Smoking & Heart Disease: Understanding the Link

Heart disease is the world’s biggest killer. Despite the huge improvement in the field of medicine, cardiovascular diseases remain to be a serious public health concern because of the high mortality risk. More research is still needed to come up with a magic bullet drug that can reverse heart problems and lower the risk of […]

Are You A Smoke-a-holic?

Some might argue that a smoke-a-holic is merely a little euphemism that shouldn’t be compared with what they believe to be degrading syndromes. Contrary to this thought, nicotine addiction may equally be as deadly and strong as any of these additional conditions. As a matter of fact, if you quantify the amount of individuals who […]

Speaking About Smoking to Youth in Canada

by: News Canada Did you know that the average age by which youth begin to experiment with tobacco is 12 years old? Did you know that these children can show signs of addiction within days of smoking only one cigarette, and that cigarette smoking is harder to quit than heroin or cocaine? These are frightening […]

5 Common Mistakes Smokers Do When Quitting

Quitting for smokers is not an easy thing to do. The years of smoking had brought so many changes in a smoker’s body. Many have tried but only few were successful. The low success rate of most smoking cessation treatments can be attributed to two things – first, is chronic nicotine addiction and second, is […]

Top 10 Facts About Smokeless Tobacco

Smokeless tobacco also known as spit tobacco, chew, snuff, pinch or dip is popular among teenagers. Most people think that it is safer than smoking and is a safe substitute for smoking cigarettes. Many factors can drive young people to use smokeless tobacco, which may include peer pressure, local lifestyle and fashion, general attitudes towards […]

Top 10 Medical Method to Quit Smoking

If you’re among those people who tried to quit smoking, you’ll probably know that willpower alone is not sufficient enough to get you through the withdrawal period and the symptoms that go with it. While it is true that proper mindset is important, medical intervention also plays an important role in helping you get through […]

Top 10 Quit Smoking Blogs (besides mine :)

[widget id=”ad_unit-13″]ad_unit-13[/widget]Many of us have the habit of surfing the web each day just to read news, articles, and stories. Some are even subscribing to blog sites to receive daily updates and information. Because of its growing popularity, many health groups and associations are making use of blogs to disseminate information to the general public […]

Zyban and Smoking: How deadly?

Zyban was the first non-nicotine drug to be used to help people stop smoking. This drug contains chemical derivatives of a stimulant drug known as amphetamine and is also used as a drug to treat depression. It is said that cigarette smoking causes one out of six deaths by making smokers susceptible to many illnesses. […]

How Not To Quit Smoking?

Please read all the way down to see what I think of this article. Stop Smoking – Choose an Alternative Method Stop Smoking – Choose an Alternative Method By Dr. Mark Clayson Are you ready to stop cigarette smoking? Terrific. There can be tons of different ways to stop smoking cigarettes. One of them is […]

Quitting Smoking, Frienships and Sisyphus

Are you familiar with the mythology of Sisyphus? Sisyphus is greek mythology figure cursed with the task of rolling a rock up a hill over and over again. Because just as Sisyphus reaches the top of the hill the rock rolls back down again forcing him to start all over again. Well to many people […]