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Staying Smokefree During the Holidays
While the holidays are an exciting time of the year, they can also be a stressful time of the year. With get-togethers to attend, food items to bake, gifts to shop for, and parties to [...]
Great American Smokeout – November 2022
On November 17th of this year Gulfcoast South Area Health Education Center (GSAHEC) will celebrate the Great American Smokeout® (GASO), a national holiday hosted by the American Cancer Society that provides an opportunity for [...]
Breathe Easier – October is Healthy Lung Month!
Breathe Easier - October is Healthy Lung Month! Our lungs are vital to our health. They filter the air we breathe, provide us with the oxygen we need to exist, and allow us to speak [...]
Quitting Tobacco in Recovery: What You Need to Know
Everyone knows that using tobacco is bad for you. Yet in the alcohol and drug addiction treatment arena, helping individuals quit smoking has traditionally been a low priority4. This creates a disparity for individuals beginning [...]
Nicotine’s Effect on the Brain
Mark Twain once said “quitting smoking is easy. I should know, I have done it a thousand times.” Many tobacco users may be able to relate to this statement as it often requires multiple attempts [...]
Psychological Benefits of Quitting
Quitting tobacco is the single most important thing you can do to improve your health.4 As soon as an individual quits, the body begins to heal3 however, the benefits of quitting are not limited to [...]
COVID-19, Lungs & Smoking
COVID-19, otherwise known as Coronavirus Disease 2019, is a disease that comes from a coronavirus—an upper-respiratory illness that can be transmitted from person to person. It is common knowledge that smoking is bad for your [...]
The Benefits of Quitting Tobacco Use
Quitting tobacco is the single most important thing you can do to improve your health.1 Despite what you may think, it is never too late to quit smoking! In fact, you can experience several benefits of [...]
Avoid Weight Gain When Quitting Tobacco
When tobacco users set out to quit using tobacco, they may be faced with the obstacle of weight gain. Although it is possible to gain weight when you quit, it is not inevitable. There are [...]
This Valentine’s Day: Send a Love Letter to Your Heart
Show your heart some love this Valentine’s Day by quitting smoking! We only have one heart, so we need to treat it with all the love, care and attention we can. Quitting smoking will improve [...]
How to Make—and Keep—a New Year’s Resolution to Quit Tobacco
It is no secret that most New Year’s resolutions tend to fail before they even have a chance to “get off the ground”. However, something about the “clean slate” that a new year brings inspires [...]
The Harms of Tobacco Use
Each year, in the United States alone, there are 480,000 deaths due to tobacco-related illness. This is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the impact of tobacco use in our country. [...]
