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Coalition members, who will serve for 12 months, will participate in legislative activities at both the local and state level.
In addition, members coordinate efforts to educate residents of Lake County about the environmental impacts of second-hand smoke and tobacco litter.
Applicants should have a desire to effect change in societal norms regarding tobacco use, eliminating exposure to harmful chemicals in second-hand smoke, and helping to stop youth access to tobacco products. Both adult and youth members are encouraged to apply.
The next scheduled meeting of the Coalition will be on June 4 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Lake Family Resource Center, 896 Lakeport Blvd., Lakeport. Breakfast will be served.
If you would like to attend the June 4 meeting and/or are interested in serving on the LCTEP Tobacco Coalition, please call Program Director Joy Swetnam at 707-262-1611, Extension 104.
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LAKEPORT – Think you can’t afford a massage? Wonder if acupuncture hurts or heals? Still trying to figure out what exactly homeopathy is?
Sutter Lakeside Hospital Wellness Center Integrative Healing House practitioners have the answers, and solutions, to all these questions and more!
“There has been a recent increase in the integration of medical care with wellness care,” explained SLH Wellness Center director Tammi Silva. “We are starting to see more clients visiting the Healing House and participating in practitioner services.”
Added to the already amazing line up of services available at the Healing House, we welcome Gina Winter, holistic massage therapist; Lotus Zen Therapeutic Massage; Svetlana Petrowizky, L. Ac, licensed acupuncturist and herbalist; and Sasha Shempliner, CH, classical homeopath.
“We believe that massage should not be just for the ‘rich and famous’ nor should it be considered just a luxury,” said Zen, partner of Lotus Zen Therapeutic Massage, now seeing clients out of the Healing House. “We believe that everyone should be able to afford and receive a massage, especially those who work hard for their money and whose bodies receive the most abuse from hours of hard manual labor.”
Lotus and Zen attended Konocti College of Holistic Studies under Director/Instructor Connie Eddings, HHP, where they graduated with full honors as Certified Massage Therapists with over 500 hours of course studies and certifications, and now have worked over 6,000 hours in their own practice.
Along with muscle tension reducing holistic massage, Gina Winter is also a detox scrub therapist, specializing in energy-based body work. Your signature massage from Winter will include “a unique mixture of healing techniques such as Swedish, Esalon, lymphatic drainage, neck and shoulder relief, aromatherapy and reflexology.”
Both Winter and Lotus Zen have pre-paid massage package specials available, along with discounted single massage sessions.
Relocating to beautiful Lake County from Southern California, acupuncturist Svetlana Petrowizky and homeopath Sasha Shempliner will join the practitioner team at the Healing House in mid June.
“The focus of my treatment is on combining hands-on healing with acupuncture, herbology and nutritional counseling,”, explained Petrowizky. “I integrate the treatment of the spine with traditional Chinese medicine. By guiding the person to improve their diet and lifestyle, the problem is addressed at the core.”
All Integrative Healing House practitioners are accepting new clients with services including: acupressure, acupuncture, biofeedback, chiropractic care, healing touch, homeopathy, hypnotherapy, journey work, massage, meditation, naturopathy and Reiki.
Please call the SLH Wellness Center at 707-262-5171 to learn about all services available or to make an appointment. Visit www.sutterlakeside.org/wellness to learn more.
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LAKE COUNTY – According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), each year, a staggering 443,000 Americans die each year from tobacco use. Another 50,000 Americans die annually from exposure to second-hand smoke.
Cigarettes kill more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined. Disease caused by smoking and/or exposure to second-hand smoke is responsible for an estimated one in five U.S. deaths and costs the U.S. over $150 billion each year in health care costs and lost productivity.
Cigarette smoking accounts for at least 30% of all cancer deaths. It is a major cause of cancers of the lung, larynx (voice box), oral cavity, pharynx (throat) and esophagus, and is a contributing cause in the development of cancers of the bladder, pancreas, liver, uterine cervix, kidney, stomach, colon and rectum, and some leukemias.
Cancers account for only about half of the deaths related to smoking. Smoking is also a major cause of heart disease, bronchitis, emphysema, and stroke, and contributes to the severity of pneumonia. Tobacco has a damaging affect on women's reproductive health and is associated with increased risk of miscarriage, early delivery (pre-maturity), stillbirth, infant death, and is a cause of low birth weight in infants.
Based on data collected from 1995 to 1999, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that adult male smokers lost an average of 13.2 years of life and female smokers lost 14.5 years of life because of smoking.
People who stop smoking at younger ages experience the greatest health benefits from quitting. Those who quit by age 35 avoid 90% of the risk due to tobacco use. However, even smokers who quit after age 50 substantially reduce their risk of dying early. The argument that it is too late to quit smoking because the damage is already done is not true.
In September 1990, the US Surgeon General outlined the benefits of smoking cessation:
Smoking cessation has major and immediate health benefits for men and women of all ages. Benefits apply to persons with and without smoking-related disease.
Former smokers live longer than continuing smokers. For example, persons who quit smoking before age 50 have one-half the risk of dying in the next 15 years compared with continuing smokers.
Smoking cessation decreases the risk of lung cancer, other cancers, heart attack, stroke, and chronic lung disease.
Women who stop smoking before pregnancy or during the first 3 to 4 months of pregnancy reduce their risk of having a low birth weight baby to that of women who never smoked.
The health benefits of smoking cessation far exceed any risks from the average 5-pound weight gain or any adverse psychological effects that may follow quitting.
The risk of having lung cancer and other cancers can be reduced by quitting. The risk of lung cancer is less in people who quit smoking than in people who continue to smoke the same number of cigarettes per day, and the risk decreases as the number of years since quitting increases.
It’s never too late to quit smoking. The health benefits start just 20 minutes after the last cigarette and continue the longer a person is “smoke free.”
There are many resources to help with quitting smoking. The California 1.800.NO.BUTTS program, funded through Proposition 99, provides free telephone cessation support and materials. In Lake County, Lake Family Resource Center offers free American Lung Association “Freedom from Smoking” classes throughout the year at various locations.
Information regarding stop-smoking is available from Lake Family Resource Center/Lake County Tobacco Education Program by calling 262-1611 or email at