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Free Help to Quit Tobacco For SMOKERS call 1-800-NO-BUTTS Or Text “NoSmokes” to 66819

Keep your family and community healthy – learn how to quit using tobacco products

To QUIT CHEW call 1-800-844-CHEW www.nobutts.org

For VAPE USERS call 1-844-8-NO-VAPE Or text “NoVapes” to 66819 www.novapes.org For more tools to quit, visit Smokefree.gov

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Did you know?

Adults in rural areas are more likely to smoke cigarettes and use smokeless tobacco products such as chew, dip, and snuff. People in rural communities have a 20% higher chance of developing lung cancer .

Sources: 1. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. 2017 2. Singh et al. Socioeconomic, Rural-Urban, and Racial Inequalities In US Cancer Mortality: Part I—All Cancers and Lung Cancer and Part II—Colorectal, Prostate, Breast, and Cervical Cancers external icon.2011. 3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2004.

What happens after you quit smoking?

1 YEAR Risk for heart

1 MONTH Lung function begins to improve.

1 DAY The risk of heart attack

disease decreases by half.

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begins to decrease.