NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine Receives $3.85 Million from Florida Department of Health for Tobacco Cessation and Training Program

The Area Health Education Center (AHEC) housed at NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-KPCOM) is set to receive a contract award of more than $3.85 million for FY ’20-’21 from the Florida Department of Health. The award is to support AHEC’s Tobacco Cessation and Training Program.

The Tobacco Cessation and Training Program offers participants free, virtual, online group-smoking cessation classes at multiple times during the week using accessible, easy-to-use, web-based teleconferencing technology. These virtual classes are provided in the same interactive, friendly, respectful, and supportive atmosphere that has been a hallmark of AHEC’s community tobacco cessation services for more than a decade. Eligible participants may receive free over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy, such as patches, gums, and lozenges.

(For specific details or to register, please call the AHEC Program at (954) 262-1580 or visit ahectobacco.com.)

To-date, AHEC has received more than $108 million in federal and state grant and contract funding.