If you smoke, quitting smoking is the most important step you can take to protect your lungs. It is NEVER too late to quit. Your doctor can help you decide which smoking cessation method will work best for you.

Why should I quit?

• You’ve probably heard how smoking can be harmful. Here’s some ways quitting can be helpful. If you quit, you will:
• Prolong your life
• Improve your health (Smoking increases your risk of lung cancer, throat cancer, emphysema, heart disease, high blood pressure, ulcers, gum disease and other conditions.)
• Feel healthier (Smoking can cause coughing, poor athletic ability and sore throats.)
• Look better (Smoking can cause face wrinkles, stained teeth and dull skin.)
• Improve your sense of taste and smell
• Save money 

OUR SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM

Studies show that smokers assisted by a health care provider have a greater chance of quitting smoking. We created this program to help SMOKERS TO KICK the HABIT.

Come in for personal counseling with OUR SPECIALIST to help you quit smoking.
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What are Lung or pulmonary function tests (PFTs)?

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are a group of tests that measure how well your lungs work. This includes how well you’re able to breathe and how effective your lungs are able to bring oxygen to the rest of your body.

Your doctor may order these tests:

• if you’re having symptoms of lung problems
• as part of a routine physical
• to monitor how effective your treatment is if you have a lung disease, such as asthma
• to assess how well your lungs are working before you have surgery

PFTs are also known as spirometry or lung function tests.

Why are these tests done?

Your doctor will order these tests to determine how your lungs are working. If you already have a condition that’s read more

There are many things that you can do to help prevent worsening of your asthma and an asthma attack. Some of the most important are:

• Minimize asthma triggers. People with asthma can

On average, adults who smoke cigarettes die 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.

Is hookah smoking safer than smoking cigarettes?

Hookah smoking is not safer than cigarette smoking.

Also known as a narghile, shisha or goza, a hookah is a water pipe with a smoke chamber, a bowl, a pipe and a hose. Specially made tobacco is heated, and the smoke passes through water and is then drawn through a rubber hose to a mouthpiece.

The tobacco is no less toxic in a hookah pipe than in a cigarette, and the water read more

Managing your allergies can help you control asthma

The coughing and wheezing experienced by people who have asthma are often triggered by the same things that give others a simple case of hay fever. That’s because about half of asthma cases are closely related to allergies — the same ones that give us itchy eyes and runny noses in the spring and fall. Asthma is often classified in two categories, Intrinsic asthma, also called adult-onset asthma, is triggered by an infection, changes in read more

Written asthma action plans are one of the most effective asthma interventions available.

An integral part of asthma management is the development of a written asthma action plan by the person with asthma and/or their care taker together with their doctor.

An asthma action plan helps the person with asthma and/or their care taker recognize worsening asthma and gives clear instructions on what to do in response.

The process of developing a written asthma action plan is important, as this should be read more