The Great American Smokeout
Posted November 16th, 2017
Karen Arnold-Korzeniowski, BSN, RN
On the third Thursday of November each year, the American Cancer Society hosts The Great American Smokeout. This event encourages smokers to use this day as a jumping off point to quit smoking and tobacco use. Tobacco use is the “single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the world.” (cancer.org) Keep in […]
Smoking by the Numbers
Posted January 8th, 2014
Rodney Warner, JD
Infographics from Legacy For Health about smoking and its consequences – Smoking by the Numbers.
Dealing with the challenges of smoking in the face of cancer [Webinar]
Posted November 5th, 2013
Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN
November 12, 2013 at 2pm-3pm EST. Whether you are a smoker facing a cancer diagnosis or a family member trying to understand why your loved one has not quit smoking despite a diagnosis of cancer, join us for this informative webinar on the challenges of smoking.
I wish u knew… quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis
Posted October 8th, 2012
Timothy J. Hampshire
Dr. Vachani, a pulmonologist at Penn Medicine, sees patients who have been referred to him because of abnormalities in their lungs. Quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis has many benefits for the patient.
The Smoldering Cigarette Butt
Posted September 26th, 2011
Rodney Warner, JD
Rodney Warner, JD A couple days ago, while driving to work, I saw it on the road. I was at an intersection, waiting for the light to turn green. It rained the previous night and the road was wet. The cigarette butt rolled silently on the damp road, blown by the wind. I guessed someone […]
My Own Worst Enemy
Posted November 8th, 2009
Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN
By: Tracey Coyle I started smoking when I was a preteen. The older girls in the neighborhood were sneaking around with a brown paper bag and my “trouble radar” knew to follow them. By the time I was 13 I was buying my own packs and by high school I was smoking in my parent’s […]