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Eletta Hansen
Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, Medicorp Health System
540-741-2150

What is tobacco use?

This video series will show you how to quit smoking. Eletta Hansen, RN and Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, describes the addiction to nicotine, how to quit smoking, and the approved medications to help with cravings. This video is designed for tobacco users who may be thinking of quitting as well as those who want more information about the products they are using. The questions and answers are also helpful to non-smokers who want to learn more about the addiciton and the hazards of second hand smoke. This video will talk about 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.

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