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Online Guide to Quitting
Think about when you smoke and why you smoke. Do this for the next few weeks. Keep a record of every cigarette you smoke. Use the Craving Journal. You will probably need one copy for every day. You will find that you light up a lot without ...More…
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Smoking: It's Never Too Late to Stop
National Institute of Aging — If you quit smoking, you are likely to add years to your life, breathe more easily, and have more energy. You will have extra money for spending or saving, and food will taste better. When you quit smoking, you join over a million people who stop ...More…
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Healthy Heart, Healthy Family - Be Heart Healthy: Enjoy ...
Heart & Blood Institute — This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Heart, Healthy Family", that presents important information about a specific risk factor for heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Filipinos. This booklet deals with the health ...More…
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Facts About Smoking
SMOKING FACTS AND TIPS FOR QUITTING Getting Ready to Quit If you need more help, see your doctor. AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Hurting Yourself Hurting Others On the Day You Quit Staying Quit NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHMore…
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Quitting Tobacco: Short-term and Long-term Health Benefits
National Cancer Institute — The positive effects of quitting begin very soon after you stop using tobacco and continue long after you've quit. This fact sheet provides information about the positive effects of smoking cessation. National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet ...More…
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Genes, Treatment, and Abstinence
Institute of Drug Abuse — Genetic Variation May Increase Nicotine Craving and Smoking Relapse Smokers who want to quit can get help with a variety of treatments, including counseling, nicotine replacement therapy (patches, gum, lozenges, or inhalers), and medications. ...More…
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Combination Treatment for One Year Doubles Smokers' Quit ...
National Institute of Drug Abuse — Most smokers understand the health risks associated with tobacco use and want to stop, but the addictive grip of nicotine makes quitting difficult; nearly 80 percent of smokers who try relapse within a year. Those poor odds can be improved, ...More…
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Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products - InfoFacts - NIDA
Institute of Drug Abuse — Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States. Between 1964 and 2004, cigarette smoking caused an estimated 12 million deaths, including 4.1 million deaths from cancer, 5.5 million deaths from ...More…
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Relative Risk of Transition to Daily Smoking
National Institute of Drug Abuse — Nearly half of all cigarettes sold in the United States are sold to people with mental illness, and men and women with mental disorders are twice as likely as the general population to smoke. A recent NIDA-supported epidemiological analysis ...More…
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Kick the Smoking Habit!/¡Rompa con el hábito de fumar! ...
Heart & Blood Institute — El humo de un cigarrillo emite más de 4.000 sustancias dañosas en el aire. Usted pone su salud y la salud de su familia a riesgo cuando usted fuma. Si fume, aumenta su riesgo del ataque del corazón, de las enfermedades de la pulmón, del ...More…
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Don't Burn Your Life Away-Be Good to Your Heart/Dung Dot ...
Heart & Blood Institute — Don't Burn Your Life Away discusses the harmful effects tobacco abuse can have on the body. This series of publications, Vietnamese Aspire for Healthy Hearts, is written for Vietnamese families. These easy-to-read, bi-lingual Vietnamese and ...More…
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Alcohol and Tobacco - Alcohol Alert No. 39-1998
Institute of Alcohol Abuse — Extensive research supports the popular observation that "smokers drink and drinkers smoke." Moreover, the heaviest alcohol consumers are also the heaviest consumers of tobacco. Concurrent use of these drugs poses a significant public health ...More…