Sometimes instead of reaching for nicotine, you can try to use natural remedies to reduce stress and fight off cravings. Breathing exercises can be a natural way to relieve stress and ground yourself.   Breathing Exercises: Tips to remember Here is a...

  Fighting the urge to use tobacco can feel impossible to overcome. But, there are methods and medications to help fight the craving when it arises.    For most people who use tobacco, tobacco cravings or smoking urges can be strong. But you can stand up...

  There's so many excellent resources to help you on your Quit Journey, it can feel almost overwhelming. Here are some of our curated resources to check into first:   myStrength: Available to staff, clients and community members, myStrength offers...

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  Most people know that nicotine is bad for you. But do you know why it’s bad for you? What exactly is going on in your brain and body that causes so much damage and makes it so hard to quit?   Nicotine is a chemical found in tobacco leaves – the addictive...

  Along with nicotine, cigarettes contain about 7,000 other chemicals; 70 are known to cause cancer. Smoking accounts for nearly a third of all cancer deaths, and as much as 90 percent of all lung cancer.   Breathe in that smoke and your lungs begin to...

  Smokeless tobacco (chew, dip, snuff or snus) contains over 3,000 chemicals; 28 are known to cause cancer.   Smokeless tobacco contains about 3 to 4 times the amount of nicotine compared to cigarettes, and carry an increased risk of heart and cardiovascular...

  There’s much that remains unknown about vaping. Many chemicals used in the liquid that’s heated and aerosolized for inhalation are unknown, and we don’t know how lungs will respond to them over the long term.   Dr. Thomas Eissenberg, a tobacco researcher...