St. Jude counselors on the confidential, toll-free line hold advanced degrees and have professional experience in public health. "We personalize the plan to each participant," said Charla Folsom, the study's lead clinical research associate. "We gauge what situations are the hardest for participants and try to create a plan to help with those situations."

Participation in the quit line is free and open to all childhood cancer survivors, regardless of where they received treatment. Study organizers plan to enroll 1,000 participants during the next few years. Childhood cancer survivors can call (877) 4SJ-QUIT, or visit www.stjude/breakfreefromsmoking for more information about the tobacco cessation study.

The quit line effort is one of several ongoing St. Jude studies, seeking to improve the quality of life among adults who survived pediatric cancer. St. Jude is also the coordinating institution for the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), a data-gathering program organized by 30 centers in the United States and Canada, studying the late effects of childhood cancer. Information about CCSS studies can be found by visiting ccss.stjude.

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