The Vermilion County Health Department will offer a free, four-week smoking cessation class beginning this month. Classes will meet once a week in the conference room of the Vermilion County Health Department, 200 S. College St.

The classes will be from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 18, 25, Oct. 2 and 9.

Those attending the classes can receive four weeks of free nicotine replacement patches. “While the patches can be a help to people who are quitting, we believe they also need the type of counseling help that comes from the classes,” says anti-tobacco coordinator for the county, Linda Bolton.

Anyone interested in attending the classes, should call the health department at 431-2662, ext. 241 or 302 to sign up; or those wanting information or to sign up can e-mail lbolton@vchd.org or mcrome@vchd.org.