How's this for starters: cigarettes are the single most preventable cause of death in the United States, if not the entire world. Over 400,000 people in the United States alone die from cigarette related illnesses, including lung cancer and heart disease. Even switching over to so-called "low tar" cigarettes doesn't help, because the majority of the negative effects caused by smoking are caused by just that: smoke. It is the smoke from the...more
With the release of the White Paper on Public Health, smoke-free legislation is going to come into effect for all enclosed places of work during 2007. It thus makes good sense to have a written smoking policy in place so that companies are ready for these changes and will also suit employees. The smoking policy should be aimed at making sure of the workplace being a place where employees can work in clean air and not have to be secondary smokers....more
Author: Patricia JonesThe reasons for quitting smoking are numerous, but the main reason you should stop smoking is that the habit is very dangerous for your health and that of those around you. So you can see how serious the word dangerous is when it comes to smoking. The World Health Organisation forecast that in the year 2030 there will be at least 10 million deaths throughtout the world from smoking related ilnesses. If that happens smoking will be the biggest cause of death and all of them uneccessary if not for cigarettes. Makes you think doesn't it? The amount of women smokers are growing and that's quite worrying. Maybe it's because women have more income and more freedom to do as they wish, or they lead more stressful lives and feel the need for nicotine. Dying early is a huge price to pay for them. Specifically, a kind of cancer that will kill this huge number of people in the coming years is lung cancer. Lung cancer is only one of the many types of cancers that can be developed by smokers over time. This is highly possible due to the fact that smokers inhale great amounts of toxins in every single puff of cigarette smoke. These toxic and poisonous chemical constituents...more
Author: T G HallSmoking is bad for your health. The studies are undeniable. Many people want to quit smoking because of health reasons as well as the increasing expense of it. However, smoking is addictive and difficult to quit. So, how do you quit smoking quickly? The fastest way is to make a decision to stop and never pick them up again. Quitting...more
It is hard to say just how long the habit of smoking tobacco has been around. Since the turn of the twentieth century it grew into a habit that more and more people had taken up. During the 1920's women began smoking in public all of the time and it just became the normal thing to do. It lost the taboo effect that it had for them for so long. Women...more
Okay, let's get down to brass tacks right to start with. No matter which method you choose, quitting smoking is not going to be a picnic. It's not going to be something that you enjoy, but the long term rewards will be more than you can imagine.Cold turkey is an effective method only for those people who have a will strong enough to overcome both the physical and emotional aspects of the addiction to tobacco. When using this method, the people who attempt it often become irritable and difficult to be around because their bodies are going through nicotine withdrawal, which can last a week or more, depending on the severity of the habit. This isn't a method that anyone who lives with their family should attempt because of this.Pharmaceutical aids, whether they are the over the counter type of the prescription type, typically do not work for the majority of people who use them. Almost 95% of the population who attempt to quit using nicotine replacement therapies will fail and likely spend a lot of money on these items before they figure out that they have done so. Prescription pharmaceutical quit smoking products are also known for serious side effects, such as suicidal...more
In recent years tobacco smokers have slowly but surely found themselves driven out of their ability to smoke tobacco just anywhere they want to. As a matter of fact, there are not many places at all left where a person can smoke. Non smokers have...more
Author: Jack SillowThere are many important things in our lives, but very few are as important as our health and our family. These two are actually very strongly related – when you are feeling well and all your loved ones do too, everything is...more
Author: yan dayan How to quit smoking and still smokeElectronic cigarettes the healthy solution for smart smokers.People smoke for thousands of years as a part of tradition and lifestyle.We smokers always think about quit smoking because of the...more
Author: Jack SillowQuitting smoking is not an easy task and you will surely need al the help you can get. The first and most important step you need to make is to be firmly determined to get rid of this unhealthy habit. Once you find the right...more
Author: Trevor GardnerSmoking is not good for your body! FACT! Smoking increases the risk of Cancer! FACT! Smoking can kill you! FACT! But what is the full extent of the damage that you can cause to your body by smoking? Even though we all know that...more
Author: PrashantWhen a friend of mine shifted to some other country, within a month he proclaimed, "Cigarettes are just too costly here! I'm quitting smoking". I thought, "Like he's gonna last, he's used to a pack a day!" But, to my surprise! It's...more