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Let’s Do THIS!

No Nic New Year! When you vape you're inhaling straight up TOXINS! Skip it and quit being nic sic! Tell your family & friends you're ditching vape. Quitting can be tough—so ask for support—especially during the first 4 or 5 days when withdrawl and cravings will be the worst. Get rid of ALL vape products or anything that might make you think of using them. Use the Four D's to fight cravings:
  1. Delay (the urge to vape will pass—really)
  2. Deep breathe (3, 5 or 10—whatever it takes)
  3. Drink water (chew gum or pop some mints)
  4. Do something (walk, go outside, do 5 push ups—take your mind off vaping)
Don't give up. You can do this. Steezy! If you need extra support, talk to a Quit Coach (they can help anyone 13+ put a quit plan together) or step down gradually with FREE medication when you order a Kickstart Kit
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Ditch Vape

8 REASONS TO AVOID THE APE IN VAPE.

  1. Brain damage is irreversible
  2. Loss of brain function
  3. Addicted before you know it
  4. Gateway to smoking
  5. Toxic chemicals and metals
  6. Weak immune system
  7. Nicotine overload
  8. Blood vessel damage

Know the Vape Risks

1. Causes irreversible brain damage: The part of the brain that’s responsible for decision making and impulse control is not yet fully developed until age 25. Teens and young adults are at risk for long-lasting effects including nicotine addiction, mood disorders, and permanent lowering of impulse control.

2. Causes attention and learning problems: Nicotine also changes the way synapses are formed, which can harm the parts of the brain that control attention and learning.

3. Nicotine in vape is highly addictive: Each time a new memory is created or a new skill is learned, stronger connections – or synapses – are built between brain cells. Young people’s brains build synapses faster than adult brains. Because addiction is a form of learning, adolescents can get addicted more easily than adults.

4. Gateway to smoking: Kids who vape are 4x more likely to start smoking which can lead to a lifetime of nicotine addiction.

5. Toxic chemicals and metals: E-cigarette aerosol isn’t harmless water vapor – it can contain toxic chemicals and metals.

6. Weakens immune system: Vaping weakens the immune system, increasing susceptibility to all kinds of illnesses and infections.

7. Nicotine overload: Teens may not realize the level of nicotine they are inhaling. For example, 1 JUUL pod = 20 cigarettes worth of nicotine.

8. Blood vessel damage: Vape that contains nicotine can increase blood pressure and heart rate and cause arteries to stiffen up. That means a higher risk for a cardiovascular event (think heart attack).

  1. US National Library of Medicine
  2. Surgeon General
  3. Surgeon General
  4. US National Library of Medicine
  5. National Academies of Science, Engineering, & Medicine
  6. US National Library of Medicine
  7. The Truth
  8. MedPage Today & American Heart Association
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COVID-19: People who smoke or vape may be at increased risk
5 Dangers of Spit Tobacco

5 Dangers of Spit Tobacco

You can call chewing tobacco by whatever name you want – smokeless tobacco, spit tobacco, chew, chaw, plug, snuff, pinch, or dip – but don't call it harmless.

1. 60-78% of chewing tobacco users have oral lesions. Exposure to tobacco juice causes cancer of the esophagus, pharynx, larynx, stomach and pancreas.

2. Smokeless tobacco contains at least 28 cancer causing chemicals.

3. Smokeless tobacco users are 4-6X more likely to develop oral cancer compared to non-users and these cancers can form within 5 years of regular use.

4. Chewing tobacco is not safer or a safe alternative to smoking. A can of chew contains about the same amount of nicotine as 4 packs of cigarettes.

5. Smokeless tobacco is associated with recession of the gums, gum disease, tooth decay, cavities, loose teeth, and mouth lesions including leukoplakia – a precancerous lesion of the soft tissue in the mouth.
  1. Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
  2. CDC
  3. TobaccoFreeUtah.org
  4. OralHealthAmerica.org
  5. Cancer.gov
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Tricks, not treats.

At first glance, it’s hard to tell, isn’t it? Well, that’s no accident. Confusion works in the tobacco companies’ best interest. They WANT you to think products like chew tobacco, vape, mods, JUUL pods, and flavored cigars are as fun and as harmless as candy bars are to kids. That’s because tobacco products are becoming less and less popular and tobacco companies are trying to get people addicted to nicotine in other ways. And it’s working. A recent study right here in South Dakota reports that 47% of young adults have tried e-cigarettes. Most of them are people who would never even think of smoking cigarettes. It’s a trick, not a treat. Nicotine in any form is poison and ADDICTIVE! Don’t buy it.

  1. New England Journal of Medicine
  2. American Lung Association
  3. SD College Student's Perceptions of e-Cigarettes Report, 2015; pg22
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Vape is not safer than cigarettes
No Nic New Year!

No Nic New Year!

Let's Do THIS! When you vape you're inhaling straight up TOXINS! Skip it and quit being nic sic! Tell your family & friends you're ditching vape. Quitting can be tough—so ask for support—especially during the first 4 or 5 days when withdrawl and cravings will be the worst. Get rid of ALL vape products or anything that might make you think of using them. Use the Four D's to fight cravings:
  1. Delay (the urge to vape will pass—really)
  2. Deep breathe (3, 5 or 10 —whatever it takes)
  3. Drink water (chew gum or pop some mints)
  4. Do something (walk, go outside, do 5 push ups—take your mind off vaping)
Don't give up. You can do this. Steezy! If you need extra support, talk to a Quit Coach (they can help anyone 13+ put a quit plan together) or step down gradually with FREE medication when you order a Kickstart Kit
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5 Dangers of Smoking

5 Dangers of Smoking

1. Smoking is addictive. Nicotine is a drug that is naturally present in the tobacco plant and is primarily responsible for a person’s addiction to tobacco products, including cigarettes. The addiction to cigarettes and other tobacco products that nicotine causes is similar to the addiction produced by using drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

2. One cigarette reduces your life by 11 minutes. Smoking has been found to harm nearly every organ in the body and reduces a person’s overall health.

3. Smoking is a leading cause of cancer and death from cancer. It causes cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, cervix, colon, and rectum.

4. Smoking causes heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, diabetes, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, age-related macular degeneration and cataracts, and worsens asthma symptoms in adults. Smokers are at higher risk of developing pneumonia, tuberculosis, and other airway infections, and smoking weakens the immune system.

5. Smoking makes it harder for a woman to get pregnant. A pregnant smoker is at higher risk of miscarriage, having an ectopic pregnancy, having her baby born too early and with an abnormally low birth weight, and having her baby born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate. A woman who smokes during or after pregnancy increases her infant’s risk of death from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Men who smoke are at greater risk of erectile dysfunction.
  1. Cancer.gov
  2. National Center for Biotechnology Information
  3. Cancer.gov
  4. Cancer.gov
  5. Cancer.gov
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Wow! I Stunk.

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The health benefits of smoking
cessation are immediate and
substantial, including reduced
risk for cancers, heart disease,
& stroke. A 35-year-old man who
quits smoking will, on average,
increase his life
expectancy by
5 years.
See the benefits for yourself!
20 Minutes

20 Minutes

After 20 minutes,
a person's pulse Blood pressure
return to normal.
12 Hours

12 Hours

After 12 hours,
a person's oxygen level
returns to normal while
their carbon monoxide
and nicotine levels
in the blood are
reduced to half.
24 Hours

24 Hours

Within 24 hours,
the smoker's lungs start
to clear out smoking
debris and mucus, and
carbon monoxide
will be eliminated
from the body.
48 Hours

48 Hours

After 48 hours,
a person's ability to
smell and taste
is improved as all the
nicotine leaves the body.
2 Weeks

2 Weeks

Within 2–12
weeks,
the whole
circulation
of the body
improves.
9 Months

9 Months

Within 3–9 months,
the functions of the lunch
are increased up to
10% and there is
less coughing
and wheezing.
5 Years

5 Years

Within 5 years,
a smoker's risk of
heart attack falls
to about half.
10 Years

10 Years

Within 10 years,
a smoker's risk of
lung cancer falls
to about half.
Within that time,
it becomes the
same risk as that
of a non-smoker.
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