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Everyone
No butts about it
No safe level of secondhand smoke
US Surgeon General's 2006,
670 page report presents many studies,
data and support materials to back it up! (full
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Nearly
90% of all Americans prefer
smoke-free restaurants,
bars, and clubs.
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Tobacco
takes silent victims: America’s Children -
Unintended
exposure to secondhand smoke is critical burden on America’s
children, says foundation responsible for effective
truth® campaign. Passive
exposure to secondhand smoke, also called environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS), puts young people at risk for serious
health consequences, including low birth weight, sudden
infant death syndrome, asthma and ear infections. While
the health consequences are devastating, the significant
economic costs of treating children with smoking-related
illnesses. (full
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Secondhand
smoke and breast cancer linked - A
California scientific panel will review a draft report showing
a potential link between secondhand smoke and an increased
risk of breast cancer. The conclusion that secondhand smoke
causes breast cancer, particularly in younger women, challenges
conventional scientific thinking because most studies, until
recently, had found no connection between female smokers and
breast cancer. Overall, women exposed to secondhand smoke
have up to a 90% greater risk of breast cancer, the report
says. It says secondhand smoke kills as many as 73,400 a year
in the USA. (full
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Submitted
by Dolores Karam, research volunteer, MD |
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Smoking's
real cost reaches $40 per pack -
Duke University health economists calculated this sum by analyzing
all the costs of smoking -- personally, to the smoker's family
and to society at large. America’s 51 million cigarette
smokers already bemoan the high cost of their habit, but what
would they do if they knew that the real price, over a lifetime
of smoking, amounts to nearly $40 per pack or $9,500,000
for a couple? The tremendous toll of tobacco use, besides
the killing of more than 400,000 Americans, costs our nation
more than $75 billion in health care expenditures every year.
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SUPERHEROES
WANTED
to save the world!
You think superhero only live in minds immersed in imagination?
Think again!
Saving
the world may not be as tough as you perceive it to be --
Click
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article on how you can be a real superhero and
save your friends and loved ones from self-destruction!
Become a Volunteer
and make a difference!
Click here to
read more on how you can volunteer your time to a good cause
and save many lives! A great family project on giving and
receiving! Act
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Pets in smoking households have an increased risk of various
cancers - New
Evidence that Second-hand Smoke Harms Pets - And
your furry friends don't just inhale smoke; the smoke particles
are also trapped in their fur and ingested when they groom
themselves with their tongues. Of all the compelling reasons
to quit smoking, this one should make pet lovers sit up
and take notice: there's ample scientific evidence to suggest
that secondhand smoke can cause cancer in companion animals.
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Dr. Phil Zeltzman's Pet Newsletter - A
board-certified veterinary surgeon.
As an author, Dr. Zeltzman's goal is to write meaningful
articles, stories and books that will make a difference
in the lives of pets and their owners. He has published
numerous articles in national and international veterinary
journals. He is currently working on several book projects.
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Can
lung cancer be prevented? Luckily,
lung cancer is one of the most preventable cancer around.
The easiest ways to reduce your risk are to avoid secondhand
smoke or if you smoke, quit.
Did you know that lung cancer kills more people in the U.S.
than any other cancer? This deadly disease will be diagnosed
in 172,570 men and women this year alone. The key to protecting
your health is to know who's at risk for the disease and
how to spot its early symptoms.
Lung
cancers are cancers that begin in the lungs. Other types
of cancers may spread to the lungs from other organs. However,
these are not lung cancers because they did not start in
the lungs.
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Eight
years later -
A
broken promise to our children. Each
day over 4,400 youth as young as 8 years old, will take
their first puff on a cigarette and nearly 3,000 will become
regular smokers. 1 out of 3 of them will die from a disease
caused by their smoking. Unless we do something
to stop this trend, 5,000,000 young people who are alive
today will die from using tobacco.
Disturbingly,
a few years after the
1998 State Tobacco settlement,
the states have cut funding for their tobacco prevention
programs by more than a quarter, and several states have
completely eviscerated some of the most successful and promising
tobacco prevention and cessation programs in history.
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Medicare to help kick smoking habit - Medicare
said it intends to pay for counseling to help some of the
nation's 4 million older smokers kick the habit. Medicare
beneficiaries who smoke and have smoking-related diseases
or take certain medicines will be eligible for Medicare-covered
counseling when the proposal takes effect next year. Medicare
would pay for up to four counseling sessions. If that doesn't
suffice, smokers could get a second round of counseling.
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Shock
pictures for Europe smokers -
BRUSSELS,
Belgium --The European Union has launched an aggressive
anti-smoking drive with grisly photos of rotten lungs,
throat tumors and decayed teeth that it hopes will be used
on cigarette packets. (full
story)
Photos - Tumor and gums with periodontitist caused by smoking.
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Lockheed
Martin to Go Smoke Free - Growing
trend among companies to go smoke free - Fort
Worth (TX), Lockheed unveiled plans
to eliminate cigarettes and all tobacco products from its
campus-style properties starting January 1, 2007. It's
part of an effort to rein in rising healthcare expenses,
which now cost the company about $800 million annually.
In
2008, the
company also plans to begin collecting higher insurance
premiums from employees who smoke. Wow! (full
story)
Scotts Miracle-Gro has
already banned smoking on the job. In October workers must
stop altogether or find a new job. (full
story) |
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Heart
attacks decline after smoking bans - A
Colorado city ban on smoking at workplaces and in public
buildings may have sparked a steep decline in heart attacks,
researchers report. (full
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COPD
Chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease
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Smokers'
wrinkles may predict lung cancer - chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
a leading cause of death worldwide, is caused by smoking,
which also prematurely ages the skin. Premature
aging could be a warning sign for a
serious lung disease. This
data suggests that if you are a smoker and you are wrinkled
you are more likely to have lung disease. (full
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Smoke
gets in home buyers' eyes - Habit's
telltale smell sometimes snuffs real estate deals!
Bars?
Nope. Restaurants? Nah. The comfort of your own home? Sure,
you can smoke there. Just don't bank on finding a buyer
to cough up market price for your castle when you try to
sell it. Unloading
a cigarette-fogged house can be a drag. (full
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Secondhand
smoke and its toll on nonsmoker’s statistics were
released by the National Cancer Institute - Non-smokers
(our loved ones) receive the following equivalents of cigarette
smoking, according to Katherine Hammond, Ph.D., University
of California at Berkeley’s School of Public Health:
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1.5 cigarettes = Sitting in the non-smoking section of a
restaurant
• 3 cigarettes = Living in a pack-a-day smoker’s
home
• 4 cigarettes = Sitting in a smoky bar for two hours
• 4 cigarettes = Riding in a car one hour with a smoker |
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The
health consequences of smoking on the human body -
This
interactive animation outlines the effects of smoking
on the
different organs of the body based on the findings of the
2004 Surgeon General's Report. MUST
SEE
3-D
animation
of the
consequences of smoking on the human body!.
Click on Flash
if you have have a high speed internet connection or click
on HTML
if you don't. |
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Tobacco
could kill 1 billion people this century - If
current trends hold, tobacco will kill a billion people
this century, 10 times the toll it took in the 20th century,
public health officials said. Tobacco
accounts for one in five cancer deaths, or 1.4 million deaths
worldwide each year. Lung cancer remains the major cancer
among the 10.9 million new cases of cancer diagnosed each
year, according to the Cancer Atlas.
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Kids
May Mimic Parents' Smoking, Drinking -
Smoking should be a parent’s greatest concern because it’s
associated with other risky behaviors and health dangers.
Study finds preschoolers
at play mimic parents' smoking, drinking and drug use. (full
story) |
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Smoking
During Pregnancy May Affect Baby's Fingers And Toes - A
mother's cigarette smoking increases the risk that her newborn
may have extra, webbed or missing fingers or toes, according
to a study in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery. (full
story) |
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Parental
smoking still a threat to kids' lungs -
A new
international study of more than 20,000 children confirms
that exposure to cigarette smoke before and after birth
impairs their lung function, and that parental smoking remains
a serious public health issue. The effects of smoking during
pregnancy last up to age 12, while exposure to cigarette
smoking after birth further worsens lung function, Dr. Manfred
A. Neuberger of the Medical University in Vienna, one of
the study's authors, told Reuters Health. (full
story) |
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Cigarettes:
Leading Cause of Fire Deaths - Children
account for more than 35% of all fire and burn injuries
and deaths. According to the National Fire Data
Center, 1,052 residential fire deaths were caused by cigarettes
in 1996. In fact, 5,000 children are injured from contact
with lit cigarettes and lighters. Fires and burns are the
second leading cause of accidental death for children under
age 4. (full
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New
Surgeon General's report expands list of diseases caused
by smoking - The
report also concludes that quitting smoking has immediate
and long-term benefits, reducing risks for diseases
caused by smoking and improving health in general. By
quitting smoking today a smoker can assure a healthier
tomorrow." "We've known for decades that smoking
is bad for your health, but this report shows that it's
even worse than we knew," Dr. Carmona said. "The
toxins from cigarette smoke go everywhere the blood flows.
I'm hoping this new information will help motivate people
to quit smoking and convince young people not to start
in the first place." (full
story) |
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Cigarette
Smoking Among Adults -
One of the national health objectives for 2010 is to
reduce the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults
to 12% from current 22%. But the rate of decline is
not sufficient to meet the national health objective
for 2010. Comprehensive, sustained interventions that
reduce the rate of smoking initiation and increase the
rate of cessation are needed to further the decline
in cigarette smoking among adults.(full
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Smoke
Free Society sets up booth to spend time with kids! -
Our
participation in the big, back-to-school "Kiss the
Sky Festival," helped kids start the new school year
off with a positive alcohol, drug and cigarette-free attitude
and was a great success. We were able to reach many kids
and parents with our message of a smoke-free lifestyle
and the many hazards of smoking. |
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African-American
teen smoking has increased 56%! -
According
to the CDC, cigarette smoking among African-American teens
increased 56% in the 1990s. This increase is particularly
striking, since African-American youths had the greatest
decline of tobacco use among minorities during the 1970s
and 1980s, but the steepest increase in use in the 1990s.
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One puff of
smoke can damage DNA -
Researchers say mutated cells increase risk of cancer,
heart disease -- Just one puff of a cigarette could damage
a smoker’s DNA, the first step to cancer and heart disease.(full
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Smoke
gets in their eyes - Despite
overwhelming evidence that smoking kills, over 46 million
Americans still do It. What are they thinking? You see
them huddled against the wind outside office buildings,
cupping hands to protect tiny flames. You see them in
their cars, faces blurred by clouds of smoke. You smell
them when they're sitting next to you on the Metro.
You hear them ask the salesclerk for a pack of cigarettes,
and you wonder: Who are these people? (full
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Smoky
bars top roads for health risk -
Which is more harmful to your health -- a smoky
bar or a city street filled with diesel truck fumes? Well,
you might want to skip your next happy hour! Smoky bars
and casinos have up to 50 times more cancer-causing particles
in the air than highways and city streets clogged with
diesel trucks at rush hour, according to a study that
also shows indoor air pollution virtually disappears once
smoking is banned. (full
story) |
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| Good
News!
Quit
to Live |
ACS:
Half of cancer deaths preventable
- More
than 60 percent of all cancer deaths could be prevented
if Americans stopped smoking, exercised
more, ate healthier food and got recommended cancer screenings,
the American Cancer Society reported. And Americans could
realistically cut the death rate in half, the report says.
This year over 1.3 million Americans will learn they have
cancer and 563,700 will die of it. "The American
Cancer Society estimates that in 2005, more than 168,140
cancer deaths will be caused by tobacco use alone,"
the organization said in a statement. (full
story) |
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Click
here to
read about Smoke Free Society's Physicians Advisory
and Recommendation Committee (PARC) and its mission,
reports, letters and its distinguished members who are
dedicated and caring physicians and have volunteered
their valuable time to help smokers quit for better,
healthier and more prosperous lives.
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Click
here to
read about secondhand smoke and its affect on your health
and your loved ones health. |
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Click
here to view the daily affects and influence of tobacco
and its toll on your life and your children's lives. |
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Click
here for news
clips, articles and many more related stories
we have gathered
and archived over the years. |
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Click
here to read our current and past press releases sent
out to the media on smoking, health and other news worthy
events. |
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Click
here for important days of the year - including major
holidays, smoking awareness days and other nationally-planned
events. |
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Click
here to send your loved ones eCards that can save
their lives! |
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Click
here to view and print a free copy of the Proven Stop
Smoking Technique™. |
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Click
here to find answers
to frequently asked questions about smoking, quitting
and our products and services. |
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Click
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to read about loved ones lost to smoking and tobacco use
and how you can add your story. |
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Click
here to view the list of shameful events and stories
related to smoking and tobacco use and how to submit a
story. |
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Click
here to view a list of positions with great income
potential as well as available volunteer positions. |
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Click
here to view a list of states and countries gone smoke-free. |
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Smoking
causes about 90% of lung cancer deaths in men
and nearly 80% in women!
That's over 73,000 women who will die of lung cancer each
year! |
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DON'T SMOKE! |
WARNING
There
is no safe tobacco product.
The use and/or exposure to secondhand smoke of any tobacco
product can
cause cancer and other adverse health effects. This includes
all forms of tobacco
including cigarettes, cigars, pipes and spit tobacco;
mentholated, "low-tar,"
"naturally grown," or "additive free."
— Office of the US Surgeon
General |
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