Department of Health & Human Services
Public Health Department
Start To Quit!
en Español
Smoking and other forms of tobacco use
have deadly effects on our health. Let’s help our friends,
families, and members of our community Start To Quit!
Here’s some information that
may help convince you and others to Start To Quit:
- Research shows that women who smoke during pregnancy
increase the risk of complications, premature delivery, low-birth-weight
infants,
stillbirth, and sudden infant death syndrome [SIDS].
- Toxic ingredients in cigarette smoke travel throughout the
body and can cause cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease,
stroke,
and can have other negative health effects.
- Ten percent of smokers alive today are living with a smoking-related
illness.
- Nationally, more than 5.6 million years of potential life are
lost each year as a result of smoking.
- More than 6.4 million children living today will die prematurely
because of a decision they will make as adolescents — the
decision to start smoking.
What can you do to help? If we work together, we can change
these alarming statistics.
- Educate a young person on the deadly effects of tobacco
use and second hand smoke.
- Talk to young mothers about the health risks to the unborn
child.
- Implement a smoking cessation class for smokers at work.
- Educate individuals about post-cessation weight gain.
- Start To Quit!
Want To Quit Smoking?
Call the Wayne County Department of Public Health to get help at:
(734) 727-7066
If you would like more information on the negative
health impacts of tobacco use, visit the Centers for Disease Control
web site: More Info
Smoking Pamphlet in Arabic
Environmental Health
Department Organizations
Loretta V. Davis, MSA
Director/Health Officer
Barbara Harris-Ellis, RN, MPA
Deputy Health Officer
Jody A. Connally
Director of Administration
Talat Danish, MD, MPH, FAAP
Medical Director
Mary Mazur
Director of Communications
Catharine Oliver, RN, MSN
Community and Maternal Health Services Manager
Candice E. Jemison, BSN, RN
Department Manager, Disease Control