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Eletta Hansen

Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, Medicorp Health System

540-741-2150

What is tobacco use?

Tobacco Treatment Specialist Eletta Hansen discusses tobacco use.

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Eletta Hansen: Hello, my name is Eletta Hansen; I am a registered nurse and a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist for Medicorp Health System in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I have spent many years of my nursing career working with patients and communities to help them quit smoking. I have learnt a lot over those years, a lot of lessons from our patients as they have been on their journeys. Today, I would like to share some of that information with you; we will talk about the addiction.

Host: What is tobacco use?

Eletta Hansen: Tobacco use is an addiction to the substance in nicotine; nicotine is absorbed into the brain through the inhalation process and has the same effect on the brain as the use of cocaine, heroine, or marijuana. We no longer refer to tobacco use as a habit, but rather a chronic as well as addictive lethal disease.

Quit Smoking

Quit Smoking

How many people quit smoking each year?

How many people quit smoking each year?

Why is it so hard to quit smoking?

Why is it so hard to quit smoking?

How do you quit smoking?

How do you quit smoking?

How much money will I save if I quit smoking?

How much money will I save if I quit smoking?

Does your body get healthier after you quit smoking?

Does your body get healthier after you quit smoking?

What are the medications that help you quit smoking?

What are the medications that help you quit smoking?

What are the costs of these medications to quit smoking?

What are the costs of these medications to quit smoking?

Why do so many people relapse even with medication to quit smoking?

Why do so many people relapse even with medication to quit smoking?

Can pregnant women take anti-smoking medication?

Can pregnant women take anti-smoking medication?