After one year, risk of sudden death from heart attack is almost cut in half. After five years, lung cancer death rate for the average smoker decreases nearly 50 percent. Quitting smoking or chewing can give you power over your own life along with freedom greater than anything else you might accomplish in your lifetime. Nicotine maims and kills more people than alcohol and all other drugs put together. If you smoke, stop.
Quitting tobacco is a tough challenge.
Ms. Jones is a Public Health Educator for the Tooele County Health Department. Contact her at 151 N. Main Street, Tooele or phone her at 843-2310. Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written consent of the managing editor or publisher.