Cancer pays no attention to anniversaries

Quit smoking cold turkey: This column was planned for next January. I was going to gloat a little, OK, a lot, that I was celebrating my 20th anniversary of having stopped smoking. I was going to write how I’ve never forgotten the exact day I quit. Cold turkey, no less. It was Jan. 13, 1988, a date I clearly remember for two reasons.

College teen says tax hike made him quit smoking

Quit Smoking Cold Turkey: Those who back the new cigarette tax hike says it is already serving as an incentive for Iowans to quit smoking. Alex Foster, an 18-year-old freshman at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, says the tax has made him decide to quit. Foster says the tax increase was one of the biggest reasons, as he’s paying for college and doesn’t have extra money. Foster says he’s trying to quit on his own. Foster says he’s “doing it cold turkey” to see where it goes. Foster says, so far, so good.Foster says he hasn’t smoked a cigarette in a week and a half and is “doing okay.” Foster estimates he’s been spending about 20 bucks a week on cigarettes. The state’s Quiteline Iowa service reports calls have increased dramatically in the last several days as Iowans look to quit smoking.

Tax hike gives smokers a new reason to quit

Quit smoking cold turkey:  The $1 a pack hike in the cigarette tax is convincing many North Iowans that now is the time to quit smoking. The tax increase, signed into law March 15 by Gov. Chet Culver, took effect Friday. “I ran out of cigarettes Friday morning and haven’t bought a pack since,” said 40-year-old Jeff Lentz of Plymouth.

“I was ready anyway, but the cigarette tax kind of put the final straw on it. “A smoker since the age of 18, Lentz smoked a pack a day. And, at a reported $5.85 for a generic brand of smokes, that’s a pretty expensive habit. “People who are going to smoke are going to smoke anyway,” Lentz said. “Those who are going to quit, this is the thing that’s going to take ’em out. “Lentz, who is quitting cold turkey, said “it’s all mind-set”.

“The worst time is usually in the morning and I just keep moving. “Since the tax went into effect, more than 150 smokers have contacted Quitline Iowa, up from 70 during the same period a year ago, according to figures provided by the cessation program. Pam Erickson, a tobacco specialist with the Smoke-Free Families program of North Iowa Community Action Organization, said her office has been fielding a lot more calls since the new tax went into effect. “We’ve had a huge influx of calls, tons of questions about how to enroll in the program,” Erickson said.

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