Carly Q. Romalino: NJ toughest state for snuffing out cigarettes
January 12th, 2012
If snuffing out your addiction to cigarettes is on the check list for 2012, curbing the habit could be more difficult — but not impossible — for Garden State smokers, according to the American Lung Association.
New Jersey ranks 41st of the 50 states for offering smoking cessation help to residents.
“New Jersey once was one of the higher funded states for prevention and cessation services,” said Deborah Brown, president of the American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic. “over the past couple years the program has basically — as we say at the American Lung Association — been decimated.”
The state’s smoking QuitLine services are very limited, due to decreased state funding to the program, Brown said.
“we are asking New Jersey policy makers to step up and provide access to comprehensive quit smoking programs,” she said. “over the past couple years there used to be quit centers where people could go to get help quitting.”
Now there are as few as one or two centers left in the state, according to Brown, who said the centers that do exist are supported by hospitals, not the state’s wallet.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends each state spends about $10.50 for each smoker for quit services. Maine, which offers the most help to its residents, funds its QuitLine at $13.56 per smoker.
The New Jersey program is funded at 35 cents for every smoker.
The state has made it more difficult for people to smoke by instituting a high excise tax rate on cigarettes and adopting comprehensive indoor air quality laws, Brown said.
“but people don’t have access to the seven types of treatment that they should,” Brown said.
In a state where public funding for smoking cessation is “decimated” it’s still possibly to squash cravings for good. It just means smokers need to do more on their own — or with the help of the American Lung Association.
To quit successfully smokers should use a mix of seven smoking cessation aids: Nicotine patches, gum and lozenges, plus nasal sprays, inhalers and some over-the-counter and prescription drugs including Chantix.
“What people can do on their own is to actually talk to their doctor or pharmacist about the different types of treatments and over-the-counter and prescription drugs available to them to help them quit smoking,” said Brown, whose organization offers phone (1-800-LUNG-USA) and online (www.lung.org/stopsmoking) support.
Carly Q. Romalino: NJ toughest state for snuffing out cigarettes
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