patches, they use our clinic to get off these devices on the first day and remain nicotine free thereafter.
Work-site clinics can be held during long lunches, totally on company time, split between company and employee time, or entirely after work. We suggest that employees pay at least a portion of the cost even if the employer rebates some or all to those who quit smoking. Also, consider opening the clinic to spouses and adult dependents who are covered by your medical plan. The total charge for an on-site clinic is $3,200 (plus travel charges for any site over 25 miles from the Evanston area) for up to 25 participants. To guarantee reserving a date, we require a $600 deposit which is not refunded if the clinic is canceled less than 30 days in advance.
II. SINGLE SESSION SEMINARS
Special single two-hour seminars inform smoking employees of ways to cope with an increasingly nonsmoking world and, if they wish to quit, provide specific tips to follow if they wish to try on their own. Participants receive additional services:
1. self-help material prepared
2. one year support e-mail follow up; and
3. access to a 24-hour live hot-line.
This option is $275 per group (plus travel charges for any site over 25 miles from the Evanston area). Unlike the intensive smoking clinics which are often booked far in advance, these seminars can often be scheduled on relatively short notice.
III. COMMUNITY CLINICS
Many smokers need help when they are ready to quit! Therefore, a viable ongoing option is to refer employees to our regular clinics at the Evanston and Skokie Health Departments. They are held frequently enough to meet people’s needs whenever they are motivated to quit. Accordingly, many companies refer and even subsidize employees to attend these community clinics.
The cost per person is $125, although these programs are free for people who live or work in Evanston or Skokie, Illinois. The first night introductory session is free for everyone. If you are interested in evaluating our program for your organization, you are welcome to send a designated representative to any or all of one of our community clinics.
We would be pleased to discuss smoking clinics or seminars for your employee group.
For further information contact Joel Spitzer, Ltd at
(847) 328-7229
or email us at
quitsmoking@joelspitzer.com
