5 Essential Tips When Convincing Others to Quit Smoking
Smoking is a deadly habit that affects not only the smoker but also the people around him or her. There’s no alternative to smoking so the only way to cut the health risks associated with tobacco use is to stop smoking now. But then, convincing someone to quit is not easy. Despite the obvious health […]
It’s All In Your Brain: 10 Facts about Nicotine Addiction
What is addiction and how does one develop it? The most recent research on the field of addiction suggests that it is rooted from impaired brain chemistry. But how actually does nicotine damage the brain and cause it to become dependent on cigarettes?
4 Non-Traditional Ways to Quit Smoking
Smoking, for some, is such a hard habit to break. Good thing, there are plenty of smoking cessation treatments that have been clinically proven to help a smoker quit. However, if these treatments do not fit your preference or if it might affect your current health condition, you may want to try these natural ways […]
Why Young Adults Smoke: 3 Major Risk Factors
Researchers at the University Of Montreal School Of Public Health revealed that the risk of becoming a smoker among young adults is high, and suggested that campaigns against smoking should also be targeted to these people. Their study, which was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, points out three major risk factors that make […]
3 Facts that Link Smoking and Diabetes
Smoking does not only increase your chances of developing of lung cancer and heart disease. It could also increase your risk of developing diabetes.
5 Major Health Effects of Passive Smoking
If you think smokers are only harming themselves, think again. A 2010 study involving 192 countries found that passive smoking kills about 600,000 people each year, a third of which are children.
6 Ways to Detox after Quitting Smoking
Just one cigarette stick contains over 4,000 chemicals, over 200 of which are known to cause cancer. All of them enter and travel through your system, damaging every part of your body, including your heart, kidney, liver and brain.
Pregnancy and Smoking: 10 Tips to Help You Quit
Since most pregnancies are unplanned, women at the child-bearing age are strongly discouraged from smoking. Whether you are pregnant or is just planning to have a baby, you must stop smoking now. This unhealthy habit won’t only affect your health but also the health of your child.
4 Reasons Why Menthol Cigarettes are More Dangerous
In the US, it is estimated that 19% of the total adult population or 43 million people smoke cigarettes. And in every four cigarettes sold, one is a menthol cigarette. This is about 25% of the total cigarettes consumed. But why is this so?
8 Questions You Want to Ask Your Doctor about Quitting Smoking
You get up, take a shower, brew your coffee, and while reading the newspaper you light up your favorite cigarette. If you’re among those people who smoke as part of their daily routine, you may feel it is almost impossible to quit. But once you re-learn to live your life without cigarettes, you will look […]