Smoke-Free: With Every Minute, Everything Gets Better!
The Tobacco and Smoke Free Policy:
Smoking is prohibited in any university facility and on any university grounds. This includes all tobacco products and vaping devices.
Thinking About Quitting?
- Online Quit Resources:
- Quitting starts with one step:
Did You Know?
- Nicotine from a cigarette reaches the brain in 8 seconds, which is faster than the time it takes for injected heroin or cocaine which take about 12 seconds. (Smoking-facts.net)
- The effects of smoking lead to nearly one-fifth of deaths in the United States every year. (Centers for Disease and Control)
- 3,000 non-smoking adults die of diseases caused by exposure to second-hand smoke every year. (Smoking-facts.net)
- Women who smoke more than half a pack a day may cause their own infertility or irregular menstrual cycles. (Smoking-facts.net)
- After only 20 minutes of not smoking, your blood pressure drops back to normal. (Smoking-facts.net)
- After 48 hours of not smoking, nerve endings start to regrow and your sense of smell and taste are enhanced. (Smoking-facts.net)
- Among male health care professionals in the US, smoking 25 or more cigarettes a day appears to double the risk of non-insulin dependent diabetes. (World Health Organization)
- Tobacco raises blood sugar making it harder to regulate diabetes. (American Diabetes Association)
The Cost of Smoking in Dollars and Sense:
- $5.00-$6.00 a pack/a day: 1 gallon of gasoline or a special coffee drink
- 7 packs per week = $35.00: A small vehicle tank of gas; dinner for two; a new article of clothing; an oil change for your car
- 28 packs per month = $140.00: New pair of workout shoes; concert tickets; a book for your class
- 365 packs per year = $1,825.00: Spring Break vacation; trip abroad; two undergraduate classes
- 365 packs per year for 10 years = $18,250.00: A new car; five semesters of IPFW tuition
Is smoking really worth it?
How does impairment happen? Let's take a look.
When a person drinks alcohol, it can enter the blood stream as soon as you begin to drink. The molecular structure of alcohol (or ethanol) is so small, so the alcohol can be absorebed or transferred into the blood through the mouth, the walls of the stomach, and the small intestine.
The stomach actually has a relatively slow absorption rate; it is the small intestine that absorbs most of the alcohol. That's why we want to keep the alcohol in the stomach as long as possible by eating food, which dilutes the alcohol and keeps it from entering the small intestine so quickly. Once alcohol gets into the bloodstream it moves through the body and comes into contact with virtually every organ. However, some of the highest concentrations, and certainly the highest impact, are caused by the alcohol that reaches the brain.
We need to know tht the body is quite efficient when it comes to dealing with alcohol. The liver is designed to metabolize the alcohol as we drink it. Enzymes break down the alcohol into harmless products and then it is excreted. However, the liver can only handle so much alcohol at a time. For a person of average weight and body type, the liver and small intestine can handle alcohol at a rate of about one drink per hour.
If a person drinks at a faster rate than one drink per hour, the alcohol simply stays in the body, waiting its turn to be metabolized. Since there is more alcohol in the body than can be metabolized, the result is increasing levels of intoxication.
Source: The BACCHUS Network
For local assistance contact the Drug and Alcohol Consortium of Allen County by calling 260-422-8412.
For information visit www.dacac.org
What You Can Do
Make mocktails. Check out these ideas for great refreshing drinks, without the alcohol.
Fruit Spritzer (Makes 1 Cup)
- 3 ounces cranberry juice
- 3 ounces grapefruit juice
- 2 ounces club soda
- Pour juices in a tall glass of ice. Top off with club soda and a slice of lime. Try using different juice combinations: orange/pineapple, orange/cranberry, or grapefruit/orange
Sparkling Cranberry Juice
- 4 ounces cranberry juice
- 4 ounces Citrus Seltzer of Diet Lemon-Lime Soda
- Lime Wedge
- Combine over ince. Serves 1 "tall glass"
Sober Champagne
- Choose stemmed champange glasses.
- Pour each half full of very cold diet ginger ale.
- Fill the rest with very cold unsweetened apple sider.
Ruby Red Splash
- Equal parts pinapple juice, ocean spray ruby red cocktail, ginger ale and a splash of grenadine.
- Blend with ice and serve in a martini glass with a lime wedge.
Spicy-Mato (Makes 1 Cup)
- 1 cup tomato or vegetable juice coctail
- Dash of hot sause (Tobasco or Texas Pete)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Dash of ground pepper
- Celery stick
- In a pitcher, mix lemon juice and pepper.
- Add vegetable or tomato juice and mix.
- Add hot sauce.
- Pour over ince ina tall glass and garnish with a celery stick.
Mocha Mania
- 8 ounces coffee
- 1 package Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinamon
- 8 ounces light vanilla yogurt
- 1 half bananna
- Blend all ingredients until smooth
Squeezer's Fruity Shake (Makes 2 1/2-cup servings)
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup low fat milk
- 1 ripe bananna
- 3-6 ice cubes
- Put orange juice, milk, and bananna into a blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Add one ince cube at a time.
- Blend until thick and frosty.
- Drink right away. Makes two 1/2 cup servings.
Sparkling Sunrise
- 4 ounces orange juice
- 4 ounces Sprite
- Splash of grenadine
- Ice
- Put the grenedine in the bottom of a tall glass.
- Put ice into the glass.
- Slowly pour in the orange juice down the side of the glass, then top with the pop.
- Serve with a cherry garnish
There is so much you can do without using alcohol as a crutch. Send us your ways to party sober.
Drugs
Narcotics Anonymous is near campus and across Northeast Indiana.
Unlike some twelve-step programs, NA does not focus on a particular substance. According to the NA pamphlet, NA: A Resource in Your Community, “Those who feel they may have a problem with drugs, legal or illegal, including alcohol, are welcome in NA. Recovery in NA focuses on the problem of addiction, not on any particular drug.”
In Northeast Indiana, NA meetings are held in Fort Wayne, Angola, Auburn and Bluffton. A local helpline at (260) 460-4626 will help callers find other meetings or connect them one-on-one with another recovering addict.
It does not cost anything to attend NA meetings.
Since "open" meetings are often visited by non-addict students, students and faculty may wish to review a bulletin written by the NA Board of Trustees which explains the nature and purpose of "open" and "closed" NA meetings. Especially significant are the following suggested guidelines:
- A Narcotics Anonymous meeting, whether it is open or closed, is a refuge for addicts. It is intended to be a safe and beneficial place where an addict can hear about and participate in recovery from the disease of drug addiction. As much as we might like to, we cannot be all things to all people.
- A closed meeting in Narcotics Anonymous is for those individuals who identify themselves as addicts or for those who are uncertain and think they might have a drug problem. A closed Narcotics Anonymous meeting provides a freedom that is necessary for more personal and intimate sharing by Narcotics Anonymous
members. It does so by providing an atmosphere in which addicts can feel more certain that those attending will be able to identify with them, and share their own experience, strength, and hope.
- An open meeting is an NA meeting that may be attended by anyone (e.g., judges, probation officers, professionals, family members) interested in how we have found recovery from the disease of addiction. Verbal participation, however, is limited to NA members only. An open meeting in Narcotics Anonymous allows
people from outside of the fellowship to observe what Narcotics Anonymous is and how it functions. This can be very helpful to those individuals who are striving to reach a decision regarding their personal status as an addict. An open meeting in Narcotics Anonymous is one method our groups use to achieve their primary purpose of carrying the message to the addict who still suffers.
Indiana's Tobacco Quitline is 1-800-Quit-Now
For more information go to www.indianaquitline.net
There's never been a better time to quit.
