Resolving2-Quit Smoking

SeminarPresented by Scott Irwin

Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist

Keys AHEC - Keys to Quit Smoking Now ProgramAffiliated with the Miller School of Medicine University of Miami

Keys AHEC promotes health and wellness through education, health assessments, and professional development using partnerships to provide a healthier, better educated community.

Cigarettes contain over 7000 Chemicals 70 known Carcinogens all accelerated with combustion

• Formaldehyde – used to embalm dead bodies• Benzene – found in gasoline• Polonium 210 – radioactive and highly toxic• Vinyl Chloride – used to make plastic pipes• Carbon Monoxide – found in car exhaust• Hydrogen Cyanide – used in chemical weapons• Butane – used in lighter fluid• Methanol – rocket fuel• Ammonia – used in household cleaners• Toluene – found in paint thinners• Arsenic – used in pesticides• Lead – once used in paint• Chromium – used to make steel• Cadmium – used in making batteries

Nicotine is Addicting

In 1984 the tobacco industry re engineered cigarettes

They added 26% more sugar

Sugar when combusted in a cigarette increases acetaldehyde in the body by 40%

Acetaldehyde goes to the brain and combines with dopamine to create a cocaine like reaction.

Sugar in cigarettes makes nicotine 5 times more addictive!

Victor DeNoble, Ph.D - Former Phillip Morris Scientist & Whistleblower on the Tobacco Industry.

On April 14, 1994, chairmen of the leading tobacco companies testified before Congress that nicotine is not addictive.

Smoking Kills

There is nothing that causes more death and disease in the USA than tobacco smoking.

Over 490,000 Americans die each year from diseases due to smoking.

That’s more deaths than are caused by alcohol, cocaine, heroin, car accidents, homicides, suicides, fires, and AIDS combined!

Nicotine is addicting.

Smoking a cigarette delivers nicotine to the brain in a few seconds.

This starts a series of biochemical reactions that ultimately causes the release of dopamine, which is responsible for giving a feeling of pleasure and calm.

When the level of dopamine declines, withdrawal symptoms start, and another cigarette will again start the dopamine release.

Cigarette smoking is a cycle of craving, smoking, calming, and craving…

Smoking is a Disease

Quitting smoking improves your health and quality of life.

Smokers are nearly 3 times as likely to die before age 65 as are nonsmokers. They have 3 times the risk of heart disease and 10 times the risk of lung cancer. Smokers are also at increased risk for many cancers, breathing diseases, and ulcers.

Medical Consequences from Tobacco

Medical Consequences from Tobacco

Medical Consequences from Tobacco

One billion deaths in the 21st Century!

Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death and disease

Quitting at any age reduces the risk of developing these diseases

For every one person who dies from a smoking attributed disease, there are another 20 peoplesuffering from at least one serious smoking relatedIllness -- 9,800,000 people

Quitting Smoking Can Be Hard

Smoking is a hard addiction to give up.

Most alcohol and drug abuse patients say that smoking is the one addiction that they least feel they can stop.

For example, Sigmund Freud gave up his cocaine addiction but could never stop smoking, despite 33 operations for mouth cancer.

Bill Wilson, co-founder of AA died from a tobacco related disease

Quitting smoking improves your health and quality of life.

The good news for you is that your health begins to get better as soon as you quit smoking.

The carbon monoxide in your blood goes down, your heart rate and blood pressure decrease, and your lungs start to get clean. Also, if you go ten years without smoking, your risk for smoking related diseases stated earlier returns to nearly the level of someone who never smoked!

Think about that.

Quitting smoking improves your health and quality of life.

By quitting smoking for only ten years, you may be able to make up for all those years that you smoked. Of course, this is only true if you quit smoking before any of these diseases start. But even if you have become ill due to smoking, quitting slows down your illness and it can also make you feel better. By quitting smoking, you have taken the most important step that most people can take to improve their health!

Quit Smoking Now Program

• QSN is a free quit smoking program

• One that can show you a whole new way to think about quitting.

• It’s based on personal experiences from ex-smokers like myself

• Based on the latest scientific research from the experts.

Quit Smoking Now Program

Based on programs developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute, the American Lung Association, and State of Florida smoking cessation efforts, in concert with former smokers to make sure it is successful in the real world.

We have taken the best from the best to create the Florida Keys AHEC Quit Smoking Now program that will help you kick the habit.

The QSN Program helps you see quitting not as one big war, but as a number of little battles you can actually win.

And the secret to winning these battles is re-learning your life without cigarettes.

The QSN Program has three main steps.

1. How to Quit Smoking2. Quit Smoking3. Staying Quit

1. How to Quit SmokingYou start by developing a Quit Smoking Plan: Your Quit Plan starts with a look at your smoking patterns

Identifying Your Triggers - those things that make you want to smoke —

Re-learn how to handle them without cigarettes. As you do this, you’ll find your confidence start to grow and you’ll begin to believe, "Hey, I can do this."

1. How to Quit Smoking Quit Smoking Now Meetings

By attending QSN Groups, we talk about medications that can help DOUBLE your chances of success.

Start your pharmacotherapy prior to quitting

Pre-Cessation Patch Doubles Quit Success Rate:

1. How to Quit Smoking Pre-Cessation Patch Doubles Quit Success Rate:

Using a nicotine patch before quitting smoking can double success rates, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.

1. How to Quit Smoking Pre-Cessation Patch Doubles Quit Success Rate:

"Right now, the nicotine patch is only recommended for use after the quit date," explains Jed Rose, PhD, director of the Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Research and lead author of the paper that is published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research.

The current labeling resulted from concerns that using a patch while smoking could lead to nicotine overdose. However, a literature review found concurrent use of a nicotine patch and cigarette smoking appears to be safe.

1. How to Quit Smoking Pre-Cessation Patch Doubles Quit Success Rate:

"People who use the patch before quitting are likely to spontaneously reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke because the patch satisfies their need for nicotine and makes the act of smoking less enjoyable," he says. It also decreases withdrawal symptoms.

"Yet people are afraid to try a pre-cessation patch because the current labeling recommends users not smoke while on treatment," Rose says.

1. How to Quit Smoking Pre-Cessation Patch Doubles Quit Success Rate:

"That's why our study is so important. It reinforces the findings of previous studies, which show the value of pre-cessation patch therapy, and demonstrates that using a pre-cessation nicotine patch can make a significant difference in a person's ability to quit."

1. How to Quit Smoking Pre-Cessation Patch Doubles Quit Success Rate:

More importantly, Rose says the use of the pre-cessation patch is significant because it helps researchers predict people's subsequent quit success.

"People on the patch are more likely to reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke. We found that is a potent predictor of subsequent abstinence.

1. How to Quit Smoking Pre-Cessation Patch Doubles Quit Success Rate:

"By monitoring pre-cessation patch smoking levels, we may be able to rescue people who aren't going to succeed.

If the smoker is not spontaneously decreasing the number of cigarettes they are smoking, we may be able to find a different treatment that will work for them rather than letting them stay on an ineffective treatment and fail."

1.How to Quit Smoking Attending Group

You will also learn how important it is to surround yourself with people who

support your quitting.

2. Quit SmokingAfter you’ve completed all your preparation, you move to the Quit Smoking Step.

In this step, you’ll set your quit-smoking date and then put into practice all the things you’ve learned so far.

You’ll discover that all the prep work you’ve done will make quitting a lot less stressful.

Pharmacotherapy

Using NRTs or Chantix and other Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies are strongly recommended.

Cold Laser TherapyLow Level Laser

Low Level Laser for smoking cessation has been in use since the 1970's in the UK and Canada and has recently seen an explosion of clinics in the US, South America, Australia, South Africa, Middle and Far East.   Treatment employs use of non invasive, non thermal laser to stimulate acupuncture points. Patient experience a reduction in withdrawal symptoms and group or individual counseling is encouraged as part of the cessation treatment for best results.    Dr. Catherine Kerr and Paul Lowe of the Middlesex University have recently published a controlled, double blind study using an adult sample group of smokers (415 smokers). This study demonstrated an immediate stop smoking rate of 79% with no ongoing nicotine use and at 6 months a minimum of 55% of the original treatment group were still not smoking. Eligible Quit Smoking Now participants require a Voucher in order to receive treatment.  Please ask about getting a voucher prior to making your appointment.   Call Dr Catana 305-295-9797 to schedule a cold laser therapy session after you receive a voucher.   

Walk 2-QUIT SMOKING FITNESS PROGRAM

You're Invited to Join Us! Get fit, lose fat, reduce cravings, feel great. Our free Walk 2-QUIT Program can help you along, step by step.    For people who are just getting into walking for fitness, you will learn proper walking posture and stride and build up slowly to the minimum daily recommendation for walking - 30 minutes a day, 5 days or more a week.  When: Every Saturday 11-12:30pm - Key West High School Track. 

3. Staying Quit Forever Free Relapse Prevention

And finally, Staying Quit! You will learn how to keep your new non-smoking life, make sure the weight stays off and start stacking up the rewards and benefits of being an ex-smoker.

The vast majority of ex-smokers can not have “just one.”

Research shows that if you have even one cigarette after quitting, there is a 90% chance that you will return to regular smoking!!

That’s right–for every 10 ex-smokers who have a cigarette after quitting, 9 end up returning to regular smoking.

It does not happen right away, but one cigarette can lead to another, and another.

Can’t I Have Just One Cigarette?

The best place to start becoming an ex smoker is to register for one of our QSN weekly meetings.

It’s free, easy and fun!

BOTTOM LINE:

Whether this is your first try or your 10th, the free QSN Program can help you really quit smoking this time.