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If you smoke, here are some things you should know.
· Each cigarette shortens your life by 11 minutes.
· Alcohol, other smokers, caffeine and stress are common triggers.
·Don't be afraid of withdrawal symptoms, including negative mood, difficulty concentrating and urges to smoke -- they are only temporary.
Counseling and nicotine replacement (such as the patch and gum) and other drug treatment can quadruple long-term quit rates, from less than 10% to 30%.
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation offers free counseling and free medications at 14 convenient locations throughout the City to help you stop smoking and learn how to live smoke-free.
For more information, call 311 or the numbers below, or visit nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/smokingcessation.html.
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Smoking cigarettes causes heart disease, lung and esophageal cancer, and chronic lung disease.
Cigarette smoking also contributes to cancers of the bladder, pancreas and kidney, as well as other adverse health outcomes.
In 2001, it is expected that smoking related cancers will cause 20,000 deaths in California.
Moreover, during that same time, California anticipates over 30,000 new cases of smoking related cancers.
Health Services', Tobacco Control Section asks questions concerning tobacco use, cigarette smoking and smoking cessation on the California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the California Adult Tobacco Survey (CATS).
Beginning in 1996, respondents who smoked every day were asked if they had quit smoking for one day or longer during the past 12 months.
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In fact, many people say quitting is one of the hardest things they have done in their lives.
If you haven't already done so, think of reasons why you should quit smoking.
Write down your reasons to quit smoking in one column and your reasons not to quit smoking in another column.
Usually people find more reasons for quitting than for continuing to smoke.
Every 2--3 days, switch to a different brand with less nicotine.
Every 2--3 days, decrease the number of puffs you take from each cigarette.
Step 3: Consider the use of nicotine gum or a patch.
For example, choose a hobby, watch movies or sporting events, and visit friends.
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If smoking were just a bad habit, all smokers would find it easy to quit.
They depend on cigarettes to relax, to feel rewarded, to manage stress and anger, and to live their everyday lives.
Addiction to nicotine can develop quickly; even teens who have not smoked for long can have difficulty quitting.
This smoker probably knows that smoking is harmful but may be tuning out facts on smoking and health.
May believe quitting is easy (just "doesn't want to"), or may think addiction to nicotine is too strong to break.
May have received quit tips from a health care provider or quit-smoking class.
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Parents are very important role models for their children.
Adolescents whose parents had quit smoking are almost 1/3 less likely to ever be smokers than are those with a parent who still smoked.
Harmful chemicals that cause cancer are found in the umbilical cords of babies whose mothers smoked and whose mothers did not smoke BUT were exposed to secondhand smoke.
Levels of cotinine, a substance that results in the body when nicotine is absorbed, are 8-10 times higher in babies whose mothers smoke than in babies whose mothers do not smoke.
Nicotine dependency through cigarette smoking is the most common form of drug addiction and causes more death and disease than all other addictions combined.
THOMAS J. VILSACK GOVERNOR SALLY J. PEDERSON LT.
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Tobacco Information and Prevention Source http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/index.htm The central website for CDC resources related to Tobacco.
CDC's Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/bestprac.htm CDC's Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs is an evidence-based guide to help all 50 states plan and establish effective tobacco control programs to prevent and reduce tobacco use.
SLAM and other resources for youth at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips4youth.htm SLAM is a fifteen-minute video developed to help young people be more aware of the power and pervasiveness of cigarette advertising.
QuitSmokingSupport.com Offers online support to individuals who want to quit smoking.
Tobacco Control/Cessation and Use Prevention Resources http://www.wayne-health.org/wc_TobaccoControl.html This website was developed by Wayne County Combined General Health Districts, Ohio.
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The answer may lie in smokers' personal experience with negative health effects, say researchers at North Carolina State and Duke universities in their new book, "The Smoking Puzzle: Information, Risk Perception, and Choice."
The book is co-authored by Dr. V. Kerry Smith, University Distinguished Professor in NC State's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and director of the Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy; Duke University's Dr. Frank A. Sloan, J. Alexander McMahon professor of health policy and management and economics professor and director of Duke's Center for Health Policy, Law and Management; and Donald H. Taylor Jr., assistant research professor at the Center for Health Policy, part of Duke's Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
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Rep. Bud Cramer of Alabama will be held at noon Aug. 13 at the Von Braun Center North Hall.
For a reservation, make a check payable to the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce and deliver it to Rosa Kilpatrick, Bldg.
Small business briefing, Aug. 14, Oakwood College.
paid to participate in a research study to evaluate a stop-smoking program on the Internet.
Thursday at the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library auditorium at 915 Monroe St. in Huntsville.
The event is open to the public and admission is free.
For details, call Ronnie Lajoie at 461-5934 or 721-1083.
Volunteers needed for Family Fun Day Aug. 25.
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Smoking cessation, or quitting, has immediate and important health benefits for individuals of all ages.
Ex-smokers have improved life expectancy and reduced risk of smoking-related disease, compared to continuing smokers (Fiore et al., 2000) (Victorian Smoking and Health Program, 1995).
The proportion of ex-smokers in Australia has increased steadily since the mid-1970s, despite the highly addictive nature of nicotine (Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, 1999).
In the 1998 NSW Health Survey, respondents were asked a question about their intention to quit smoking.
Access to evidence-based smoking cessation services for smokers who are motivated to quit is an integral component of a comprehensive tobacco control plan.
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*Adapted from Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region, Center for Health Research, Portland Oregon.
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Data on efficacy were obtained from published meta-analyses and original articles Percentage of those who successfully quit smoking during the 12 month observation period was used as efficacy measure Cost data included only direct costs (physician visits, medications, adverse events).
Persons willing to quit smoking can buy NRT gum or patch directly at the pharmacy, which could 'dilute' the efficacy estimate as obtained in RCTs.
This has cost implications that were included in the model.
Short-term decision-tree analysis suggests that bupropion is a costeffective option for physicians in order to help motivated smokers to quit smoking in Finnish health care settings.
