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Tobacco and Health
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Use of tobacco carries different health risks for different people. Women who use tobacco, for example, face an 18 times greater risk of dying from lung cancer, compared with women who don’t smoke.
There are also unique considerations for HIV patients, for people with mental health conditions, and for people who drink alcohol or misuse drugs. Learn more in the fact sheets below:
- Cancer & Tobacco Use (812 KB, PDF)
- COPD & Tobacco Use (538 KB, PDF)
- Depression and Anxiety & Tobacco Use (77 KB, PDF)
- Fertility, Pregnancy & Tobacco Use (826 KB, PDF)
- Heart Disease & Tobacco Use (747 KB, PDF)
- Hepatitis C & Tobacco Use (819 KB, PDF)
- HIV & Tobacco Use (731 KB, PDF)
- Men’s Urological Health & Tobacco Use (598 KB, PDF)
- Oral Health & Tobacco Use (1.2 MB, PDF)
- Pain Management & Tobacco Use (1.1 MB, PDF)
- PTSD & Tobacco Use (343 KB, PDF)
- Reproductive Health & Tobacco Use (788 KB, PDF)
- Schizophrenia & Tobacco Use (77 KB, PDF)
- Secondhand Smoke & Tobacco Use (533 KB, PDF)
- Substance Use Disorder & Tobacco Use (530 KB, PDF)
- Visual Health & Tobacco Use (524 KB, PDF)
- Wound Healing & Tobacco Use (1.1 MB, PDF)
Download these workbooks and guides to help you on your journey to quitting.
(If these resources are used in work and training settings, please credit the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.)
Do you have questions about your cessation medication? VA has created patient medication guides to ensure that you understand the medications you’re using.
- Nicotine patch (340 KB, PDF) | En Español (473 KB, PDF)
- Nicotine gum (338 KB, PDF) | En Español (458 KB, PDF)
- Nicotine lozenge (334 KB, PDF) | En Español (458 KB, PDF)
- Nicotine patch + gum (338 KB, PDF) | En Español (458 KB, PDF)
- Nicotine patch + lozenge (357 KB, PDF) | En Español (497 KB, PDF)
- Bupropion (339 KB, PDF) | En Español (346 KB, PDF)
- Bupropion + patch (354 KB, PDF) | En Español (475 KB, PDF)
- Bupropion + gum (356 KB, PDF) | En Español (478 KB, PDF)
- Bupropion + lozenge (350 KB, PDF) | (En Español) (479 KB, PDF)
- Varenicline (365 KB, PDF) | (En Español) (473 KB, PDF)