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Tobacco Use Prevention Program

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Young Montanan Smokers

 

It began with the first puff.  If you are like most smokers, you were probably between 12 and 18 years old, and you coughed, choked and got lightheaded with the first few puffs.  

 

Following this initiation to smoking, came an experimentation phase followed by regular use when your smoking became a habit and you became addicted to nicotine.

 

 

Smoking related health issues include:

  • Early cardiovasular disease
  • Smaller lungs that don't function normally/
  • Wheezing that can lead to a diagnosis of asthma.
  • DNA damage  that can cause cancer almost anywhere in the body.

 

 

Kicking It! 

 

Quitting isn't easy, but it can be done.

 

SmokefreeTxt 

SmokefreeTXT is a free mobile service designed for young adults across the United States. SmokefreeTXT was created to provide 24/7 encouragement, advice, and tips to help smokers stop smoking for good.

 

Use the Step-by-Step Quit Guide

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Toacco Addiction Quiz



Fewer adults are smoking today, both because many have quit and because about half of long-term smokers die from disease caused by their tobacco use. 

So, cigarette companies look to young people as replacement smokers.  They use a variety of marketing strategies to encourage new consumers to try their products, and to continue using them.



Gallatin County Tobacco Use Prevention Program

404 West Main

Bozeman, Montana 59715