A youth action plan has been created by the Putnam Youth Tobacco Awareness Coalition to promote no smoking or vaping!
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It's a habit that millions of people try to break every year that can be one of the hardest things they will try to do. Activate Allen County wants people to know there is help out there to kick the habit of smoking. If you are finding it hard to stop, you can take advantage of the many tobacco cessation resources that are available around the region, including the 800-QUIT NOW hotline.
Today is the “Great American Smokeout.” The initiative is held every year to encourage people to quit smoking. But it’s not just smoking that’s a concern; so is vaping. A recent study shows those who vape are 19% more likely to develop heart failure than those who have never done it before. “The study was looking at, with this new trend of vaping, does it actually affect the heart in such a way that it causes the heart to fail? Heart failure is an extremely dangerous condition and very prominent. So anytime that we can look for causes that are reversible, we want to look for them,” stated Dr. Nina Thakkar Rivera, Cleveland Clinic.
Pictured: Woman inserting a battery in white smoke detector.
July 9, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has launched a campaign to combat the influx of illegal vaping devices flooding Ohio communities, an initiative aimed at protecting young people from addiction, respiratory problems and other severe health risks associated with these products.
The topic of smoking and vaping at Lima city parks and outdoor recreational facilities was heavily discussed Monday evening before the Lima City Council regular meeting later Monday night.
Ordinance 205-22, which designates city parks and outdoor recreational facilities in Lima as smoke and vape-free, went before Lima City Council Monday Evening following a second reading. During their regular Monday session, council members did not act on the ordinance and placed it for a third reading.
Tonight at Lima City Council, the city administration introduced legislation to designate city owned parks and outdoor recreational venues as tobacco free venues. According to a Lima-Allen County Community Health assessment report, mortality rates for lung and bronchus cancers are higher in Lima than the United States and The Healthy People 2030 target as well as 56% of local youth being exposed to secondhand smoke.
With 2020 now behind us, many people are trying to make changes in their lives to move forward. One of those may be to give up smoking.
Press Release from Mercy Health-St. Rita's: Twenty minutes after snuffing out a cigarette, a smoker’s heart rate and blood pressure began to f…