Fredonia's online health newsletter looks at smoking

Tobacco use and cessation are featured in the November "Health Matters" newsletter published online by the Health Center in LoGrasso Hall. "Because of the upcoming Tobacco-Free policy, we want to educate everyone on the resources that are available for tobacco cessation," said Deborah Dibble, nurse practitioner in the Health Center.  

Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States.  Each year, smoking accounts for an estimated 443,000 premature deaths., including 38,000 deaths among nonsmokers as a result of secondhand smoke.  Half of all Americans who continue to smoke will die from smoking-related disease.  Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body; causing many diseases and reducing the health of smokers in general.