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Native Americans have the highest prevalence of cigarette smoking in the country, according to reports by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. As a result, they also have a higher risk of developing tobacco-related illnesses, like heart disease and lung cancer. The CDC acknowledges the potential electronic cigarettes have as an alternative to smoking, but now recommends against them following a string of deaths and lung injuries from vaping. The Oglala Sioux Tribe banned the use of electronic cigarettes. For the Great American Smokeout day we’ll talk about the importance—and difficulty—of smoking cessation.
Guests:
Dr. Patricia Nez-Henderson (Diné) – vice president of the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health
Jovian Henio (Mescalero Apache and Diné) – outreach coordinator for Keres Consulting
Jennifer Folkenroth – national senior director of tobacco for the American Lung Association
Tammi Meissner – Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium tobacco program
Break 2 music: Little Earthlings (song) The Jir Project Band (artist) Sun Child (album)
I was told I quit cigarettes the hard way – Cold Turkey. A friend helped me by what he said:
I speak from experience. You will want a cigarette for the rest of your life. It is hard to quit and you will especially want one when you smell your own brand being smoked. The good thing is that craving will get shorter and farther between each time you want that cigarette. Then one day you will smell that smoke and taking a whiff will say, that stinks, but you will still on quiet lone still times want a cigarette.Remember that there is a pack waiting for you where ever tobacco is sold.and all you need to do is go buy a pack and light up. Remember, which is more important to you, your wanting to stop or being a coward and letting cigarettes win.
Thank You Max. Ever since you said that to me I have not smoked since October of 1989 and I was smoking two packs a day of Pall Mall cigarettes. I started smoking in 1958 when I was 16.
I found that I no longer had to worry about how many cigarettes I had left or if my lighter was good or about how many packs I still had at home or if I ran short where to buy a pack or carton.
Yes, even after all these years, I still once in a great while can smell and taste a cigarette but choose not to go buy that pack that is still waiting.
If what Max told me and passing it along, to other smokers wanting to quit, helps only one person, than I am happy for that person and Max can be happy for at least two persons.
May you always walk with our Creator.