Beat the Pack Program Long-term Benefits of Quitting Cigarette Smoking
Agenda Long Term • Health benefits • Financial benefits • Time savings Next Steps
Long-term Health Benefits Time after quitting 1 Year • Excess risk of coronary heart disease is reduced by 50% 10 Years • Lung cancer death rate is reduced by 50% 5 to 15 Years • Stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker ALA. http: //www. lungusa. org/site/pp. asp? c=dv. LUK 900 E&b=33568. Accessed February 29, 2008. 15 Years • Risk of coronary heart disease is similar to that of a nonsmoker
Financial Benefits How Much Are Cigarettes Really Costing You? At an average cost of $5. 71* per pack of cigarettes, if you smoke 1 pack per day 3 months quit = $514 in savings 1 year quit = $2084 in savings 6 months quit = $1028 in savings 5 years quit = $10, 421 in savings *Estimates based on the US average cost of $5. 71 per pack of cigarettes. Costs have been rounded to the nearest dollar. Does not include interest income by investing the savings. CDC. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009; 58(9): 221 -226. Orzechowski W, Walker RC. The Tax Burden on Tobacco: Historical Compilation. Vol 43. Arlington, VA. 2008.
Time-Saving Benefits With an average time of 6 minutes to smoke each cigarette in a pack of 20 cigarettes, you can save 2 hours in 1 day 360 hours in 6 months 60 hours in 1 month 720 hours in 1 year ACS. http: //www. cancer. org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1 x_Craving_a_Smoke_Take_a_Walk. asp. Accessed March 24, 2008.
What Will You Do With the Money and Time You Save? How much money will you save in 1 year by quitting smoking? What will you do with the money you save in 1 year? Save for retirement? Buy new clothes? Take a vacation? Make a down payment on a new car? How much time do you spend each day smoking and doing nothing else? What will you do with the extra time each day? Exercise? Fix something in the house? Garden? Sleep longer?
Next Steps • Next meeting: _______ • Contact info: _______ • Incentives: ________ Questions? TO YOUR DOCTOR CHU 01250 BJ © 2010 Pfizer Inc YOUR BODY GETS HEALTHIER EVERY DAY! All rights reserved. Printed in USA/January 2010 THE GREAT WORK!
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