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Smoking Down Over Five-Year Period
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Smoking Down Over Five-Year Period
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) September 07, 2011
The percentage of American adults who smoke decreased from 20.9% in 2005 to 19.3% in 2010, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those adults who smoke, 78.2 percent (35.4 million) smoke every day.
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Tobacco use and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke kill an estimated 443,000 Americans each year. For every one smoking-related death, another 20 people live with a smoking-related disease.
The report, which covers data from 2005 to 2010, also says daily smokers are smoking fewer cigarettes each day. The percent of U.S. adult daily smokers who smoke nine or fewer cigarettes per day rose to 21.8 percent in 2010, up from 16.4 percent in 2005. During the same period, the percent who smoked 30 or more cigarettes a day fell from 12.7 percent to 8.3 percent.
“Any decline in the number of people who smoke and the number of cigarettes consumed is a step in the right direction. However, tobacco use remains a significant health burden for the people of United States,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. “States with the strongest tobacco control programs have the greatest success at reducing smoking.”
“You don’t have to be a heavy smoker or a long-time smoker to get a smoking-related disease or have a heart attack or asthma attack,” said Dr. Frieden. “The sooner you quit smoking, the sooner your body can begin to heal.”
Although data from CDC’s National Health Interview Survey show fewer American adults are smoking, the rate of the decline between 2005 and 2010 is slower than in the previous five-year period.
“This slowing trend shows the need for intensified efforts to reduce cigarette smoking among adults,” said Tim McAfee, M.D., M.P.H., director of the CDC Office on Smoking and Health. “We know what works: higher tobacco prices, hard-hitting media campaigns, graphic health warnings on cigarette packs, and 100 percent smoke-free policies, with easily accessible help for those who want to quit. These approaches are proven to decrease smoking and reduce the health burden and economic impact of tobacco-related diseases in the United States.”
In addition to the loss of human life, smoking costs about $ 193 billion annually in direct health care expenses and lost productivity. Tobacco control programs that have been proven to reduce smoking also have been proven to reduce the health care costs directly related to tobacco use.
Tobacco users can
Quit. The sooner you quit, the sooner your body can begin to heal, and the less likely you are to get sick from tobacco use.
Ask a health care provider for help quitting and call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for free assistance.
Find a step-by-step quit guide at http://www.smokefree.gov.
Parents and nonsmokers can
Make your home and vehicles smoke-free.
Not start, if you aren’t already using tobacco.
Quit if you smoke; children of parents who smoke are twice as likely to become smokers.
Teach children about the health risks of smoking and secondhand smoke.
Encourage friends, family, co-workers to quit.
Smokers can get free resources and help quitting by calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669) or visiting http://www.smokefree.gov.
Vital Signs is a CDC report that appears on the first Tuesday of the month as part of the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, or MMWR. The report provides the latest data and information on key health indicators. These are cancer prevention, obesity, tobacco use, motor vehicle passenger safety, prescription drug overdose, HIV/AIDS, alcohol use, health care-associated infections, cardiovascular health, teen pregnancy, asthma, and food safety.
CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. Whether these threats are chronic or acute, manmade or natural, human error or deliberate attack, global or domestic, CDC is the U.S. health protection agency.
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22-Oct-2011
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – Store owners are upset after a Cleveland Heights a street fest got out of control. It happened around 7 PM Sunday night in the artsy Coventry Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard area. “You could see 2-to-300 kids running down the street at you ,” said store owner Danielle Ruppert. Nearly 25000 people attended the one day fair. It went from noon to six. Steve Presser, owner of Big Fun and one of the organizers, says the problem started when cops went to clear the streets. “They don’t understand when it ends it ends,” said Steve Presser. The kids were on the street they just didn’t want to leave the street, then some of those same kids got into it with police. There were both arrests and fights. The teens, who other kids said were from “all over the place — Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights — were starting fights, screaming and throwing punches in the crowded streets, according to witnesses and shop owners. Sarah Corcoran, 21, of Cleveland Heights, said she saw about 75 people run through the street, some yelling, just before the fair was scheduled to end at 6 pm Police showed up shortly after to clear the streets. “It was a big commotion,” said Shalai Melton, 15, of Garfield Heights. But, cops were ready. They were following the unruly crowd on twitter and that unruly crowd may change a tradition that folks like Steve have been trying to preserve. “We are going to have to make some though decisions because we have to decide if we …
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Depression: Don’t Let the “Blues” Get You Down
(PRWEB) April 3, 2005
In any given 1-year period, approximately 10% of the U.S. adult population, or about 20 million American adults, suffer from some form of depressive illness. Studies also show that 10 to 15 percent of all children and adolescents have some symptoms of depression. While the economic cost of this disorder is high, the cost in human suffering can not be measured.
Depressive illnesses often interfere with normal functioning and cause pain and suffering, not only to those who have the disorder, but to those who care about them. Serious, untreated depression can destroy family life as well as the life of the ill person. DepressionDesk.com was created specifically to provide reliable and current information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of depression. Included are countless resources dealing with getting help and how to cope with this crippling disorder.
The site can also assist you in answering your most difficult questions: “What are the signs of depression?” “How common is depression in teenagers?” “What help is available?” “Are the prescribed medications really safe?”
Sure, everyone gets sad or a little blue now and then. But if you rarely feel joy, happiness, or excitement you may have a more serious problem. Doctors call this prolonged sadness “clinical depression.” A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood and thoughts. It may affect the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about others. It is not a sign of personal weakness or a condition that can be wished or willed away. Without treatment, symptoms can last for weeks, months, or even an entire lifetime. Appropriate treatment, however, can help most people who suffer from depression.
Depressive disorders come in many different forms, just as the case with other illnesses such as cancer. The three most common types are Major Depression, dysthymia and bipolar disorder. Major Depression is marked by a combination of symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, study, sleep, eat and enjoy activities which were once pleasurable. A disabling episode of depression of this type may occur only once in a lifetime, but more commonly returns several times.
Dysthymia, a less severe type of depression, involves long-term, chronic symptoms that do not disable the sufferer, but keep one from functioning properly and feeling good.
Another type of depression, bipolar disorder (sometimes called manic-depressive illness), is not nearly as common as the other forms of depression. It is characterized by severe cycling mood swings: severe highs (mania) and depth-plunging lows (depression). Mania, left untreated, may worsen to a psychotic state and could become a life-threatening illness.
Not everyone who is depressed experiences every symptom. And the severity of the symptoms also vary with the individual and over time. Some of the more common symptoms include: an “empty” feeling (ongoing sadness), lack of energy, pessimism, difficulty in concentration and decision making, insomnia, appetite loss or overeating, being irritable, crying too often or too much, feeling worthless or hopeless, and thoughts of death or suicide.
Having these feelings doesn’t mean that a person is a failure…it means they are ill and in need of treatment. There are a number of medical treatments now available and they do work–usually within a matter of weeks. There is no single cause of depression, but remember, it is a real medical illness and it’s treatable.
If you would like additional information, suggestions, tips and valuable resources dealing with all aspects of depression, visit http://www.DepressionDesk.com
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29-Jan-2011
High School Boys Basketball Roundup: Govs defense clamps down on spiraling Spartans
PIERRE – Pierre used a strong defensive effort and never trailed on its way to a 58-38 victory over Spearfish on Friday in Pierre.
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High school basketball: Williams, Hostetler deliver
Jordyn Williams scored 23 points and Andrew Hostetler hit six 3-pointers on his way to 21 points to lead LaVille to a 51-47 victory over Culver in Northern State Conference action.
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General Assembley bill commends Kecoughtan High’s anti-sagging pants campaign
A bill commending Kecoughtan High School for a student-led campaign urging peers to pull their pants up last year is working its way through the General Assembly.
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PC World – If what goes up must come down, then what goes down occasionally bounces.
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With Funding Impacted by Down Economy – Colorado Community College System Coping with Unprecedented Growth
Denver, CO (PRWEB) October 7, 2010
With the down economy impacting its funding support, the Colorado Community College System has been coping with unprecedented growth. According to data recently released from the Colorado Community College System’s (CCCS) research office, in the past two years, CCCS has absorbed an unprecedented increase in students so large that it compares to the size of the entire Fall resident student body of Colorado State University-Fort Collins or the University of Colorado-Boulder.
In Academic Year 2007-08, CCCS served 107,028 students. CCCS concluded the recent Academic Year 2009-10 having served 134,753 students. Consequently, as of this past June, the colleges of CCCS served 27,725 more students than they did two years ago.
Percentage-wise, the number of students served by the 13 colleges of CCCS increased 26% over the two academic years ending on June 30, 2010. This unprecedented growth continued into the Fall 2010 semester, with Colorado Community College System colleges serving 9% more students than they were at this same time last year.
âMore and more Coloradans have been turning to us to provide an affordable higher education degree for their children and older adults have been enrolling to obtain the skills they need to compete in the 21st century global economy,â remarked CCCS President Dr. Nancy McCallin. âFinally, options to earn college credits while in high school have expanded recently and younger students are taking advantage of these opportunities in droves.â
The Colorado Community College System comprises the state’s largest system of higher education serving more than 134,000 credit students annually. The systemâs colleges include: Arapahoe Community College, Colorado Northwestern Community College, Community College of Aurora, Community College of Denver, Front Range Community College, Lamar Community College, Morgan Community College, Northeastern Junior College, Otero Junior College, Pueblo Community College, Pikes Peak Community College, Red Rocks Community College and Trinidad State Junior College.
For more information, contact Rhonda Bentz at 303.916.0502.
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