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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Get Help to Quit Smoking

Looking to kick the smoking habit for good this year? Here are some expert tips and local resources to help you stay on track.

Congratulations. You’ve made the decision to kick your cigarette habit and improve your health in the New Year. But, we're already a couple weeks into 2013. Are you struggling with quitting or haven't quite gotten there yet? Overcoming a nicotine addiction can be tough, but with a few simple tips and some local resources to support you, it should be much easier to stick to your resolution. The Pennsylvania Free Quitline is giving away 8 week supplies of Free Nicotine Patches with free counseling. All you have to do is call 1-800-QUIT-NOW. There are plenty of resources to help you stay on track. Now that you know of places you can turn to for support, start the quitting process by thinking about why you want to quit. Are you worried you …

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Tobacco Report: PA Earns Failing Grades

The American Lung Association report gives Pennsylvania two failing grades.

  The American Lung Association says Pennsylvania is not adequately funding programs to protect children and cut back on illnesses related to tobacco use. This comes as a result of Wednesday’s release of its State of Tobacco Control 2013 report. This is the 11th year for the report which looks at how states and the federal government are spending their money on tobacco control programs. Pennsylvania received the following grades for 2012. “Pennsylvania must make it a priority to invest in programs that keep kids off tobacco and to help smokers quit,” says Deb Brown, president and CEO of the American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic, in a press release.  “That starts with increasing Pennsylvania’s current level of tobacco prevention and…

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Matt Zukowski

3:57 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

"So lets be generous to your arguement and say 75% of those are caused by smoke related tobacco. " That's actually close to reality. The yearly fatality rate is ~6800 specifically for smoking. "We are still at nearly 10,000 new cancers every year caused by smokeless tobacco. " As opposed to 400,000+ fatalities from SMOKING, of which ~6800 are from oral cancers? This is where that 98% less harmful…   more ›

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