BREATHE FREE IN 2014 Picture this: You’re surrounded by a crowd of people and you join in the countdown until midnight 3…2…1…Happy New Year! Confetti is flying through the air and as you breathe into your cheap noise maker, you realize you’re winded – really winded. Let this be the last breath you take with tobacco in your lungs. 2014 is a fresh slate; it’s a new year, a new you and a new chance to breathe free from tobacco. As you’re thinking about what New Year’s resolution you want to make in 2014, aiming to quit tobacco is one of the best goals you can set. This one New Year’s resolution can help you achieve several other goals to improve your life in 2014. Save money. Quitting tobacco is a good way to stack up the 13.2 years of life, while female smokers lost an average of cash. Smoking two packs a day at $5.50 per pack will cost 14.5 years of life compared to non-smokers. 1 You’ve already $3,967.20 in 2014. If you chew tobacco, eliminating a can a spent a good amount of time away from loved ones due to day at $3.75 per can is a cost-savings of $1,368.75. deployment. Why risk losing any more time with them? Improve your fitness score. When you quit tobacco, it’s UCanQuit2.org has tools, resources and information that easier to reach your fitness goals, and taking a full breath won’t can help you become tobacco-free: be nearly as difficult. Smoking is linked to lower scores on • Sign up for SmokefreeMIL to get support text messages sent running, push-ups and sit-ups. Dipping also impacts your directly to your phone. fitness goals. Smokeless tobacco users usually ingest more • Chat live with tobacco-cessation coaches. nicotine than smokers, and nicotine causes veins to narrow, • Use our support locator to find a quit program near you. making it more difficult to get oxygen to the heart. Make 2014 a year you will always remember – the year you Lose weight. Many believe that quitting tobacco means they were able to breathe free from tobacco and make improve- will gain weight, but by focusing on eating right, many actually ments on every aspect of your life! lose weight when they quit. Once you quit smoking, you’ll have References more energy, be able to exercise more and getting to the gym 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease will be easier. Control and Prevention, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Spend more time with family and friends. The Center for http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5114a2.htm Disease Control reports that male smokers lost an average of To access any of the campaign resources or order free materials, visit UCanQuit2.org.
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BREATHE
FREE IN 2014Picture this: You’re surrounded by a crowd of people and you join in the countdown until midnight 3…2…1…Happy New Year! Confetti is flying through the air and as you breathe into your cheap noise maker, you realize you’re winded – really winded. Let this be the last breath you take with tobacco in your lungs. 2014 is a fresh slate; it’s a new year, a new you and a new chance to breathe free from tobacco.As you’re thinking about what New Year’s resolution you want to make in 2014, aiming to quit tobacco is one of the best goals you can set. This one New Year’s resolution can help you achieve several other goals to improve your life in 2014.
Save money. Quitting tobacco is a good way to stack up the 13.2 years of life, while female smokers lost an average of cash. Smoking two packs a day at $5.50 per pack will cost 14.5 years of life compared to non-smokers.1 You’ve already $3,967.20 in 2014. If you chew tobacco, eliminating a can a spent a good amount of time away from loved ones due to day at $3.75 per can is a cost-savings of $1,368.75. deployment. Why risk losing any more time with them? Improve your fitness score. When you quit tobacco, it’s UCanQuit2.org has tools, resources and information that easier to reach your fitness goals, and taking a full breath won’t can help you become tobacco-free:be nearly as difficult. Smoking is linked to lower scores on • Sign up for SmokefreeMIL to get support text messages sent running, push-ups and sit-ups. Dipping also impacts your directly to your phone.fitness goals. Smokeless tobacco users usually ingest more • Chat live with tobacco-cessation coaches. nicotine than smokers, and nicotine causes veins to narrow, • Use our support locator to find a quit program near you.making it more difficult to get oxygen to the heart. Make 2014 a year you will always remember – the year you Lose weight. Many believe that quitting tobacco means they were able to breathe free from tobacco and make improve-will gain weight, but by focusing on eating right, many actually ments on every aspect of your life!lose weight when they quit. Once you quit smoking, you’ll have Referencesmore energy, be able to exercise more and getting to the gym 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease will be easier. Control and Prevention, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Spend more time with family and friends. The Center for http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5114a2.htmDisease Control reports that male smokers lost an average of
To access any of the campaign resources or order free materials, visit UCanQuit2.org.
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