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Just the Facts…Smoking & Tobacco Use (pdf)
Tobacco use, particularly cigarette smoking, is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States. The number of deaths per year from smoking exceeds the number of deaths per year from all accidents, suicides, drug use, homicides and AIDS combined. An estimated 45 million U.S. adults are smokers, and more than a third of all U.S. high school students smoke cigarettes.
The good news is that no matter how old you are, it’s never too late to improve your health by kicking the tobacco habit for good.
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| Want to Quit? Treatment at M. D. Anderson |
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Smoking Cessation Programs for Patients and the Public
It's never too late to improve your health by kicking the tobacco habit. One of our studies may help. Call (713) 792-2265 for more information.
- Project Baby Steps
Smoking cessation treatment addressing the special needs of pregnant smokers
- Project PRISM
Smoking cessation study for those 18 years or older. Participants receive free nicotine patches, counseling, self-help materials and are paid for their time.
- Project CARE
Smoking cessation research study for those 21 years or older. Participants receive free nicotine patches, counseling and are paid for their time.
- Project MOM
Study to help women stay smoke-free after the birth of a child
- Project MIND - Group Therapy for Nicotine Dependence
Study to evaluate smoking cessation treatment offered in a group setting
- Project PASS
International study to assess the efficacy of Dianicline as an aid to smoking cessation
- Pharmacogenetics, Emotional Reactivity and Smoking
Study to assess the effects of antidepressants on changes in emotional reactivity during smoking cessation
Cancer Prevention Center - information and programs to help reduce your cancer risk.
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Services for Patients Only
Tobacco Treatment Program - services to help cancer patients quit smoking through behavioral counseling and tobacco cessation medical treatments.
(713) 792-QUIT or (713) 792-7848 |
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| Tobacco & Cancer Myths & Facts |
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Myth: Cigarettes cause cancer; other tobacco isn’t that bad.
Fact: Tobacco in all its forms – chewing, pipe, cigarettes and cigars – is harmful. Inhaled tobacco has a greater dispersion into the lungs because of the smoke, but all tobacco is bad. One-third of all cancers are caused by tobacco. Included in that statistic are oral cancers caused by chewing tobacco and internal cancers such as those of the pancreas and bladder. Read the full article: Q&A: Cancer Prevention Myths Debunked.
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| Education & Support |
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Tips for Quitting:
- Set a quit date and tell family, friends and coworkers.
- Get rid of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and ashtrays at home, work and in your car.
- Get involved with a tobacco cessation program.
- Walk, jog or bike ride.
- Do things you enjoy.
- Learn and practice relaxation techniques.
- Keep a list of what makes you "slip up" and learn from those situations.
- For help quitting smokeless tobacco, substitute peppermints, sunflower seeds or gum.
When Quitters are Winners - how to create a quitting plan and resist the urge to light up or dip.
Tobacco Road - statistics on tobacco and health.
ASPIRE (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience)
 Watch the ASPIRE program video
"Too Cool to Smoke" - request this educational puppet show for your elementary school, community group or church.
Related Sites
Tobacco Research at M. D. Anderson
Tobacco research is conducted in the Department of Behavioral Science, the Department of Epidemiology, and the Department of Health Disparities Research.
For Physicians
Project TEAM - Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Training
Cancer Newsline Video: ASPIRE
(Summer 2005)
Eighty percent of current adult smokers say they picked up the habit before their 18th birthday. If you’re the parent of a teen, whether they smoke or not, you might be interested in the work of one researcher at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center who’s devised a new way to get the message across about smoking …a way that hits kids close to home.
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