Health Effects of Smoking

epending on how long you have gone without smoking you may still have urges to smoke. If you do – there are some things that you can do to help you get through the urge.
There are two types of coping skills; 1) behavioral and 2) mental. Behavioral coping skills are things that you can [...]

ater is essential to life as we know it. To be more specific our bodies contain nearly 60 percent of water. If we were to break that down a bit we would see that lean muscle tissue contains about 75 percent water by weight. Blood contains almost 70 percent water, body fat contains [...]

If you have ever quit smoking or tried to quit smoking you are well aware of the mixed feelings you encounter your very first day. The anger, frustration, irritability, and obsession with wanting a cigarette. For some of us our very first attempt didn’t make it past the first few hours because we [...]

ver the days, weeks, months, of not smoking you are going to encounter smoking urges. Strong at first but over time they will become less intense and less frequent until you find yourself rarely even thinking about a cigarette.
In previous posts we have talked about nicotine withdrawals that bring on urges, cravings to smoke, [...]

ave you ever given much thought to why you crave a cigarette, outside the fact that your body is going through nicotine withdrawal?
This is going to become very important after you quit smoking because you will be faced with cravings to smoke many times a day… but don’t worry they will subside and be less [...]

uitting smoking is going to come with a whole new set of challenges and if you have been doing your homework you have a general idea of what to expect, smoking cravings!
Smoking cravings come in many forms and degrees. In fact, you can experience cravings years from your quit date. However, for the [...]