Why Quitting Smoking Makes You More Attractive
There’s no doubt that quitting smoking is hard, but once you do, you don’t only become healthier, but more desirable too! Quitting smoking makes your skin clearer and younger-looking. Your skin is a reflection of your lifestyle. It tells what you eat and drink.
20 Ingenious Ways to Help You Quit Smoking
Everyone would agree that quitting smoking is one of the hardest things to do. And amidst the negative effects of smoking and the constant reminder of the government, still many people continue smoking because they can’t simply quit. If you’re among those people struggling to quit the bad habit of smoking, you may want to […]
4 Ways How Smoking Affects Your Family
In every stick of cigarette you smoke, it is not only your health that is affected, your family’s health too suffers. You harm your family’s health in two ways, by inhaling secondhand smoke or the smoke you exhale, and inhaling the sidestream smoke or the smoke directly coming from burning tobacco. The latter is four […]
Why Yoga is A Good Idea When Quitting Smoking
Most smokers would agree that quitting smoking is among the hardest things for them to do. Once absorbed in the system, nicotine influences almost every inch of the body, making it difficult for smokers to deal with the sudden drop of nicotine in the blood – thus the withdrawal symptoms.
The Cons of NRTs
Former smokers and smokers alike would attest that quitting smoking is not a walk in the park. It has an easy way in but never an easy way out. But with the help of smoking cessation aids like nicotine replacement therapy, smokers have better chance of quitting. But are NRTs safe?
Smoking Worsens Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis or the hardening of arteries, is a serious health condition where calcium, cholesterol, cellular waste, and other fatty substances builds up on the lining of the artery walls. Plaque, the sticky, yellowish substance, accumulate over time and obstruct proper blood flow.
Staying Quit for Good
You quit smoking a few months ago and you feel better. The cravings are no longer that strong but sometimes, you still miss your cigarettes and the urge to light is intense. Now, you’re wondering if you’ll be truly free from the habit or you’ll be missing smoking forever.
10 Lessons Relapse Will Teach You
Quitting smoking is no easy task. More often smokers trying to quit would end up smoking again after a few weeks. But aside from the failure, there is more to learn from a relapse. By identifying, re-evaluating, and learning your mistakes you can strengthen and improve your subsequent attempts. Below are 10 lessons relapse will […]
Sneaky Facts About Cigarette Additives
In the mid-90s, major tobacco companies made public their master list of almost 600 additives used in cigarettes. But the complete list of ingredients used in cigarettes is still unknown except to the companies manufacturing them – until today.
Smoker’s Cough: Another Reason to Quit Smoking
You’ve heard it, read it, or experienced it yourself, smoker’s cough is a prolonged cough accompanied by clear, yellowish, or green phlegm. The coughing is persistent, meaning you have been experiencing it for more than 2 to 3 weeks. The cough is worst in the morning when you wake up and normally improves towards the […]