We can help you quit tobacco and regain your health. We provide you counseling and support to help quit smoking and chewing tobacco.

There are many benefits to quitting tobacco:
• Improved health
• Greater sense of physical well-being
• Better sense of smell and taste
• Healthier babies
• Cleaner-smelling home, person and car
• good example for children
• No worry about exposing others to second-hand smoke
• Money savings
• Less perceived stress
• Improved self-esteem
• Freedom from addiction

HEALTH BENEFITS:
Some health benefits begin almost immediately. Every week, month, and year without tobacco further improves your health.
1) Within 20 minutes of quitting: Your blood pressure and heart rate drop to normal.
2) Within 12 hours of quitting: Your blood carbon monoxide level drops to normal.
3) Within 2 weeks to 3 months of quitting: Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.
4) Within 1 to 9 months of quitting: Coughing and shortness of breath decrease. Your lungs and airways are more able to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection.
5) Within 1 year of quitting: Your risk of coronary heart disease is half that of someone still using tobacco. Your heart attack risk drops dramatically.
6) Within 5 years of quitting: Your risk of mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder cancers is reduced by half. Cervical cancer risk falls to that of a non-smoker. Your stroke risk can fall to that of a non-smoker after 2 to 5 years.
7) Within 10 years of quitting: Your risk of dying from lung cancer is about one-half that of a person who still smokes.
8) Within 15 years of quitting: Your risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker.

Other health benefits of quitting smoking include:
1) Lower chance of blood clots in the legs, which may travel to the lungs.
2) Lower risk of erectile dysfunction.
3) Fewer problems during pregnancy, such as babies born at low birth weight, premature labor, miscarriage, and cleft lip.
4) Lower risk of infertility due to damaged sperm.
5) Healthier teeth, gums, and skin.

Infants and children who you live with will have:
1) Fewer visits to the emergency room
2) Fewer colds, ear infections, and pneumonia
3) Reduced risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Like any addiction, quitting tobacco is difficult, especially if you do it alone. We can help you, by working with you to find a solution to your tobacco problem.