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Your Guide to Stop Smoking

SPECIAL ALERT

Women and Smoking
Find out about the devastating health risks to women smokers.

Smoking Cessation Programs come in a variety of formats. It is important to know you are not alone whatever format or method you may choose.

Your Guide to Stop Smoking offers you resources and information about smoking and how to quit. Click Here

Make a Commitment to Improved Health: Stop Smoking

Quitting smoking decreases the risk of lung cancer, other cancers, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. For more information go to www.cancer.org.

Ready to Quit

A Smoke-Free Home (.PDF - 2 pages)
Creating a Smoke-Free Life* (.PDF - 19 pages)

Thinking of Quitting

What Happens When You Stop Smoking?
Understanding Nicotine Addiction
Are You Ready to Stop Smoking?
Quitting - It's a Process
Why Do You Smoke? (.PDF - 2 pages)
Moving Toward a Smoke-Free Life* (.PDF - 15 pages)

Educational Information for Those Thinking About Quitting

Helping Someone Stay Smoke-Free
Smoking Cessation and Weight
Tips for Staying Motivated and Smoke-Free
Women and Smoking
Smoking and Pregnancy
Smoking Trigger Plan ¹ (.PDF - 1 page)

Teens and Smoking

Women and Smoking

Smoking related illnesses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which takes decades to manifest, are now beginning to effect women. Read more about this and other special health risks to women smokers in the New York Times article published, 12/13/07 From Smoking Boom, a Major Killer of Women.

Health Alert for Men 65 to 75 Who Smoke Now or Who Have Smoked in the Past

In January 2005, The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) made a recommendation for men ages 65 to 75 who currently smoke or who have ever smoked. ² The Task Force suggested that these men be screened for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. The screening is accomplished by a one-time ultrasound examination, which can show the condition and then treatment can be identified.

USPSTF is an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that develops recommendations for clinical preventive services and reviews their effectiveness.

Further Resources

* Sources for Moving Toward a Smoke-Free Life and Creating a Smoke Free Life

Prochaska JO, DiClemente CC. Stages and processes of self-change of smoking: toward an integrative model of change. J Consult. Clin Psychol. 1983;51(3):390-395.
Fiore MC, Bailey WC, Cohen SJ, et. al. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service. October 2000.
Why Do You Smoke? Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Publication 98-1822.

Moving Toward a Smoke-Free Life and Creating a Smoke Free Life were provided without obligation as a courtesy to GHI by Glaxo Wellcome Inc. There is no sponsor relationship between GHI and Glaxo Wellcome Inc.

References:
1. Why Do You Smoke? Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health Publication No. 98-1822.
2. USPSTF, The Guide to Clinical Preventable Services, 2005

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