Press Release Archive

2008

• 8.25.2008

  Free & Clear® Increases Number of Washington State Tobacco Users Helped

  Free & Clear enrolled four percent of Washington smokers in their Quit For Life Program® during the state’s fiscal year July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008, up from 2 percent in fiscal year 2007. Read the full press release (PDF)
• 6.30.2008

  Randomized Trial Shows Full Eight-week Treatment with Nicotine Patches is Cost-effective

  Press Release on OREO Study Read the full press release (PDF)
• 6.19.2008

  Free & Clear® Study Shows Proactive Communication Strategies Increase Re-enrollment

  Free & Clear, Inc., has announced the publication of their study of telephone-based tobacco cessation program re-enrollment in the July issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Read the full press release (PDF)
• 6.9.2008

  Free & Clear® Analysis Shows Workplace Smoking-Cessation Incentives Work

  An analysis on the impact incentive programs have on quit rates reveals employers that use incentives have 50 percent higher quit rates than those without incentive programs Read the full press release (PDF)
• 6.5.2008

  Free & Clear® Data Shows Effectiveness of Chantix™ When Used in Combination with Counseling

  Free & Clear, Inc., the national leader in evidence-based tobacco cessation programs delivered via the phone and internet, today released an analysis of data from nearly 8000 participants that shows Varenicline, marketed as Chantix, is an effective tool for quitting tobacco when used in conjunction with intensive phone-based behavioral counseling. Read the full press release (PDF)
• 5.21.2008

  Free & Clear® Reports Record Breaking Tobacco Quit Rates

  Free & Clear, Inc., the national leader in evidence-based tobacco cessation programs delivered via the phone and internet, announced record breaking tobacco quit rates among Quit For Life Program participants during the first quarter of 2008. Read the full press release (PDF)
• 5.7.2008

  New U.S. Public Health Service Tobacco Guidelines Validate Effectiveness of Quitlines

  The U.S. Public Health Service today released an update to the Clinical Practice Guideline Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. Updated Guideline findings include validation of the effectiveness of telephone counseling and quitlines, which have been expanding rapidly over the past three years. Read the full press release (PDF)

2007

• 9.16.2007

  OSF HealthCare Achieves Impressive Tobacco Quit Rates with the Free & Clear® Quit For Life™ Program

  OSF HealthCare is celebrating its one-year anniversary with the Free & Clear Quit For Life™ Program with strong results. Read the full press release (PDF)
• 2.12.2007

  Fight Against Tobacco Addiction Reached "Tipping Point" in the U.S. During 2006

  Last year marked the tipping point in the fight against tobacco addiction according to Free & Clear®, a national leader in coaching-based tobacco dependence treatment. Read the full press release (PDF)