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Tobacco Prevention
If you want to quit smoking please contact the Tennessee Quit Line at 1-800-QUIT-NOW or 1-800-784-8669 or tnquitline.com.
The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has Health Educators who conduct educational and awareness presentations both at the Health Department or offsite for locations within Madison County. Please contact Konisha Williams at 731-423-3020.
Baby and Me Tobacco Free
A voluntary program to help pregnant women quit smoking and stay smoke-free after their baby is born. Learn more.
Smoking ... the Scary Facts
- Smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body.
- More than 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by smoking.
- For every person who dies because of smoking, at least 30 people live with a serious smoking-related illness.
- Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
- Smoking also increases risk for tuberculosis, certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.
- Smoking is a known cause of erectile dysfunction in males.
- Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death.
- Worldwide, tobacco use causes nearly 6 million deaths per year, and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030.
- Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including nearly 42,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. This is about one in five deaths annually, or 1,300 deaths every day.
- Nearly 15,000 Tennesseans die annually from smoke related illnesses.
- On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers.
- If smoking continues at the current rate among U.S. youth, 5.6 million of today’s Americans younger than 18 years of age are expected to die prematurely from a smoking-related illness. This represents about one in every 13 Americans aged 17 years or younger who are alive today.