 AppalachianWireless.com is here to make your life easier, sign in or create a self-care account to pay bills, view usage or check contract dates. You can also apply for paperless billing and auto pay to save up to $5 per phone per month on post-paid plans. It's self-care from Appalachian Wireless. It's month two of the new year. How are your resolutions going? If you're trying to quit smoking, the Pye County Health Department might be able to help. Freedom from Smoking is an American Lung Association-approved smoking cessation program for adults. It's effective. It's evidence-based. It works. There's just something about these group sessions that help the participants be able to walk away from the chains of addiction to nicotine. The Freedom from Smoking Cessation classes start February 7, 2023 at the Pye County Health Department. Well, Pye County has a high smoking rate for adults. For example, back in 2015 we had about a 31 percent adult smoking rate. When we saw some improvement early around 2020, we started to see some improvement. But with the 2022 rankings that came out, we're back to 29 percent. That's close to about one in three adults who are addicted to some form of nicotine in our county. Nicotine replacement products are included in the program, at no additional cost to the participants. These group settings are proven to work. This is an evidence-based program. It's approved and encouraged by the American Lung Association. We want to see as many Pye County residents who want to participate to come up and participate. It's at no cost to the participants. It's available to any Pye County resident. And they meet weekly at three o'clock for eight weeks here at the health department. And we can make arrangements for those individuals who might not be able to attend in person at three. For more information, visit Pye County Health Department on Facebook or call 606-509-5500. Reporting from Mountain Top News, I'm Ethan Miller.