Continuing Education At Home
Professional Counselor - MFT - NBCC
Smoking Cessation
Overview
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010), smoking is the most common preventable cause of death and disability in the U.S. The report estimates that roughly half of smokers who don't quit will die from smoking-related disease.
Brunnhuber, Cummings, Feit, Sherman, & Woodcock (2007) list strong incentives for quitting: "Soon after you quit, your circulation begins to improve, and your blood pressure starts to return to normal. Your sense of smell and taste return and breathing starts to become easier. In the long term, giving up tobacco can help you live longer. Your risk of getting cancer decreases with each year you stay smoke-free." The authors point out the health hazards of smoking as including, "cardiovascular and respiratory disease, cancer (e.g., lung, larynx, esophagus, mouth, bladder, cervix, pancreas, kidneys), and infant deaths related to maternal smoking. Increasingly, the dan
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010), smoking is the most common preventable cause of death and disability in the U.S. The report estimates that roughly half of smokers who don't quit will die from smoking-related disease.
Brunnhuber, Cummings, Feit, Sherman, & Woodcock (2007) list strong incentives for quitting: "Soon after you quit, your circulation begins to improve, and your blood pressure starts to return to normal. Your sense of smell and taste return and breathing starts to become easier. In the long term, giving up tobacco can help you live longer. Your risk of getting cancer decreases with each year you stay smoke-free." The authors point out the health hazards of smoking as including, "cardiovascular and respiratory disease, cancer (e.g., lung, larynx, esophagus, mouth, bladder, cervix, pancreas, kidneys), and infant deaths related to maternal smoking. Increasingly, the dan
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