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	Live Healthy Georgia Tip Sheet
	Smoking Among Older Adults

	Match Smoking Habits to Quit Methods Take this short quiz to find the best way for you to quit based on your smoking habits.
	Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) Tips on how to quit
	What's Your Tobacco Tally? Tobacco isn't just bad for your health. It can hurt your pocketbook, too. Calculate how much you smoke and how expensive your habit is.

	ACS Guide to Quitting Smoking
	ACS Quitting Smoking Resource Center
	Kicking Butts - Quit Smoking and Take Charge of Your Health (book)
	Second Hand Smoke When nonsmokers are exposed to secondhand smoke it is called involuntary smoking or passive smoking. Nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke absorb nicotine and other compounds just as smokers do. The greater the exposure to secondhand smoke, the greater the level of these harmful compounds in your body.
	Try to Stop.org Here you can find information about the MA Smoke-free Workplace Law, support networks and other helpful websites dedicated to smoking cessation to use in combination with medical advice from your physician. You can also find the hard facts about cigarette ingredients and other tobacco products, as well as the lowdown on secondhand smoke. If you really do want to quit and stay quit, use as many of these resources as you need. You're doing something positive for your health, and the health of those around you!

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