Want to stop smoking or vaping or help a loved one quit?
Tobacco use can get in the way of good mental health and physical well-being.
A tobacco product is any product containing, made of or derived from tobacco or nicotine and can include commercial cigarettes, e-cigarettes or vaping, smokeless tobacco or other nicotine-containing product such as pouches, gummies or even toothpicks.
Smoking and the use of other tobacco products, including cigars and smokeless tobacco, causes or worsens numerous diseases and conditions.
Also, it can expose nearby people to toxic secondhand smoke or secondhand e-cigarette emissions, which are also unsafe.
Below are some facts listed on the American Lung Association website:
- Smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide. Smoking-related illness in the U.S. costs more than $600 billion a year, including over $241 billion in direct medical care for adults and $184 billion in lost productivity.
- Secondhand smoke is a serious health hazard for people of all ages, causing more than 41,000 deaths each year.
- Marijuana smoke contains many of the same toxins, irritants and carcinogens as tobacco smoke.
- E-cigarettes are a new tobacco product, and the potential health consequences and safety of these products are unknown.
- Smokeless tobacco products are addictive, known to cause cancer and are not a safe alternative to cigarettes.
- Cigars have many of the same health risks as cigarettes, including causing certain cancers.
- Hookah smoke contains many of the same toxic components found in cigarette smoke.
- Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco products. Cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco and nearly all e-cigarettes contain nicotine.
- Menthol is a flavoring that tobacco companies have relied on to make cigarettes more appealing and addicting.
- Emerging Commercial Tobacco and Nicotine Products such as oral nicotine pouches are addictive and contain harmful chemicals even though they are marketed as smokeless and odorless.
The Ohio County Health Department is here for you every step of the way with tools, tips, and support!
Come in or call us at the Ohio County Health Department and we will help you sign up for Quit Now Indiana which provides free services to individuals that want to quit.
Ohio County Health Department
117 6th St.
Rising Sun, IN 47040
(812) 438-2551
Open:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
8am – 4pm
Closed for Lunch 12:00-1:00
The important thing is to keep trying to quit, until you quit for good!
References: American Lung Association and Quit Now Indiana