With Fond du Lac’s smoke-free workplace ordinance set to take effect Monday, Feb. 2, more area smokers than ever will be thinking about quitting.
There are free, state-funded treatment resources available to help.
“Smoke-free laws have a significant effect on the rates at which tobacco users break their addiction,” said Dr. Michael Fiore, director of the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. “We expect to see a lot more people in Fond du Lac and surrounding communities electing to quit around the time of the workplace smoke-free ordinance. That’s good news because smoking is the No. 1 cause of preventable death in the nation. It causes more deaths than AIDS, drugs, suicides, murders and motor vehicle accidents combined.”