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Tobacco-Free Living

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Tobacco-free living is avoiding use of all types of tobacco products — including cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipes and hookahs — and also living free from secondhand smoke exposure. For information on the health risks of tobacco use and resources on how to stop using it or avoid starting, please visit the following sites:

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Fight the Enemy Campaign Third Place: Fight the Enemy

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11/19/2015
Fight the Enemy Campaign Third Place: Fight the Enemy

Avery Fernandez, Jonah Benavente, and Raven Taitague of Team JAR Squad from Naval Base Guam will receive $250 for their video "Fight the Enemy"

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Take the lead and quit for the Great American Smokeout

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11/4/2015
Twenty-five percent of active duty service members smoke cigarettes compared to eighteen percent in the U.S. adult population. That’s not all that’s lagging. Besides serious long-term health effects, smoking cigarettes can slow down a service member by negatively affecting their endurance and how quickly they heal. (U.S. Air Force Photo Illustration by Staff Sgt. John Bainter)

Even with the importance of readiness and physical fitness to service members, the smoking rate is still higher than that of civilians

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Smoking poses major risks to women’s reproductive health

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10/23/2015
Women who smoke may have fertility issues, because smoking can affect their ability to conceive. It can also cause premature birth or low birth weights, certain birth defects, such as cleft pallets and complications with the placenta that passes nutrients from mother to child.

Besides the health risks to the lungs and heart, as well as the cancers it causes throughout the body, smoking poses some significant risks to women’s abilities to have babies.

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Ditch the Lighter, Trash Your Pack

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10/22/2015
Infographic for the 2015 Great American Smokeout

Almost a quarter of service members smoke cigarettes. Lighten your load by quitting today. Join the Great American Smokeout on November 19, 2015.

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Sailors, families, and youth face misconceptions about "E-cigs"

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8/14/2015
"E-cigs," as they are commonly called, as well as personal vaporizers (PVs) are essentially electronic nicotine delivery systems providing battery-powered doses of nicotine and other additives to the user in an aerosol.

Electronic cigarettes are having a tremendous, and potentially unsafe, impact on youth as well as current adult smokers hoping to quit, according to health and safety professionals at Naval Submarine Base New London

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Coast Guardsman explains how he’s not a quitter when it comes to stopping smoking

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8/5/2015
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Cody Howard stands in front of the Northwestern from TV's "Deadliest Catch" during his duties in Alaska.

You never quit smoking, you STOP. One Coast Guardsman tells his story of the challenges faced and still being overcome when it comes to tobacco.

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Federal video collaboration strives to reduce military tobacco use

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7/20/2015
Operation Live Well and FDA logos

The Defense Health Agency (DHA), through its Operation Live Well initiative, is teaming with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products to promote “The Real Cost” — a public education campaign highlighting the true cost of tobacco use.

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New Tobacco Free Resources Available

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5/7/2015
Operation Live Well Tobacco COI

The Tobacco-Free Living COI is now available to provide information about the Department of Defense’s tobacco policies and resources.

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New Tobacco-Free Resources Available

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3/19/2015
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Join the new Operation Live Well (OLW) Tobacco-Free Living Community of Interest (COI), an online, one-stop shop to access all Tobacco-Free Living resources.

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Quit Tobacco Public Service Announcement

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2/5/2015
Quit Tobacco Public Service Announcement

Do you suffer from too much stamina? Or feel you're not producing enough mucus? Then cigarettes may be right for you! Visit UCanQuit2.org to learn how to quit today.

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Protect your heart – stop smoking

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1/30/2015
image of heart protected by a barrier against smoking

Smoking can have devastating effects on your heart health.

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The Best Time to Quit is Now

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12/17/2014
Graphic image that says "make this year to quit and stay quit, quit tobacco!"

Tips on starting the New Year tobacco-free

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Quit Smoking and Breathe Easier

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12/9/2014
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Imagine fighting to breathe every moment of the day, whether you’re sitting, standing or lying down. That’s what it’s like to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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50 Years and Counting: Battle Against Tobacco Wages on for Military, Civilian Health Communities

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12/3/2014
Acting United States Surgeon General, Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak addresses attendees of the 2014 Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) annual meeting during the opening session on Dec. 2, 2014 with a discussion on smoking and health. Watching Lushniak speak are (l-r): Public Health Service Capt. Kimberly Elenberg, program manager for the Defense Health Agency’s Population Health; Rear Adm. David Ashley, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Director of the Office of Sciences; and Michael L. Cowan, AMSUS Executive Director.

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Tobacco Cessation

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11/4/2014
Tobacco Cessation

Watch this episode of TRICARE TV to see how TRICARE can help you live tobacco free.

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