Did you make the New Year resolution to Stop Smoking. Well, have you quit yet. Millions of smokers around the world said they would stop smoking this year. But for many, the day never came. Maybe because of lack of motivation, maybe because you tried to do it on your own
May 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Advice, Facts, Motivation | No Comments
Smoking is indeed a problem, because it can lead to all sort of complications and diseases such as lung cancer. That is why if you do smoke, you should quit smoking now. Although you may think you know why you should quit, you need to know that there are hundreds of other reasons you’ve never thought about them. Besides the cancer and heart diseases that smoking causes, you’ll have to consider what effects will this have both on the long run and on the short run on your body. Many people say that they don’t need to quit smoking now, and they all give all sort of explanations
May 1st, 2008 | Posted in Advice, Facts | No Comments
Can another person really make you smoke. Now I don’t mean that first time, when you were 16, and you took that puff because your friends urged you to. I mean now, today, socializing with people who smoke. Do the smokers you know, and love, and spend time with keep you reaching for that thin white stick again and again. And why are they doing it
April 26th, 2008 | Posted in Motivation | No Comments
The dangers smoking tobacco could bring to one’s physical and mental (nicotine addiction and dependence) health could somehow bring a smoker to his senses. It really is true what the ads say, that smoking is indeed dangerous for your health. It is a very well known fact that smoking is a very destructive and fatal habit to indulge in. It can even be regarded as a medical crisis. Assuming that you aren’t aware of these bad effects at all, this article could help you with the much needed information to give up that habit
April 25th, 2008 | Posted in Advice, Facts | No Comments
Herbal stop smoking products have become quite popular in today’s anti-smoking campaigns and the smokers themselves. The primary reason they’re getting so much notice and so much approval is that so many other solutions, such as nicotine gums and patches haven’t worked well enough to get a large number of smokers off the cancer sticks. Even when nicotine patches have worked for those who are determined to quit the nasty habit, they still leave the smokers taking in nicotine for quite some time, and directly into their blood stream. This just can’t be the ideal solution. Of course, it’s better to quit smoking gradually with the nicotine patch than to never quit smoking at all, but if there’s a way to start today on an immediate withdrawal of all nicotine, that would be far preferable
April 21st, 2008 | Posted in Motivation | No Comments
Smoking is a highly additive habit, and most people who smoke find it very difficult to quit. The reason that it is so difficult to quit smoking is that the addiction is multifaceted: not only is there a physical addiction to the nicotine, but there is also a strong psychological component to the addiction as cigarettes are both legal and in many situations socially acceptable. One of the greatest indicators as to weather your attempt to quit smoking will be successful is how mentally prepared you are. You have to truly want to quit in order to be successful, and if you try to quit without this mindset it is unlikely that it will work. A good way to motivate yourself - to get yourself to a point where you really and truly want to quit smoking - is to think of the health risks involved, and the many benefits of quitting
April 13th, 2008 | Posted in Facts | No Comments
Why should I quit smoking. It’s a great question that sooner or later every smoker will ask themselves. We will all eventually get to that point. If you are reading this, than you are probably there now. You have been hearing it from your family and your friends, as more and more of them quit smoking, and then want to convert you
April 11th, 2008 | Posted in Facts, Motivation | No Comments
There are many health, social and financial reasons to quit smoking. Some smokers believe that a smoking addiction of many years will not bring any tangible results, apart from financial benefits, so they disregard any thoughts about quitting smoking. The fact is that even the most addicted smokers will benefit from smoking cessation. Immediate health benefits can be achieved such as a return to normal blood pressure, body temperature and pulse 20 minutes after smoking the last cigarette; within eight hours the oxygen and carbon monoxide levels in the blood return to normal and in two days nerve endings start to regrow. By three months, lung function has increased and circulation has improved
April 8th, 2008 | Posted in Motivation | No Comments
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking causes 440,000 deaths each year. Also, an adult’s bad example can contribute to the number of deaths each year. Around 80% of the adults that smoke today began smoking before they turned eighteen. Every 24 hours, around 4,000 people under the age of eighteen try their first cigarette
March 28th, 2008 | Posted in Advice, Facts, Motivation | No Comments