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January 8, 2001 Contact: HHS Press Office
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PREVENTING DISEASE AND DEATH FROM TOBACCO USE
Overview: Preventing tobacco use, especially among America's youth, is one of our nation's most important health challenges. According to the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administrat ...
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A Guide On How To Stop Smoking
Getting Ready To Quit
Set a date for quitting.
Try to convince a friend to quit with you, so you'll have mutual support.
Notice when, where, and how you smoke. List the times when you usually light up--with morning coffee, after a meal, while driving, or whatever your usual smoking occasions are.
Change your smoking routines. Keep your cigarettes in a different place, don't hold your cigarette in the hand you're used to using, switch br ...
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Smoking today = Smoking tomorrow
(Using CANSIM data dating back to 1990)
Overview
The earlier young people begin smoking, the more cigarettes they are likely to smoke per day, and the less likely they are to quit. The scourge of tobacco haunts Canadians as a strong percentage of them still claim to be smokers, including many teens.
The purpose of this activity is to make students aware of the serious health implications of taking up smoking. Students w ...
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Development Activity
Introduction
Welcome! In this activity, you will collect and analyze scientific data from an experiment performed by scientists at the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center. You will learn the steps of a scientific experiment, how to use morphometry to collect three-dimensional data, and how to interpret your data. Before you start this activity, you may want to work through the following Biology Project problem sets:
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American Lung Association State of the Air: 2006 Report Finds Too Many U.S. Cities Still Suffer from Air Pollution
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American Lung Association Deplores Recent Marketing Tactics by the Tobacco Industry
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Welcome!
Welcome to think's addictions section. Here you can learn about addictions, over a variety of topics, such as tobacco, alcohol, drugs and addiction & recovery. You can find a full map of the topics covered under ...
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NIPC is funded in part by Government Agencies. The remainder of our funding comes from support from individuals and organizations who utilize NIPC resources. If you would like to assist NIPC in continuing and expanding inhalant abuse prevention and awareness education by making a contribution, please contact NIPC at 800-269-4237. If you would like to be on the NIPC mailing list, call or e-mail NIPC with your name, address, organization, phone and e-mai ...
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factsheet no:9
Nicotine and addiction
Action on Smoking and Health – September 2004
Is nicotine addictive?
In February 2000, the Royal College of Physicians published a report on nicotine addiction which concluded that “Cigarettes are highly efficient nicotine delivery devices and are as addictive as drugs such as heroin or cocaine.” [1] Two years earlier, the report of the Government’s Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health stated that: “Over the past decade ther ...
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Still smokin'
In the midst of a battle royale over tobacco, nicotine and smoking, scientists have found striking evidence that heroin, cocaine and nicotine affect the same part of the brain. [Posted September 26, 1996]
Smoking is just a habit, right? It couldn't be addictive, could it?
Fumin' fact sheet on smoking science!
There are 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke. Could nicotine be the only one that affects the brain?
Does cigarette advertising persuade kids to smoke?
Here are some ideas for upping the ante in the war against tobacco.
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Indiana Launches FREE Quitline to Help Tobacco Users Quit
Now, Hoosiers who smoke or use other tobacco products and want to quit have another tool to help: the Indiana Tobacco Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW
(1-800-784-8669).
The Indiana Tobacco Quitline offers free, confidential, comprehensive telephone cou ...
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Smoking Dependency
Tobacco has been used as a mood-altering substance for centuries. It has been chewed, sniffed, and smoked. Today it is most commonly used in the form of cigarettes. Tobacco comes from the plant nicotiana tabacum. The reason tobacco is used by so many people is because it contains a powerful drug known as nicotine which is not only addictive, but gives you a pleasureable sensation. The 'habit' itself is also addictive, most people who smoke DO li ...
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Teens and tobacco quiz: What do you know?
Adolescents are an odd mix of rebellion and conformity. They want to fit in with their peers, but not with their parents. Their immaturity allows them to believe that bad things happen only to other people. Is this why teenagers are so susceptible to the siren call of cigarettes? Or is there more to it? Take our quiz to find out.
1. In the United States, what percentage of adult smokers began smoking before the age of 19?
Almost 25 percent
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