Smoking Cessation
Are you ready to take control of your health and quit smoking and/or vaping? Buckeye is here to help.
Smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes (also known as vaping), can harm your health. Yet 1 in 5 students use a tobaccoproduct or vape. It’s the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States.
Ready to quit? Support is available.
It’s never too late to quit. Here are a couple tips to get started:
- Make a list of your own personal reasons for quitting and read it when you want to vape or smoke.
- Write down the times of day that you vape or smoke and do something else during those times to stay busy. Try getting some exercise or calling a friend.
- Spend time with non-vapers or non-smokers.
- Get support by telling others you’ve quit.
Remember to talk to your doctor first before taking any medications or tobacco cessation aids like nicotine gum or patches. Buckeye helps members quit by connecting them to counseling services and covering the cost of cessation medication and aids. We also offer special programs and connections to free community resources.
Understand the risksof vaping and smoking.
Vaping increases risk of:
- Lung damage
- Heart diseases
- Nicotine addiction
- Mental health issues
- Harming brain development
Smoking increases risk of:
- Cancer
- Heart disease and stroke
- Lung diseases
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including emphysema and chronic bronchitis
Second hand smoke increases risk of:
- Coronary heart disease
- Stroke
- Lung cancer
Need a reson to quite? Don't be a statistic.
Vaping:
- People who vape are 56% more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers and 30% more likely to suffer a stroke.
- 60% of those who vape self-reported that experience anxiety symptoms, versus 40% of participants who never vaped.
- Over half of vapers self-reported that they experienced symptoms of depression versus 25% of non-vapers.
- No tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, are safe, especially for children, teens and young adults
Smoking:
- Smoking kills up to half of users who don’t quit
- Smoking kills more than 8 million people each year, including an estimated 1.3 million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke
- Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States, accounting for more than 480,000 deaths every year, or about 1 in 5 deaths.
- Smoking causes about 90% (or 9 out of 10) of all lung cancer deaths. More women die from lung cancer each year than from breast cancer.
- Smoking causes about 80% (or 8 out of 10) of all deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Cigarette smoking increases risk for death from all causes in men and women.
- The risk of dying from cigarette smoking has increased over the last 50 years in the U.S.
- Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. It causes many diseases and reduces the health of people who smoke.
Need a healthcare provider?
Buckeye can help. Members can call Buckeye Member Services at 1-866-549-8289 (TTY: 711) or visit the Buckeye Health Plan website and click on “Find a Provider.”