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    WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SMOKING

    Advice From Surgeon Generals Reports on Smoking and Health

    QUITTING WILL SAVE LIVES AND IMPROVE HEALTH


    Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the
    United States. Recent studies show that smokers who talk with a clinician about how
    to quit dramatically increase their chances of quitting successfully. Quitting smoking is the
    most important step you can take to improve your health. Your doctor can help you quit.

    TIPS FOR QUITTING


    If you are a smoker who wants to quit:
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    Set
    a quit date, ideally within two weeks.
    
    Remove
    tobacco products from your home, car, and workplace.
    
    Resolve
    not to smoke at allnot even one puff.
    
    Avoid
    drinking while youre quitting cigarettes. Drinking alcohol can trigger
    cravings for a cigarette.
    
    Anticipate
    challenges, such as nicotine withdrawal, particularly during the
    critical first few weeks.
    
    Ask
    others not to smoke around you. Allowing them to smoke around you
    can make it harder for you to quit.
    
    Identify
    reasons for quitting and benefits of quitting.

    Medication and counseling help smokers quit:


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    Physicians
    can recommend counseling or coaching in combination with
    over-the-counter nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges or with Food and Drug
    Administrationapproved medications, unless there are other health concerns
    about those medications.
     edication and counseling in combination result in much higher quit rates
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    than medication alone.
    
    Counseling
    and coaching are available through community, employer, insurance,
    and hospital/medical practice cessation programs or through quitline services
    (1-800-QUIT-NOW).

    YOU
    CAN QUIT

    AND YOUR HEALTH


    CARE PROVIDER
    CAN HELP

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    Resources to help smokers quit:


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    Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669),


    the national access number to
    state-based quitline services.
    For free materials, go to:
    www.smokefree.gov;
    www.cdc.gov/tips; and
    www.ahrq.gov/path/tobacco.htm.

    SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM


    SURGEON GENERALS REPORTS ON
    SMOKING AND HEALTH
    1. There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke.
    Any exposure to tobacco smokeeven an occasional
    cigarette or exposure to secondhand smokeis
    harmful.
    2. Damage from tobacco smoke is immediate. Tobacco
    smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals and
    chemical compounds that reach your lungs every time
    you inhale. Your blood then carries the poisons to all
    parts of your body. These poisons damage DNA, which
    can lead to cancer; damage blood vessels and cause
    clotting, which can cause heart attacks and strokes; and
    damage the lungs, which can cause asthma attacks,
    emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.
    3. Smoking longer means more damage. Both the risk and
    the severity of many diseases caused by smoking are
    directly related to how long the smoker has smoked and
    the number of cigarettes smoked per day.
    4. Cigarettes are designed for addiction. The design
    and contents of tobacco products make them more
    attractive and addictive than ever before. Nicotine
    addiction keeps people smoking even when they
    want to quit.
    5. Even low levels of exposure, including exposure to
    secondhand tobacco smoke, are dangerous. You dont
    have to be a heavy smoker or a long-time smoker to
    get a smoking-related disease or have a heart attack or
    stroke triggered by smoke.
    6. There is no safe cigarette.

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    HOW SMOKING HARMS YOUR HEALTH


    HEART DISEASE

    CANCER

    Smoking causes dangerous plaque


    buildup that can clog and narrow your
    arteries. Poisons from tobacco smoke
    also quickly damage blood vessels
    and make blood more likely to clot.
    This can block blood flow and lead to
    heart attack, stroke, or sudden death.
    Even exposure to secondhand smoke
    can trigger a heart attack or stroke in
    nonsmokers.

    Tobacco smoke contains toxic


    chemicals that can damage your DNA
    and lead to cancer. One out of every
    three cancer deaths in this country is
    from smoking. People who continue
    to smoke after being diagnosed with
    cancer are at higher risk for future
    cancers and death. Cancer patients
    and survivors who smoke are more
    likely to get a new primary cancer (a cancer that occurs in a different
    organ). They are also at higher risk for death from causes related to their
    cancer and from other causes. Quitting smoking improves the outcomes
    of cancer patients.

    Quitting smoking will improve your heart health. After just one year, your
    risk for a heart attack drops sharply. Even if youve already had a heart
    attack, you cut your risk of having another one by a third to a half if you
    quit smoking. Two to five years after you quit, your risk for stroke falls to
    about the same as a nonsmokers.

    DIABETES
    Smoking is a cause of type 2 diabetes.
    If you have diabetes and smoke, your
    risk for kidney disease is two to three
    times higher than if you dont smoke.
    Smokers with diabetes also have
    higher risk for heart disease; eye
    disease that can cause blindness;
    nerve damage that leads to
    numbness, pain, weakness, and poor circulation; and amputations.
    Smokers who have diabetes also have more difficulty recovering from surgery.
    After you quit smoking, you will have better control over your blood sugar
    levels. When you quit, you will be less likely to have heart or kidney disease,
    blindness, or amputations.

    Most people find a combination of resources works best.


    Many smokers do not quit on their first attempt. Many need
    several tries to successfully quit. But the benefits are well
    worth it. Keep trying.

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    FERTILITY AND
    PREGNANCY
    Smoking reduces a womans chance
    of getting pregnant and damages
    DNA in sperm. Damage to sperm
    could decrease fertility and lead to
    miscarriage or birth defects. Men
    who smoke are more likely to have
    erectile dysfunction, which can affect
    reproduction. Women who smoke during pregnancy have a higher risk for
    ectopic pregnancy, delivering their babies early, and stillbirth. Those who
    smoke during early pregnancy are more likely to have babies born with
    a cleft lip or palate. Babies whose mothers smoke during pregnancy
    are more likely to have low birth weight or to die from sudden infant
    death syndrome (SIDS). Tobacco smoke also damages the tissues of the
    unborn babys growing brain and lungs and could interfere with the
    growth of the placenta, the organ that feeds the baby in the womb.
    This could lead to miscarriage, premature delivery, or low birth weight.

    RESOURCES
    FOR
    QUITTING

    Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW

    www.smokefree.gov
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