American Lung Association of Hawaii : Tobacco
Lung HelpLine: 1-800-LUNG-USA (586-4872)
Tobacco has a huge impact on Hawai`i’s health and economy. Tobacco is the most preventable cause of premature death and disease. Each year, smoking kills more people than AIDS, murders, suicides, alcohol and drug abuse, car accidents, and fires combined. Annually in Hawaii, approximately 1,100 deaths (16% of resident deaths) are due to tobacco use. One out of three teen smokers results in premature death. Up to 300,000 children suffer from respiratory tract infections because of exposure to secondhand smoke. Tobacco contributes to emphysema, cancer, chronic bronchitis and heart disease. Children of women who smoke during pregnancy are likely to suffer from respiratory distress, sudden infant death syndrome, low birth weight, and lowered I.Q.
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Freedom From Smoking®(FFS) Online Smoking Cessation Program: The FFS online program is an interactive course that is designed to educate and modify the behavior patterns of a smoker. It can be accessed day or night, seven days a week, on any schedule the smoker chooses. http://www.ffsonline.org/
Freedom From Smoking® Materials - Freedom From Smoking® Self Help Booklets, CDs and Audiotapes available for FREE thanks to the Hawaii Community Foundation’s Tobacco Trust Fund. Call us! Quit Smoking Solutions Flyer
Freedom From Smoking® Clinic has eight group sessions led by a facilitator who understands how hard it is for smokers to quit. The FFS program uses a positive behavior change approach that shows the smoker how to become a nonsmoker and even have fun with the group as you quit together. Clinics held at Straub Hospital & Clinic, Wilcox Hospital and Hawaii Island Tobacco Free Partnership - East Side.
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Lung HelpLine: 1-800-LUNG-USA (586-4872)
Option 2 for Free couseling with a Quit Smoking Specialist or ask questions about Lung Health from our Registered Nurses and Respiratory Therapists. |
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Workplace Smoking Cessation Program
Contact the American Lung Association of Hawaii to set up a presentation or onsite program for your employees.
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New Year’s Resolution: Surival Kit Distribution Program
The American Lung Association of Hawaii plans to establish a “Drive Through” center during the first week in January to distribute “survival kits.” We hope to assist those who would like to quit succeed with our assistance by providing a variety of smoking cessation options and aids.
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N-O-T is a smoking cessation program designed for teenagers who would like to quit smoking (Voluntary and not punitive). N-O-T uses a gender-sensitive core curriculum consisting of ten-sessions, plus four follow-up optional booster sessions to reinforce what teens have learned and achieved. Lunch Mix is an awareness activity held during the lunch recesses available to recruit students to sign up for Not On Tobacco (N-O-T).
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MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE is a tobacco awareness assembly that focuses on the student performance indicator “Advocacy for Health.” Each student/celebrity makes a clear “Stand” or position regarding tobacco control and backs it up with valid data, reasons, or information.
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The Word of Mouth program is a designated American Lung Association Best Practice. Its ultimate aim is to reduce teen smoking rates by changing attitudes and behaviors toward smoking (including experimentation and smoking initiation) of schoolchildren aged 9-13. The program uses trained health educators to facilitate four-lessons/year for each of grades 4-8. In addition to teaching the health impacts of tobacco use, age-appropriate lessons help students to build refusal, decision-making, and goal-setting skills, in order to provide the children with the tools they need to resist the media and other blandishments of the tobacco industry.
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Teens Against Tobacco Use's (T.A.T.U.) main goal is to help teens remain tobacco free. During the workshop, teens will develop skills to teach younger children about tobacco use and to become advocates for a tobacco-free comunity.
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