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Smoking and Tobacco Use

You probably know that smoking can cause serious health problems like cancer, heart disease, lung disease, and stroke. But did you know smoking can cause other health problems too?

Below are tobacco use PDF fact sheets regarding the use of smoking in various languages:

What's in the fact sheet?

Smoking and the Body: What you may not know

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What's in Cigarette Smoke?

Identifies the cancer-causing chemicals and other substances found in cigarette smoke.

Secondhand Smoke

Provides a brief description of secondhand smoke. Identifies the health risks and how to limit those risks associated with secondhand smoke.

The Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking

Identifies short and long-term health benefits of quitting smoking.

E-cigarettes

Describes what e-cigarettes are and identifies the e-cigarettes’ liquid ingredients.

Quitting E-cigarettes

Lists five tips to help you quit e-cigarettes use. Provides guidelines for creating your own quit plans.

Tips

Lists California Smokers’ Helpline counselors’ top ten tips to quit smoking.

Quit Aids: Tools to Stop Smoking

Lists examples of Nicotine Replacement Therapy and non-nicotine medication that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

How to Help Someone Quit Smoking

Provides the do’s and don’t’s for families and friends to support someone to quit smoking.

Medi-Cal Checklist: How to Get Quitting Aids

Provides guidelines to obtain tobacco cessation medication for patients who have Medi-Cal.