MEDICAL NEWS Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, are often advertised as a “safer cigarette.” E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that contain liquid. The liquid heats up when it’s turned on. When someone smokes an e-cigarette, they inhale the vapor from the liquid inside. E-cigarettes are also called JUULs, vapes, vape pens, e-pens and e-hookahs. Smoking […]
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WELL-BEING No matter what your age is, or how long you’ve smoked, you can reap benefits of quitting today! Here’s what happens in your body after you quit: * 12 hours later, carbon monoxide in your blood drops to normal levels. * 2 weeks to 3 months later, your circulation improves and your lungs work
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WELL-BEING There’s no one right way to quit smoking. Some people find that they just quit on their own. Others use medical treatments to help. If you’re thinking about quitting, you have several options: * Attend support groups or counseling * Get your doctor’s advice and support * Choose medicines that contain nicotine and help
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MEDICAL NEWS More than two out of every five middle and high school students who smoke report using either flavored little cigars or flavored cigarettes, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study, based on data from a 2011 National Youth Tobacco Survey, is CDC’s first attempt to
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SELF-CARE CORNER You know that smoking can cause health problems, including heart disease and cancer. But if you smoke inside your home, you could be hurting everyone who lives with you. Anyone who is around cigarette smoke is exposed to secondhand smoke. * Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals. Many of these have been
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SELF-CARE CORNER According to the U.S. Surgeon General, more than 51 million Americans have had success at quitting smoking. Many smokers did not quit on their first try and needed several attempts to have success to quit for good. If you smoke, keep trying to quit. “Quitting smoking is one of the single most effective
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WELL-BEING Anyone who has tried to quit smoking knows it doesn’t always happen on the first try. But what many smokers don’t realize is that they are not alone in their failed quit attempts. A quit attempt is defined as not smoking for at least one day with the intent of not starting again. A
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MEDICAL NEWS Every year, on the third Thursday of November, the American Cancer Society asks tobacco users to make a plan to quit on this day, or plan in advance and then quit smoking that day. Earlier this year, the Surgeon General’s office released The Health Consequences of Smoking-50 Years of Progress. The report showed
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WELL-BEING Despite warnings from the CDC that hookah smoking can be just as dangerous as cigarettes, many young adults believe that using the water pipes is not harmful to their health, according to a UCLA School of Nursing study. Researchers visited three Southern California hookah lounges and asked patrons between the ages of 18 and
MEDICAL NEWS People who smoke just a few cigarettes a day are exposed to the same serious health risks as heavier smokers, breaking a common myth that social or casual smoking is somehow safe or that they can easily quit. Casual smokers who smoke between 1 and 4 cigarettes a day, are tripling their risk
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