The 100 Free Women Project is a good example of this philosophy at work. When designing this project we imagined what just one woman could do if she could recovery from tobacco addiction and get that money back in her family’s cash flow.

Now imagine what just 100 women becoming free from tobacco could do in their communities. And let’s remember the kids. They get mommy back healthy and happy and feeling confident and valuable. It’s more than money. The chain of infection has been broken and the hard work it took was worth it to know that those kids will not smoke when they come of age. And if they are already smoking then when it comes time for them to recover, they will know how to proceed. Mommy showed them.

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• Murray Kelly Speaks about the 100 Free Women Project

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Imagine What One Free Woman Can Do!

Mission

To create a recovery fund dedicated to helping low income smoking women who wish to break free from tobacco addiction for themselves, their children, and their community. The project will give women the tools they need to survive and face life free of a serious and costly addiction.

The Situation

Every 35 minutes in Canada a women dies from smoking.

It is the leading cause of preventable deaths in Canada, (One in Five Deaths)

Current smoking rates and smoking during pregnancy are three times higher for women in the lowest income households versus those women in higher income households.

Residential Treatment Works!

The issue is that this costs money. This type of successful support can be easily achieved by those who have disposable income, but lower income women and those on income assistance are often unable to achieve a life free of tobacco addiction.

The Effect

The effect of tobacco addiction goes well beyond the women and impacts the health of their children, the health care system and local economies. A pack a day smoker on average will spend $4,000.00 per year. That money leaves the community and does nothing to help her family’s standard of living.

The Solution

Providing residential treatment for just one women will save her family approximately $20,000.00 over a five year period. In addition, substantial savings in health care demand and amazing multiplier growth in the local economy.

100 Free Women Project

The 100 Free Women Project will work in conjunction with your community to treat 100 low-income tobacco addicted women in manageable groups of ten. The skill set to provide the treatment and continuing care can be transferred to the community.

The goal is to train and certify a minimum of two local highly qualified personnel to provide continuing care in the community.

The methods of treatment used in the project have been researched and developed over a twenty-five year period by the extremely dedicated and qualified team of Patient Support International Inc. and the Tobacco Healing Centre. This team is led by Professor Murray Kelly of the University of Florida College of Medicine and First Nations University of Canada. Other members of this team include Dr. John McMahon (Clinical Director) and Dr. Doug Davies with Supporting Research from the Canadian and American Societies of Addiction Medicine.

If you or your community are interested in this amazing project call Clarke Kelly at 613-832-1296