Check with your healthcare provider to see if these services are available on site. There are several Family Health Teams, Nurse Practitioner Clinics and Indigenous Health Access Centres in Ontario that offer cessation counseling and supports to their rostered clients. Help is also available through the Canadian Cancer Society's Smokers' Helpline which offers advice, information and support by phone at 1-87 or online at the Smokers Helpline. What is the single best thing you can do to quit smoking?Īlgoma Public Health offers Tobacco Cessation Clinics which provide personalized support as you begin your journey towards becoming and remaining smoke-free. With every attempt you quit, you gain coping skills to deal with nicotine withdrawal symptoms and triggers. Don't be discouraged, it often takes a few tries to quit for good. Many people relapse/start smoking again in the first few weeks or months after quitting.
10 years - your risk of dying from lung cancer is cut in half.5 years - your risk of heart disease is the same as someone who never smoked.1 year - your risk of smoking-related heart disease or stroke is cut by one-half.2 days - your sense of smell and taste being to return.20 minutes - your blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal.Your body will start to reverse some of the damage done by smoking. No matter how long you've smoked, your health will improve when you quit. Quitting is not easy take it one step at a time. Congratulations, you're deciding to quit smoking.
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