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“God help us to shake off and break the chains with which we are bound. With God’s help they can be shaken off by faith, works, prayer, constant commitment, and self-discipline. May we have the will and strength to shake off the chains that would control and destroy our progress.”Elder Marvin J. Ashton (1915–94) of the Quorum of the Twelve, “Shake Off the Chains with Which Ye Are Bound,” Ensign, Nov.
Recommended Web Sites1. Www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco This Web site includes a downloadable brochure, “You Can Quit Smoking,” developed by the U.S. Public Health Service.
This brochure offers the best evidence-based advice currently available for smokers and other tobacco users. Copies are available by calling 1-800-358-9295 or writing to Publications Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 8547, Silver Spring, MD.2. Www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide stop-smoking advice.3.
Www.stop-tabac.ch This site, designed by Swiss university researchers, offers a well-designed questionnaire that is linked to personalized advice that can help a smoker plan to stop and avoid relapse. It is available in French, English, German, Danish, and Italian.4.
Www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/womenandtobacco/ This report from the U.S. Surgeon General presents information about women and tobacco. Note the links on the page to additional helpful information to help women and girls quit using tobacco.5. Www.nida.nih.gov/researchreports/nicotine/nicotine.html This report provides scientifically sound information about nicotine and tobacco. To obtain printed copies of this report, call or write the National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20852, 1-800-729-6686.
Ask for NIDA Research Report-Nicotine Addiction: NIH Publication No. 01-4342.More on this topic: See Shirley R.
Warren, Ensign, Mar. 1996, 65; Larry A. Tucker, Ensign, June 1991, 71; George H.
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Russ, “The Impact of Someone Else’s Tobacco Smoke,” Ensign, Apr. 1977, 34.Visit www.lds.org or see Church magazines on CD.
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