Living Tobacco-Free

It really is possible!

Agenda

• Statistics and mortality risks

• Health risks

• Benefits of quitting

• Ways to quit

Part One: Statistics and Mortality

Friends don’t let friends die of complications related

to tobacco use.

Smoking

• Over 20% of adults age 18 and older smoke cigarettes.

• Over 23% of adult men smoke.

• Almost 18% of adult women smoke.

Tobacco Use and Death

• According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…

“Tobacco use is the leading

preventable cause of death

in the United States”

Tobacco Use Around the World

• Tobacco use in some form causes approximately 5 million deaths a year throughout the world.

Death Comes Quickly

• Did you know that adult smokers die approximately 14 years before non-smokers?

Death by Complication

• Smokers are approximately 10 times more likely to die of bronchitis or emphysema than non-smokers.

• Smoking triples middle-aged people’s risk of dying of heart disease.

Secondhand Smoke

• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Exposure to secondhand smoke --sometimes called environmental

tobacco smoke -- causes nearly 50,000 deaths each

year among adults in the United States.

Quick Quiz

• Over _____ of adults smoke cigarettes.* 10% * 20%

* 30% * 40%

• True or false: Tobacco use causes 4 million deaths per year throughout the world.

Quick Quiz

• Over _____ of adults smoke cigarettes.* 10% * 20%

* 30% * 40%

• True or false: Tobacco use causes 4 million deaths per year throughout the world.

Part Two: Health Risks

Forget fire! Where there’s smoke, there’s cancer.

Health ComplicationsLungs

• Smoking causes approximately 90% of deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease.

• Smoking is responsible for 80-90% of all lung cancer deaths.

Health ComplicationsLungs

• Smoking causes lung cancer.

• Smoking causes lung disease.

Health ComplicationsLungs

• Men who smoke are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer.

• Women who smoke are 13 times more likely to develop lung cancer.

Health ComplicationsLungs

• People who smoke are 12 to 13 times more likely to die of chronic obstructive lung disease.

Heath ComplicationsHeart

• Smokers are 2 to 4 times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than nonsmokers.

Heath ComplicationsHeart

• When you smoke, you reduce your circulation and may even cause an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Health ComplicationsCancer

• The CDC lists smoking as a cause of…

* Acute myeloid leukemia * Bladder cancer

* Cancer of the cervix * Esophagus cancer

* Kidney cancer * Cancer of the larynx

* Lung cancer * Mouth cancer

* Throat cancer * Stomach cancer

* Uterine cancer

Other Health Complications

• Smoking increases the risk of infertility, SIDS, low birth weight, and stillbirth.

• It is also associated with low bone density in postmenopausal women.

Many Cigarette Alternatives are Not Safe!

• Smoking cigars or pipes also increases the risk of dying from lung, esophagus,

larynx, and mouth cancer.

• Smokeless tobacco also causes cancer and may affect the way your heart

beats.

Quick Quiz

• Smokers are _____ times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than nonsmokers.* 0-2 * 1-3* 2-4 * 3-5

• True or false: Smoking causes lung cancer.

Quick Quiz

• Smokers are _____ times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than nonsmokers.* 0-2 * 1-3* 2-4 * 3-5

• True or false: Smoking causes lung cancer.

Part Three: Benefits of Quitting

When being a quitter is the best thing ever!

Immediate Benefits

• After you have your last cigarette, your heart rate will start getting back to normal.

• 12 hours after that last cigarette, the carbon monoxide levels in your blood will have returned to normal.

Medium Term Benefits

• After you quit tobacco, your risk of getting some of the illnesses associated with smoking will generally decrease.

• After you have stayed away from cigarettes for 3 months, your risk of heart attack begins to drop.

Medium Term Benefits

• Your circulation will improve a few weeks after your last cigarette/cigar.

• Your phlegm production will also decrease, and you’ll wheeze less often.

Medium Term Benefits

• After you have quit smoking for a year, you will have effectively halved your risk of coronary heart disease.

Long Term Benefits

• After five years or more, your stroke risk will be almost on par with a non-smoker.

• Your risk of ulcers, bladder cancer, mouth cancer, cervical cancer, peripheral artery disease, throat and esophagus cancer all go down after you have quit tobacco for a few years.

Quit NOW!

• If you quit at or around age 30, your risk of dying early from smoke related complications and diseases is reduced by over 90%.

• If you quit at or around age 50, you’ll reduce your risk of dying early by 50% (compared with smokers).

Quick Quiz

• A ____ after you quit smoking, your circulation will improve.* Few weeks * Month* Year * Few years

• True or false: After you quit smoking for five years, you reduce your stroke risk by 50%.

Quick Quiz

• A ____ after you quit smoking, your circulation will improve.* Few weeks * Month* Year * Few years

• True or false: After you quit smoking for five years, you reduce your stroke risk by 50%.

Part Four: How to Quit

Keep your friends close and your strategies closer.

Quitting Is Hard

• You are not alone. There are supports out there for you.

• Sometimes people have to try a few times before quitting successfully.

Option One: Counseling

• According to the National Institute of Health…

“Individual, group, and telephone counseling […] reliably increase long-

term quitting.”

Option Two: Medication

• Medication can help you make the transition to a smoke-free life. Options include…* Bupropion SR * Varinicline

* Nicotine gum * Nicotine patch

* Nicotine lozenge * Nicotine inhaler

* Nicotine nasal spray

Option Three: Medication and Counseling

• According to the National Institute of Health…

“Counseling and medication are effective when used by themselves for tobacco cessation; however, the combination of counseling and medication, however, is

more effective than either alone.”

Plan of Attack

• Set a quit date

• Tell your family

• and friends that

• you plan to quit and need their support.

Plan of Attack

• Remove all tobacco and tobacco paraphernalia from your home, office, car and anywhere else.

• Once you quit, do not take even a single puff/chew of tobacco -- it will set you back.

Plan of Attack

Prepare for tough times.

Seek support when you need it.

You Can Do It!

• Most relapses occur in the first three months after quitting.

• If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again. As soon as possible.

Resources

• 1-800-QUIT-NOW offers free support– 1-800-784-8669 if you prefer the numbers

• Go to www.smokefree.gov for tips, tricks, and information

• www.cancer.gov also has helpful handouts and guidelines.

Last Quiz

• Irritability and anxiety decrease after the first _____ of being tobacco free.* Week * Two weeks

* Three weeks * Month

• True or false: Most relapses occur in the first three months of quitting.

Last Quiz

• Irritability and anxiety decrease after the first _____ of being tobacco free.* Week * Two weeks

* Three weeks * Month

• True or false: Most relapses occur in the first three months of quitting.

One More Ending

Questions?