Resources to Quit Smoking
Three Good Reasons to Call it Quits
- Your Family - Live a healthier, longer life and watch your family grow. They need you.
- Your Health - Tobacco use causes cancer, heart disease, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthma attacks - to name a few.
- The Cost - The average smoker spends $500.00 to 3,000 a year on cigarettes. It's costly in more ways than one. Health insurance premiums are also considerably higher for smokers than non-smokers.
Did you know that after you quit smoking...?
- within 20 minutes - your blood pressure and pulse rate decrease.
- within 8 hours - Carbon monoxide levels in blood return to normal
- after 1 day - chance of heart attack begins to decrease
- after 2 days - better sense of smell and taste
- after 2 weeks to 3 months - circulation improves and lung function increases
- 1-9 months - coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease.
- within 1 year - the likelihood of a heart attack is cut in half.
The Cooper/Clayton Program
The Allen County Health Department utilizes this curriculum for our Quit Smoking program. For information on attending a course, please call 270-237-4423. Your life may depend on it. Cooper/Clayton is offered in the fall and winter months. Ask for Annette Hartson, RN. As part of this program, patches are provided at a cost of $10.00 per week, and this money is reimbursed to you at the end of the 12 week program if you complete SMOKE FREE. The next class begins January 12, 2010. 
1-800-QUIT-NOW
- A Statewide support line to help those who want to quit smoking, dipping, or want information about second hand smoke.
- Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Call today for more information about this program - 1-800-QUIT-NOW
If you smoke just one pack a day of cigarettes, you spend about $900.00 a year...What can you buy for yourself and your family for $900.00?
