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The Great American Smokeout – Today!

Nov 17, 2016 | Posted by Roberta | Celebrations - Awareness, HIT Feed |

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Since 1977, the third Thursday of November has designated the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout. The day is to encourage smokers to use the date to plan to quit. “By quitting — even for one day — smokers will be taking an important step towards a healthier life – one that can lead to reducing cancer risk.”

According to the CDC, cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including an estimated 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. This is about one in five deaths annually, or 1,300 deaths every day. And on average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers. Tobacco use costs the US more than $289 billion a year, including at least $133 billion in direct medical care for adults and more than $156 billion in lost productivity.

Everyday the Gallup and Healthways polls 1000 Americans and asks if they smoke. The polling results become part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index which they started in 2008. Since then smoking rates have declined nationally from 21.1% to 18% in 2016. Examining numbers by States, the top 10 highest and lowest smoking rates are relatively the same. States with the lowest smoking rates are generally located in the Northeast and the West, while states with the highest smoking rates are predominantly located in the South and Midwest. Utah and California continually have the lowest rate while Kentucky, West Virginia, and Arkansas have the highest with over 23% of the adults smoking.

Heart disease and stroke are two of the leading causes of death in the United States. The Million Hearts Initiative brings together communities, health systems, nonprofit organizations, federal agencies, and private-sector partners from across the country to fight heart disease and stroke. Launched in 2011 by HHS, the goal is to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.

November is also Lung Cancer Awareness Month. . The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) is leading a joint effort among a consortium of non-profit, lung cancer patient advocacy organizations and individuals to raise public awareness of the disease. The American Cancer Society is also taking part. Throughout November, the stories of lung cancer survivors, caregivers, and families of those who have been diagnosed with lung cancer will be shared.

Smoking is a main cause of small cell and non-small cell lung cancer. It contributes to 80% of cancer deaths in women and 90% in men. Men who smoke are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer. Women are 13 times more likely, compared to never smokers.

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