Health Effects of Smoking

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 [...]

id you know that 1,000 to 1,500 people die each day from a smoking related illness? Well it is true – people who smoke will eventually die – not from old age but from an illness that may have been prevented. Sadly, thousands of people are trying to quit but fail – they sincerely [...]

a href=”http://healtheffectsofsmoking.org/2009/12/is-nicotine-a-drug-addiction/”>Smokers are addicts, plain and simple. However, the level of addiction may be significantly different from one person to the next. The top 5 tobacco companies put out hundreds of different brands, types, sizes, and packages of cigarettes that vary in the amount of nicotine that is in each cigarette. For example; [...]

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Did you know that the more intensively you focus on quitting smoking, the higher your odds of quitting? Hatsukami, D; Mooney, M. 1999. Pharmacological and behavioral strategies for smoking cessation. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. V6(1):11-38.

That’s right the more you focus on quitting the better your chances! What that means is the [...]

ver 70 percent of smokers want to quit smoking and they are eagerly waiting for that day to come. Actually eagerly may not be the right term because when I quit smoking I was not necessarily eager as I was scared to death.
I have tried to quit before time and time again and that [...]

re you in danger of letting one “little” slip turn into a full blown relapse? You bet you are! Once you have reintroduced nicotine into your system and reinforced that smoking helped you – have fun, overcome stress, relax, fight off hunger, whatever it may be you will be in danger of turning [...]

verything is going according to plan, you already have made it half a day without smoking and your are feeling great but all of a sudden the urge to smoke seems overwhelming and you find yourself smoking.
It is important to prepare yourself for such instances, the majority of people that quit smoking don’t do it [...]

ou might get mixed answers when you talk to people when quitting smoking if it is okay if you just have one. Personally, I would have to say it is not okay. I went through the mentality that one wouldn’t hurt but soon it was two, three, four, and next thing I know [...]

t is important to remember that when you quit smoking you are changing more than a habit but a lifestyle. As a smoker your life revolved around smoking, without that negative influence your life will be much different.
Because of cigarette use you may need to reprogram yourself when dealing with life such [...]