Nicotine

Tobacco use is the No. 1 preventable cause of death in the United States. Stopping smoking not only enhances your quality of life, but can also lengthen your life expectancy. Mark Twain said, "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times. " Maybe you've tried to quit too. Why is quitting and staying quit hard for so many people? The answer is nicotine. When you inhale smoke, nicotine is carried deep into your lungs, where it is absorbed quickly into the bloodstream and carried throughout your body.

By Amy LaCount, M.S., Clark County Health Dept. Tobacco use is the #1 preventable cause of death in the United States. Stopping smoking not only enhances your quality of life, but can also lengthen your life expectancy. Mark Twain said, "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times. " Maybe you've tried to quit, too. Why is quitting and staying quit hard for so many people? The answer is nicotine. When you inhale smoke, nicotine is carried deep into your lungs, where it is absorbed quickly into the bloodstream and carried throughout your body.

Harrodsburg meetings changed, canceled HARRODSBURG - The City Commission has canceled its second meeting this month. Normally scheduled on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, the meeting next week was scheduled to be Monday, but city offices will be closed for Christmas. The next meeting will be noon Jan. 9 in City Hall. Mercer County Fiscal Court has rescheduled its second meeting to 9 a.m. Wednesday at Fiscal Court offices. The court normally meets the second and fourth Tuesdays.

Dear Editor: Kentucky has the highest smoking rate in the nation. As a result, we have the highest rate of lung cancer and have high incidence of heart disease as well. In efforts to help reduce the smoking rate for the state and improve the health or our citizens, the Lincoln County Health Department is offering a free quit-smoking class for anyone living or working in Lincoln County. The Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking is a 13-week support group that assists smokers in their effort to become non-smokers.

If you are a smoker, deciding to become a nonsmoker may be the most important decision you could make to improve your life. The Clark County Health Department is determined to help you. There will be a new “Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking” class starting Tuesday, April 3. This successful class offers group support along with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to guide smokers in their journeys to being non-smokers. Over the years, this class has helped many Clark County residents become nonsmokers.  A July 2011 graduate wrote that the class “…made a huge impact on me and my life.

The Clark County Health Department is offering a free Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking program for the public beginning Tuesday, Jan. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. and from 6 to 7 p.m. Classes are held at the Health Department in the lower level conference room. The Cooper/Clayton Method is an effective smoking cessation program that: - addresses all aspects of smoking. - uses nicotine gum, patches, or lozenges to control cravings. - provides intensive weekly education and support group sessions for 1 hour, each week for 13 weeks.

The Clark County Health Department is offering a free Cooper-Clayton Method to Stop Smoking program for the public beginning Tuesday, Jan. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. or 6 to 7 p.m. The Cooper-Clayton Method is an effective smoking cessation program that: - Addresses all aspects of smoking. - Uses nicotine gum, patches or lozenges to control cravings. - Provides intensive weekly education and support group sessions for one hour a week for 13 weeks. Classes are held at the health department in the lower level conference room.

It's a conspiracy: Secondhand smoke not hazardous at all To the Sun: Again, I invite the citizens to look up the Web site www.cleanairquality.blogspot.com to find the real scientific studies done by OSHA. These studies were not done by the writers of the "blog," that Amy LaCount would like for you to think, but by actual scientists who were trying to prove how hazardous secondhand smoke is. Yet, as the diagrams on the Web site show, their tests prove the opposite. The real problem for Amy LaCount and the pharmaceutical nicotine-funded activist groups is that those test results do not indicate any health hazard at all. Oak Ridge National Laboratory studies, done in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

To the editor: I am a longtime resident of Jessamine County and a registered nurse who has worked with many patients and their families suffering from the ill effects of tobacco, including exposure to secondhand smoke. I am writing to support passage of comprehensive smoke-free laws in Jessamine County. The recently released air-quality results in Jessamine County are alarming, and as a community we have a opportunity to do something about it. Smoke-free law is a public health issue.

Don't be a statistic - we can help. One in every five deaths (443,000 people annually) is a direct result of tobacco use. The single most important thing you can do for your health and the health of others is to quit using tobacco. Studies show that individuals who enlist the support of cessation classes and groups and/or seek out assistance from quit lines/online quit resources are more likely to succeed than those who try to quit on their own. Kentucky is one of many states that offer a free bilingual cessation hotline for individuals who want to stop smoking (open Monday - Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.)

If you are a smoker, deciding to become a nonsmoker may be the most important decision you could make to improve your life. The Clark County Health Department is determined to help you. There will be a new “Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking” class starting Tuesday, April 3. This successful class offers group support along with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to guide smokers in their journeys to being non-smokers. Over the years, this class has helped many Clark County residents become nonsmokers.  A July 2011 graduate wrote that the class “…made a huge impact on me and my life.

To the editor: I am a longtime resident of Jessamine County and a registered nurse who has worked with many patients and their families suffering from the ill effects of tobacco, including exposure to secondhand smoke. I am writing to support passage of comprehensive smoke-free laws in Jessamine County. The recently released air-quality results in Jessamine County are alarming, and as a community we have a opportunity to do something about it. Smoke-free law is a public health issue.

Results matter when it comes to educating Kentucky's 671,466 public-school students. So this week, kudos go to an educator who makes results a priority. Liberty Lover: new education commissioner Terry Holliday Too many of Kentucky's 1,249 public schools aren't getting the results needed to ensure students succeed in the rapidly changing global marketplace. I'm hopeful that changes with the selection of Holliday, North Carolina's Superintendent of the Year in 2009. The Kentucky Board of Education's incompetence in making previous choices gets tempered some with Holliday's selection.

Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a series of occasional stories that will chronicle Connie Neace's efforts to stop smoking. Connie Neace needed a cigarette. It had been more than two weeks since she last lit up, but one mid-May morning the desire for the taste of a cigarette was overpowering. "It was just like I was a dieter who had to have chocolate cake," she said. "Or someone who tried to turn vegetarian and all they could dream about was filet mignon.

The Clark County Health Department is offering a free Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking program for the public beginning Tuesday, Jan. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. and from 6 to 7 p.m. Classes are held at the Health Department in the lower level conference room. The Cooper/Clayton Method is an effective smoking cessation program that: - addresses all aspects of smoking. - uses nicotine gum, patches, or lozenges to control cravings. - provides intensive weekly education and support group sessions for 1 hour, each week for 13 weeks.

The Clark County Health Department is offering a free Cooper-Clayton Method to Stop Smoking program for the public beginning Tuesday, Jan. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. or 6 to 7 p.m. The Cooper-Clayton Method is an effective smoking cessation program that: - Addresses all aspects of smoking. - Uses nicotine gum, patches or lozenges to control cravings. - Provides intensive weekly education and support group sessions for one hour a week for 13 weeks. Classes are held at the health department in the lower level conference room.

By Amy LaCount, M.S., Clark County Health Dept. Tobacco use is the #1 preventable cause of death in the United States. Stopping smoking not only enhances your quality of life, but can also lengthen your life expectancy. Mark Twain said, "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times. " Maybe you've tried to quit, too. Why is quitting and staying quit hard for so many people? The answer is nicotine. When you inhale smoke, nicotine is carried deep into your lungs, where it is absorbed quickly into the bloodstream and carried throughout your body.

Tobacco use is the No. 1 preventable cause of death in the United States. Stopping smoking not only enhances your quality of life, but can also lengthen your life expectancy. Mark Twain said, "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times. " Maybe you've tried to quit too. Why is quitting and staying quit hard for so many people? The answer is nicotine. When you inhale smoke, nicotine is carried deep into your lungs, where it is absorbed quickly into the bloodstream and carried throughout your body.

It's a conspiracy: Secondhand smoke not hazardous at all To the Sun: Again, I invite the citizens to look up the Web site www.cleanairquality.blogspot.com to find the real scientific studies done by OSHA. These studies were not done by the writers of the "blog," that Amy LaCount would like for you to think, but by actual scientists who were trying to prove how hazardous secondhand smoke is. Yet, as the diagrams on the Web site show, their tests prove the opposite. The real problem for Amy LaCount and the pharmaceutical nicotine-funded activist groups is that those test results do not indicate any health hazard at all. Oak Ridge National Laboratory studies, done in Oak Ridge, Tenn.