our GMA cover story about the impact
that COBIT 19 has on vapors and smokers
now according to the CDC
78% of patients who have been in the ICU
have had an underlying condition which
includes smokers the author of a brand
new book called quit vaping says that
knowing that could push vapors and
smokers to finally kick the habit
Deborah Roberts spoke with him and joins
us from her beautiful home good morning
Deb hey Robyn so good to see you
by some estimates as many as seven
million Americans are regular vapors and
many of them have damaged their lungs
which leaves them vulnerable to the
coronavirus well one former cigarette
smoker is offering them a lifeline
saying there is no better time for them
to quit I know that's bad because I know
I'm supposed to be quitting 25-year old
Chris Trotman a Maryland Social Work
student is struggling with his vaping
habit I'll probably hit this thing about
like 250 times in this hour great
he's also got sickle-cell anemia and
knows that baby can cause additional
complications so Chris is trying hard to
quit at Johns Hopkins tobacco treatment
clinic vaping has surged in popularity
amongst America's youth in 2019 more
than 5 million middle and high school
students admitted using e-cigarettes in
the past 30 days now with the kovat 19
crisis some nicotine users are sounding
the alarm like actress Patricia Arquette
who tweeted one of the most important
things you can do is quit smoking and
vaping the opportunity to change is
right now Brad lamb who says he smoked
cigarettes for 20 years is author of a
new book on how to quit vaping is this
message more urgent now than ever before
I wrote this book thinking that it might
help a small set of kids and parents
help a loved one quit vaping
I never imagined that there would be
this global pandemic going on it lambs
advice includes a four step program
first setting a date to quit working on
your cray
with things like gum or patches getting
friends and family for support and
maintaining a healthy lifestyle so what
can family members do to be supportive
really hold them accountable to say hey
this is the most important thing that
our family could do in this moment is to
help you stop and stay south the
National Institute of Health
even issuing an alert that people
recovering from addiction now faced new
challenges getting access to social
support and medication due to kovat 19 I
think a lot of people recovered are
finding it difficult to connect to the
very things that have helped them stay
stopped as for Chris the road to
recovery won't be easy and if someone's
nicotine addiction is really severe you
got to prepare the patient that it may
take 1 2 3 even 6 months before they
start feeling the medication really work
for them for those still struggling lam
offers this advice I promise you it will
not kill you and baby may s for support
during this time of social distancing
Lam advises use social media you know
FaceTime WebEx seminars and of course
the American Lung Association offers a
lot of tips as well and for those of us
who are doing live shots at home for the
first time we've got support to supposed
to say let's say hi to the Lucas Lucas
Lucas Lucas we're on the clock there you
go there you go I couldn't resist Robyn
she was sitting there at my feet I had
to let you say hello oh so good to see I
know we've been hearing from a lot of
viewers the fact that we are showing our
dogs and they're sending us pictures of
their pets that are helping them through
a very difficult time it's great to see
you Deb great to see pepper is very
chill you too there you go
she's she's really chill eternally in
the mountain be well oh my gosh well yes
that's all we can do quit vaping is out
well hey there GMA fans Robin Roberts
here thanks for
checking out our YouTube channel lots of
great stuff here so go on click the
subscribe button right over right over
here to get more of awesome videos and
content from GMA every day anytime we
thank you for watching and we'll see you
in the morning on GMA
that COBIT 19 has on vapors and smokers
now according to the CDC
78% of patients who have been in the ICU
have had an underlying condition which
includes smokers the author of a brand
new book called quit vaping says that
knowing that could push vapors and
smokers to finally kick the habit
Deborah Roberts spoke with him and joins
us from her beautiful home good morning
Deb hey Robyn so good to see you
by some estimates as many as seven
million Americans are regular vapors and
many of them have damaged their lungs
which leaves them vulnerable to the
coronavirus well one former cigarette
smoker is offering them a lifeline
saying there is no better time for them
to quit I know that's bad because I know
I'm supposed to be quitting 25-year old
Chris Trotman a Maryland Social Work
student is struggling with his vaping
habit I'll probably hit this thing about
like 250 times in this hour great
he's also got sickle-cell anemia and
knows that baby can cause additional
complications so Chris is trying hard to
quit at Johns Hopkins tobacco treatment
clinic vaping has surged in popularity
amongst America's youth in 2019 more
than 5 million middle and high school
students admitted using e-cigarettes in
the past 30 days now with the kovat 19
crisis some nicotine users are sounding
the alarm like actress Patricia Arquette
who tweeted one of the most important
things you can do is quit smoking and
vaping the opportunity to change is
right now Brad lamb who says he smoked
cigarettes for 20 years is author of a
new book on how to quit vaping is this
message more urgent now than ever before
I wrote this book thinking that it might
help a small set of kids and parents
help a loved one quit vaping
I never imagined that there would be
this global pandemic going on it lambs
advice includes a four step program
first setting a date to quit working on
your cray
with things like gum or patches getting
friends and family for support and
maintaining a healthy lifestyle so what
can family members do to be supportive
really hold them accountable to say hey
this is the most important thing that
our family could do in this moment is to
help you stop and stay south the
National Institute of Health
even issuing an alert that people
recovering from addiction now faced new
challenges getting access to social
support and medication due to kovat 19 I
think a lot of people recovered are
finding it difficult to connect to the
very things that have helped them stay
stopped as for Chris the road to
recovery won't be easy and if someone's
nicotine addiction is really severe you
got to prepare the patient that it may
take 1 2 3 even 6 months before they
start feeling the medication really work
for them for those still struggling lam
offers this advice I promise you it will
not kill you and baby may s for support
during this time of social distancing
Lam advises use social media you know
FaceTime WebEx seminars and of course
the American Lung Association offers a
lot of tips as well and for those of us
who are doing live shots at home for the
first time we've got support to supposed
to say let's say hi to the Lucas Lucas
Lucas Lucas we're on the clock there you
go there you go I couldn't resist Robyn
she was sitting there at my feet I had
to let you say hello oh so good to see I
know we've been hearing from a lot of
viewers the fact that we are showing our
dogs and they're sending us pictures of
their pets that are helping them through
a very difficult time it's great to see
you Deb great to see pepper is very
chill you too there you go
she's she's really chill eternally in
the mountain be well oh my gosh well yes
that's all we can do quit vaping is out
well hey there GMA fans Robin Roberts
here thanks for
checking out our YouTube channel lots of
great stuff here so go on click the
subscribe button right over right over
here to get more of awesome videos and
content from GMA every day anytime we
thank you for watching and we'll see you
in the morning on GMA
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