Health Effects
This organ system that includes your lungs and airways is heavily damaged by cigarette smoking and can develop COPD and lung cancer.
What is the respiratory system?
Within minutes to hours of quitting, this vital sign (often called “pulse”) and blood pressure begin to drop toward normal.
What is Heart Rate?
This smoking cessation aid delivers controlled doses of nicotine throughly the skin to reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings.
What is a nicotine patch?
This form of nicotine replacement therapy is chewed using the “chew and park” method to control cravings and reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
What is nicotine gum?
A brief return to smoking, such as one cigarette after quitting, is often called this, and does not have to turn into full relapse.
What is a relapse?
Smoking greatly increases your risk of this major heart problem, where blood flow to the heart is blocked, leading to chest pain or heart attack.
What is a heart attack?
Within weeks of quitting, many people notice less coughing and better breathing because this organ starts to heal and clear mucus.
What are the lungs?
This smoking cessation strategy involves choosing a date within 7 days while avoiding stress.
What is setting a quit date?
This fast acting form of nicotine replacement therapy is delivered through the nasal mucosa to quickly relieve intense cravings but may cause nasal irritation.
What is nicotine nasal spray?
These techniques, including deep breathing, drinking water, and physical activity help manage sudden urges to smoke and reduce the risk of relapse.
What are coping strategies?
Smoking increases risk of cancers in these two digestive organs located in the upper abdomen
What are the stomach and liver?
Ten years after quitting, your risk of this most common smoking‑related cancer is about half that of someone who continues to smoke
What is lung cancer?
A word for things to avoid like alcohol or certain places that remind you of smoking.
What are triggers?
This small dissolvable tablet slowly releases nicotine in the mouth to control cravings throughout the day.
What are nicotine lozenges?
Studies show that people who use this type of support are more likely to recover after relapse than those who quit alone.
What is social support?
Name the chronic lung disease, often caused by long‑term smoking, that leads to airflow obstruction and shortness of breath.
What is COPD? (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
People who quit smoking lower their risk not only of lung cancer but also cancers of the mouth, throat, voice box, bladder, and this female reproductive organ.
What is the cervix?
This smoking cessation approach involves stopping all tobacco use at once without the use of nicotine replacement therapy.
What is “cold turkey”?
This handheld device allows users to inhale nicotine vapor, providing rapid relief from cravings without smoking tobacco.
What is a nicotine inhaler?
The term used for breaking abstinence with a single cigarette but not considered a full relapse.
Smoking thickens the blood and damages blood vessel linings, raising risk for this type of “brain attack.
What is a stroke?
After 12 hours of quitting, these levels return to normal in the blood.
What are carbon monoxide levels?
This form of therapy includes over-the-counter products like patches, gum, lozenges, inhalers, and nasal sprays which can double the chances of success by reducing withdrawal symptoms.
What is Nicotine Replacement Therapy?
This prescription smoking cessation medication works by stimulating nicotine receptors in the brain and reducing cravings.
What is Chantix? (Varenicline)
This phenomenon occurs when stress hormones such as cortisol, increase cravings and weaken self control after quitting.
What is a stress-induced relapse?