The 34th Annual Great American Smokeout will be Thursday, Nov. 19. During that day Americans from coast to coast will try to give up cigarettes for 24 hours.
Quitting smoking is tough to do alone. Smokers are more successful in quitting when they have support from family and friends and use nicotine replacement products, prescription medication or read stop-smoking guides.
The following tips and publications from the Federal Citizen Information Center can help smokers leave cigarettes behind forever:
• The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Office of Women’s Health guide Smoking: Medicines to Help You reviews common nicotine replacement products such as lozenges, inhalers, nasal sprays, gum and the patch; it also covers nonnicotine medicines only available by prescription
• The American Cancer Society offers the innovative Quitline, where smokers can request an encouraging phone call to help when trying to quit smoking; it also offers information on smoking cessation resources that may be in the local area
• Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer in the United States; the lung cancer fact sheet from the FDA talks about warning signs and treatment options
• Secondhand smoke can cause respiratory problems indoors, and the Environmental Protection Agency publication Healthy Indoor Air for America’s Homes explains the health effects and how to reduce them
• Check out the FDA’s asthma fact sheet to review chronic respiratory problems and ways to alleviate symptoms and help improve breathing.
Find resources at: pueblo.gsa.gov or call 888-878-3256
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