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Smoke Break is a Quit Culture video series where local people talk about the Black experience in Cincinnati.

Each episode looks at how topics like race, health care, anxiety and money relate to smoking and impact day-to-day life.

 

For our final Smoke Break, we wanted to leave the Quit Culture community with a big dose of inspiration and encouragement. Thanks to our amazing community that has helped make Quit Culture a place for Quitters to connect and find support.
Smoke Break: Final Remarks
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Smoke Break: Final Remarks

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Smoke Break

In this month's Smoke Break, we talked with Building Better Futures about some actionable ways to be the best version of ourselves.
Smoke Break Ep. 18: Replacing bad habits
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In this month’s Smoke Break, we sat down with Jonathan Sears, Executive Director of PAR-Projects, to talk about the benefits of creating art and how pouring your time into creative practices can help with quitting.
Jonathan Sears
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For this month’s Smoke Break episode, we talked with Certified Financial Counselor and local CPA Raven-Symone Simon about financial literacy and the impact that quitting tobacco can have on your bank account.
Smoke Break Ep. 13: Money don't grow on trees
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In this episode of Smoke Break, we talk with nurse care manager and life coach Stephanie Jackson about the unequal playing field of health access for young Black people and how she helps them to navigate the system
Smoke Break Ep. 7: How health equity is affecting Black youth
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In this episode Means Cameron, owner of BlaCk OWned Outerwear and blaCk Coffee Lounge talks about his new collaboration with Quit Culture and how he hopes his work can help to foster a distinct Black culture in Cincinnati.
Smoke Break Ep. 6: The only thing we ever quit
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In this episode, Julian Collins, Community Outreach Officer  for Interact for Health, talks about the Black community’s relationship to smoking and discusses the launch of the Smoke Break Challenge, an initiative started by Quit Culture that can help people  kick the habit of smoking.
Smoke Break Ep. 5: You have to work twice as hard
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In this episode, Kailah talks with Community Health Organizer Crystal Brown about her work at Queens Village, helping Black moms navigate a biased healthcare system and more.
Smoke Break Ep. 4: Queens Village
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In this episode, Kailah talks with Reginald Harris, MSW, LISW, CTP about the history of Black oppression in America and the impact systemic racism has on the community’s collective mental health. <br /><br />Smoke Break is a video series where local people talk about the Black experience in Cincinnati. Each episode looks at how topics like race, health care, anxiety and money relate to smoking and impact day-to-day life. Learn more at www.QuitCulture.com.
Smoke Break Ep. 3: I Got Bad Nerves
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In this episode host Kailah Ware speaks with Dr. Edna Denise Brown, taking a deep-dive into anxiety and stress factors that are unique to the Black experience and where tobacco fits into that story. <br /><br />Smoke Break is a video series where local people talk about the Black experience in Cincinnati. Each episode looks at how topics like race, health care, anxiety and money relate to smoking and impact day-to-day life. <br /><br />Learn more at www.QuitCulture.com.
Smoke Break Ep 2: Emotional Health
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A conversation centered around the financial implications of tobacco usage for Black families with Lawrence Cain, Jr., author and CEO of Abundance University. Smoke Break is a video series where local people talk about the Black experience in Cincinnati. Each episode looks at how topics like race, health care, anxiety and money relate to smoking and impact day-to-day life. Learn more at www.QuitCulture.com.
Smoke Break Ep. 1: You Got McDonalds Money?
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Meet The Quitters

This month, we talked to Derrick Smith about his quit journey and what advice he has for other Quitters looking to lead a tobacco-free life.
Smoke Break Quitters Edition: Derrick
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In this episode of Smoke Break: Quitters Edition, we talk with licensed mental health therapist Barbara Fields about how she started smoking, what she wished she knew before she picked up that first cigarette and her advice for anyone trying to become a Quitter themselves.
Smoke Break Quitters Edition: Barb Trailer
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In this episode of Smoke Break: Quitters Edition, we talk with licensed mental health therapist Barbara Fields about how she started smoking, what she wished she knew before she picked up that first cigarette and her advice for anyone trying to become a Quitter themselves.
Smoke Break Quitters Edition: Barb
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In this episode of Smoke Break Quitters Edition, Aaron Penn talks about how he got started smoking, when he realized he needed help and a few tips for others looking to kick the habit.
Smoke Break Quitters Edition: Aaron
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Smoke Break Quitters Edition is a new Quit Culture video series profiling real smokers, real journeys. Check out the first episode featuring Jarrod Williams, where he talks about his personal experience with smoking, the impression tobacco has on young kids and the ways he distracts himself from the urge to smoke.
Smoke Break Quitters Edition: Jarrod
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