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Cigarette Smoking Responsible for 1 of 5 Deaths

American Lung Association Report Shows 2007 Shaping Up to be a Banner Year for Tobacco Control Policies.

Cigarette smoking has been identified as the number one preventable cause of morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. Smoking is responsible for approximately one in five deaths in the United States. From 1997 to 2001, smoking killed an estimated 438,000 people in the United States each year. This includes an estimated 259,494 male and 178,404 female deaths annually. Among adults, the three leading specific causes of smoking attributable deaths were from lung cancer (123,836), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (90,582) and ischemic heart disease (86,801).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses * U.S., 1997-2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 2005; 54(25); 625-628.

These statistics alone ought to be reason enough to warrant strong tobacco control laws such as cigarette tax increases and increased funding for tobacco prevention programs, but every year new studies show that the harmful effects of smoking not only effect the smoker, but also the workers and general public exposed to secondhand smoke.

This website is home to the online version of State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI), which tracks state tobacco control laws, such as state restrictions on smoking in public places and workplaces and state tobacco taxes, on an ongoing basis. It is the only resource of its kind in tobacco control today providing up-to-date information on tobacco control laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. You can learn more about SLATI here.

Below is a list of just some of the reports and information on tobacco control laws and policy found on this site. Please explore the various areas and learn how to get involved in the important fight for strong tobacco control laws and policies. As many of the inspirational people who are living with lung disease will tell you, it’s a fight we cannot afford to lose.

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The Side Effects of Quitting Smoking

The Side Effects of Quitting Smoking

Fact is smoking cessation could be a very hard task but anyone can do it. Some may have tried but still going back to the bad habit. This is due to the effect of nicotine which tells the brain to crave for more of it. Nicotine is as highly addictive as heroin and cocaine. Eventually, an individual gets too emotionally and physically hooked on nicotine. To successfully quit, a smoker must made a commitment to himself to quit and to stay quit. How is the process of the intake of nicotine in the body?

As a smoker or those who inhale the smoke from cigarettes, the nicotine is transmitted deep within the lungs, wherein it is consumed rapidly through the bloodstream and passed all throughout the body. Nicotine has an effect on many vital parts of the body such as the heart, blood vessels, hormonal system, metabolism as well as the brain. Nicotine goes to the breast milk and also in cervix mucus emission of a smoker.

Pregnant smokers give a chance for nicotine to be absorbed by the placenta and be taken by newborn little one. Nicotine can be found on the umbilical cord blood of the newborn baby. A normal smoker would retain in his body the nicotine and its spin-off like cutinize for 3-4 days of stopping. It takes various factors for a person who smokes to eliminate every toxin caused by smoking. When smokers attempt to quit, the

absence of nicotine in their body cause them withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawals affect both physical and mental aspect of a person. Physically, because the body response to the deficiency of nicotine.

Mentally on the other hand because a smoker is facing a difficult stage of surrendering a habit wherein there will be a great change in the activities. Withdrawal symptoms involve dizziness which usually occurs within 1-2 days once a smoker quits, depression and emotions like frustration, impatience and anger. A smoker may feel irritable and anxious. Sleeping disturbances may also occur like having hard to fall asleep and staying asleep. Withdrawal also tends to give trouble in concentrating, restlessness, tiredness, headaches and increased in appetite.

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A Quit Smoking Tip That Can Change Your Life

A Quit Smoking Tip That Can Change Your Life

A Quit Smoking Tip That Can Change Your Life Do you want to quit smoking? There is a very powerful quit smoking tip that can literally change your life – because it would ensure your 100% success. Do you want to know what this is? Read on and find out all about it.What You Need To Quit Smoking Once For All read once a quip that made me smile – ‘Who says quitting smoking is difficult? I have quit it five times and there is nothing to it.’ Yes, usually this is what happens. You think you left smoking for good and the habit is behind you. Then, you just smoke once with your friends – for the sake of old times – and that is it.In your mind, this is just a one-time-smoke bit; nothing to worry about.

This would be like an occasional chocolate cake slice when you diet. However, in no time, you find yourself ‘treating’ yourself on a regular basis, and supposedly out of the blue you will back smoking regularly again. You need to know and keep in mind that getting back to smoking is extremely easy. You also need to know what you would encounter when you attempt to stop smoking. The withdrawal symptoms can be very unpleasant and painful. Are you ready to tackle this problem head on? Do you know what medication can help you with the withdrawal symptoms? Do you know how long it takes to get rid of the habit? You need to have nerves of steel and a high level of commitment to get yourself rid of this toxic habit.

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