tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63408042428186245782024-03-21T09:53:02.459-07:00Live Tobacco FreeJefferson County Tobacco Use Prevention Programhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03014300853042597072noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340804242818624578.post-38300208010921963652014-12-30T10:50:00.001-08:002014-12-30T10:50:39.481-08:00Quitting Smoking<div class="tpsumboxinner_header" style="background: url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/rd_corner_blue_nobrd_header.gif) 0% 0% no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; float: left; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 20px; line-height: 19.6800003051758px; width: 524px;">
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Tobacco use is the most common preventable cause of death. About half of the people who don't quit <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smoking.html" name="noreveal" style="color: #990066; outline: none;">smoking</a> will die of smoking-related problems. Quitting smoking is important for your health.</div>
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Soon after you quit, your circulation begins to improve, and your blood pressure starts to return to normal. Your sense of smell and taste return, and it's easier for you to breathe. In the long term, giving up tobacco can help you live longer. Your risk of getting cancer decreases with each year you stay smoke-free.</div>
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Quitting is not easy. You may have short-term affects such as weight gain, irritability, and anxiety. Some people try several times before they succeed. There are many ways to quit smoking. Some people stop "cold turkey." Others benefit from step-by-step manuals, counseling, or medicines or products that help reduce nicotine addiction. Your health care provider can help you find the best way for you to quit.</div>
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NIH: National Cancer Institute</div>
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The Montana Quit Line can offer support for those trying to quit tobacco use 1-800-QUIT NOW or enroll at www.QuitNowMontana.com (see information on the quit line resources under Quit Line Information Tab)</div>
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Jefferson County Tobacco Use Prevention Programhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03014300853042597072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340804242818624578.post-849821798148257012014-12-30T10:36:00.001-08:002014-12-30T10:37:10.709-08:00E-Cigarettes Damage Cellshttp://www.khou.com/story/news/health/2014/12/26/study-e-cigarettes-damage-healthy-cells/20907631/<br />
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E-cigarettes damage healthy cells<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Julie Wolfe, WXIA</span></b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #999999; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">8:16 a.m. CST December 26, 2014</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ATLANTA -- More than 40 million Americans have
used e-cigarettes, but a new study shows the liquid inside damages healthy
cells and increases your risk of respiratory infections.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Researchers at <a href="http://www.nationaljewish.org/" title="http://www.nationaljewish.org/"><span style="color: #1990e5;">National Jewish Health</span></a> in Denver tested
the liquid used in e-cigarettes, sometimes called e-liquid. They found the
liquid quickly damaged healthy cells. Doctor Hong Wei Chu led the study. His
team put cells from the airways of healthy, young, non-smokers in one end of a
device and an e-cigarette in the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.5pt;">"It increased the level of viral
infection inside the cells," Chu said. In fact, they found after just ten
minutes of exposure, the cells were damaged. That damaged lasted 24 hours or
longer. The study showed it didn't matter if the liquid contained nicotine or
not, the liquid itself did the damage.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Researchers say the findings are especially
troubling since some e-cigarettes are flavored to appeal to younger users. "When
you flavor them that way, not only are they appealing, but, falsely, the user
sees them as 'Oh, no big deal. They're not bad for me.'"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.5pt;">Over the next week, millions of Americans will make New Year's
Resolutions to quit smoking. Many will turn to e-cigarettes as a method to
help. Over the last year, as sales topped $3.5 million, concerns about safety
are also on the rise. In July, the World Health Organization found there was
not enough evidence to determine if electronic cigarettes really help people
quit smoking. The World Lung Foundation is recommending tighter regulation of
e-cigarettes due to those growing concerns.</span></div>
Jefferson County Tobacco Use Prevention Programhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03014300853042597072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340804242818624578.post-80226327274350917262013-10-22T08:07:00.002-07:002013-10-22T08:07:37.410-07:00Study: Flavored small cigars are popular with kids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1 in 12 high school senior smoke flavored little cigars, says first national study of its kind</h2>
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<a data-rapid_p="1" href="http://www.ap.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img alt="Associated Press" class="logo" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oXh_6AJBHy_uEbdrklkymA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9Zml0O2g9Mjg-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/21/image001-png_162613.png" title="" /></a><cite class="byline vcard">By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer</span></span> | <span class="provider org"><span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn">Associated Press</span></span></span> – <abbr class="updated" title="2013-10-22T11:13:52Z">3 hours ago</abbr></cite>
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Small cigars flavored to taste like candy or fruit
are popular among teens, according to the first government study to
gauge their use.
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About 1 in 30 middle and high school kids said they smoke the
compact, sweet-flavored cigars. The percentages rise as kids get older,
to nearly 1 in 12 high school seniors, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention reported.
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The results — based on a 2011 survey of nearly 19,000 students,
grades 6 through 12 — were published online Tuesday by the Journal of
Adolescent Health.
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Since 2009, the government has banned cigarettes with candy, fruit
and clove flavoring, though it continued to allow menthol flavoring.
There is no restriction on sales of cigars with such flavorings except
in Maine, Maryland, New York City and Providence, R.I.
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The sale of cigarettes and cigars to those under 18 is illegal, but
according to an earlier CDC report, about 16 percent of high school
students were smokers in 2011.
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Health officials say sweet flavoring can mask the harsh taste of tobacco and make smoking more palatable.
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"The so-called small cigars look like cigarettes, addict as much as
cigarettes and they kill like cigarettes," said CDC Director Dr. Tom
Frieden.
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Tobacco companies have said they oppose smoking by those under age
18. But the marketing of flavored cigars suggests companies are trying
to interest kids in smoking, Frieden and others said.
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"The tobacco industry has a long
history of using flavored products to attract kids," said Danny
McGoldrick, of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a Washington,
D.C.-based advocacy and research organization.
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Sales of flavored cigars have boomed in the last 12 years, from 6
billion to more than 13 billion annually, according to calculations by
his group.
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The CDC survey also asked about menthol-flavored cigarettes. When
those were included, more than 40 percent of kids who were current
smokers in the survey said they were using flavored cigars or
cigarettes.
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Jefferson County Tobacco Use Prevention Programhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03014300853042597072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340804242818624578.post-72714405501777451052013-01-13T14:28:00.002-08:002013-01-13T14:28:39.124-08:005 Suprising Reasons to Keep Trying to Stop Smoking<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QC5GqnRhSHxQTG4JdfIZesf_b-D25uuVvNoLapeMp0v3BfzI9fzyAR9fcEsAq23JaYEbgNnYPgoar9sN3xEEKDvcbFmo-DAKkQsKdzv3UETor6XNkdbdhl39ZdFgmQLxRCzp8gfH3i8n/s1600/282981_10151980418590110_850707733_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QC5GqnRhSHxQTG4JdfIZesf_b-D25uuVvNoLapeMp0v3BfzI9fzyAR9fcEsAq23JaYEbgNnYPgoar9sN3xEEKDvcbFmo-DAKkQsKdzv3UETor6XNkdbdhl39ZdFgmQLxRCzp8gfH3i8n/s1600/282981_10151980418590110_850707733_n.jpg" height="320" width="226" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Th<span style="font-size: large;">ere are <span style="font-size: large;">lots of reasons to stop smoking. Here are five great ones!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1.</b> Your cig<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">a</span>rettes are radioactive! they have Polon<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">i</span>um 210 - the same</span></span> </span></span>poison that killed a Russian spy.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2.</b> If smokers were cars, they wouldn't <span style="font-size: large;">pass a smog test. Just ask Christ<span style="font-size: large;">opher Delo, a smoker<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">and mechanic who too a drag and then blew into his auto shop's smog tester. The machine showed his breath as a "gross pol<span style="font-size: large;">luter". He's quitting smoking now!</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3.</b> Smoker's pets get cancer<span style="font-size: large;">, too. Dogs living with smokers had 6 times bigger risk of lung cancer. Cats are 3 times more likely to get cancer when they live with a smoker. Pets also get asthma and allergies from cigarette smoke.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. </b> Got tar? If you're a <span style="font-size: large;">pack<span style="font-size: large;">-a-day smoker, you'<span style="font-size: large;">ll collect about a quart of tar each<span style="font-size: large;"> year...inside your lungs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. </b> Now with more ni<span style="font-size: large;">c<span style="font-size: large;">o</span>tine! Since 1998<span style="font-size: large;">, cigarette makers have been caught "<span style="font-size: large;">spiking" cigarettes with more addictive nicotine.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bonus!</b> plenty of health problems go away or get better when you quit: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Snoring</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heartburn</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vision Problems</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Art<span style="font-size: large;">hritis and <span style="font-size: large;">Joint Pain</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Risk of Heart Attach and Stroke </span></span> </span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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