Quit smoking for free!
Now I know a lot of people who smoke, but none who consider themselves “smokers”. Almost all of them are theoretically in the long, sometimes years-long process of quitting, or at least considering thinking about the possibility quitting sometime in the nebulous future. I’ve heard that smoking can be pretty bad for you and stuff, so maybe it’s time.
Well, Ralph’s is here to help! They’ve teamed up with the LA County Department of Public Health to do something really cool – give away free stuff. At 47 participating Ralph’s grocery stores throughout our fair city, any smoker can simply walk up to the pharmacy and leave with a free goodie-bag chock-full of normally expensive nicotine gum and patches to assist in the quitting process.
Alternatively, people looking to get addicted to nicotine but too scared to take the full on plunge into smoking, this is a good way to start!
UPDATE: If you go, go to the pharmacy before you start shopping, because it takes them half an hour to prepare it for you.
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WHAT: Free nicotine gum and patches
WHERE: Any participating Ralph’s with a pharmacy
WHEN: While supplies last (30,000 kits will be given out in all)
$$$: Free! With the potential to save you money when you, you know, stop buying so many cigarettes. And then $2 refills for a year!
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July 9th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
The action of distribution of free nicotine patches must be on regilar basis. In can push some people with low income to quit.
July 9th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
cool picture and YES! i was waiting for a healthy promotional equivalent to counter the 2 for 1 cigarette deal that i’ve seen so many smokers dangerously dabble in
July 10th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
quit smoking more better for your life
July 10th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
just picked mine up today! like 40 bucks worth of gum, awesome. wish me luck
July 26th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
it is really hard to Quit Smoking. currently, i am using Nicotine Patches to curb may addiction to smoking and nicotine.
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:40 pm
i smoke several packs of cigarette in one day. it is not easy to quit smoking because cigarette is addictive due to nicotine. i am using Habitrol nicotine patch to quit smoking.
September 5th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
i am trying to Quit Smoking by having a very good discipline not take cigarettes anymore. I also use nicotine patches to curb my nicotine cravings from Cigarettes.
September 24th, 2009 at 1:19 am
why were they letting people smoke in the grandstand during the concerts at the la county fair??? had to leave Leann Rimes Concert early since people were smoking Cigars at least 6 separate times and then 2 people were smoking cigarettes in the stands.
September 27th, 2009 at 1:37 am
I know what you mean. I am a long-time smoker with absolutely no willpower when it comes to quitting. The reason I’m still alive is because I switched to these new, healthy cigarettes. Check out my blog at healthysmoker.blogspot.com!
October 7th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
i did have a hard time Quitting Smoking but several months of discipline and the use of nicotine patches helped me a lot to stop smoking.
October 17th, 2009 at 7:25 am
i was able to Quit Smoking by using Nicotine patches. those nicotine patches really helped me stop my nicotine addiction.