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June 13, 2008

A Need of Willpower to Quit Smoking

Smokers do want to quit smoking and they are waiting for that auspicious day eagerly. But still quitting the smoking becomes impossible for them. They do try but again got caught in the same grip of an addiction. They want to get succeed but again find themselves standing on the same point from where they have started their journey for a good cause.

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February 29, 2008

Smoking – An Addiction or Phobia

Smoking a much better talked about issue presently, is fast becoming an addiction with smokers. Perhaps you never have thought on those lines simply because you felt that smoking is an important part of your life style.

You may not remember when started smoking; may be when you were very young or you were thrilled when you saw your friends smoking. After a short period you may have had the felling that you could not do with smoking, which must have had created tension with you.

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January 31, 2008

Can Quitting The Final Cigarette Be A Bliss?

We always think what will happen after giving up bad habits? Let us analyze it thoroughly in case of smoking. The benefits that follow are according to the timeline before which the smoker has quitted smoking like:

What happens after 20 minutes giving up smoking?

Smoking always results in high blood pressure which is harmful for heart as it increases the danger of heart attack. But the minute we give up this habit, the risk minimizes and blood pressure rate becomes normal.

The next is after 10 hours:

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January 15, 2008

How to Quit Smoking with the Help of Water Therapy

Like they say, it is easier said than done. Likewise, it is easy to admonish someone who smokes, or to ask him to quit the habit. Ask someone, who has quit smoking, how hard it had been for him/her. The reply you get will help you understand the almost super-human effort that goes into the entire process of quitting the habit.

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December 20, 2007

Smoking- A Never Ending Problem

In spite of so much awareness about the ill effects of nicotine, smoking apparently continues to chase everyone, everywhere. It not only influences our lifestyle but also affects the lifestyle of our colleagues and family members. They too may become part of this habit or psychological concerns that may result from this addiction.

Earlier, smoking was a craze among adults only but now teenagers too have joined the trend. A surprising fact is that adults are more likely to quit smoking on being encouraged by friends, family and counselors, but getting teenagers to quit smoking is not all that easy. They start smoking under the influence of the peer group or friends, and even if they try getting out of the addiction, the same influences do not allow that to happen. Teenagers get well entrapped wherefrom it is not that easy to escape.

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December 4, 2007

Developing A Habit Can Be Dangerous

Many people are well aware of disadvantages that are caused by smoking, still smoking is a problem. Few of them are able to give up the habit. Studies show that reason behind is myth of addictions.

Addicts love nicotine and think it is not allowing them to quit smoking. It is a physiological addiction. The physical suffering intensifies if body has to wait for the fix it is longing for irrespective of the fact whether person is awakened or sleeping. People of UK holidaying in Canada always prefer to keep a pack of cigarette with them to resist the long journey of around 10-12 hours. On choosing holiday destinations according to flight length they choose pack of cigarette. But their body has to forget smoking only for the flight duration.

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November 17, 2007

All About Smoking

Some people are under misconception and take smoking as a hobby. According to recent studies conducted by AMA, American Lung and Heart Associations and the American Cancer society smoking is one of the main causes of premature death. Smoking means you are giving to yourself a slow poison treatment. Smoking does not only meteorites the smoker's health but it also affects the nearby standing person like your kids as their organs are on developing stage.

Smoking problem

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November 6, 2007

Want To Quit Smoking?

Quitting the smoking is a desire that chain smokers wish to come true. It can be possible with the following:

Have confidence: If you can believe yourself then you have already won half of the battle. Try to re- picture your days when you have proved your willpower. The only thing that you need is to boost up your spirits again.

Try with the limitations of smoking first. Think how smoking is eating up your body and then go for the advantages. Start applying them on yourself as quitting smoking will increase you lifespan, will make you feel better.

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October 24, 2007

Smoking: A nurturer or a destroyer

Smokers are generally very eager as well as anxious to quit smoking. Smoking has leaded them at the threshold of many diseases like heart attacks, cancers, emphysema. Most of the smokers know that smoking is rotting their body from inside and slowly have started deteroiting their physical charm. Still smoking is their buddy and still an existing problem. We need to search for the reason of its existence.

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September 30, 2007

Quitting Smoking- A Personal Analysis

It is a fact that smoking is more of psychological addiction than physical addiction. The Nicotine addiction in your body can be controlled, but mind addiction is tough to control.

One thing that helps you in quitting smoking is a complete personal analysis.
Take a paper and make two columns in it. In one column put heading, the cause for quitting. In another column, write down the cause for taking up smoking.

Firstly, write down the causes for taking up smoking. It may be some kind of pressure, or family trouble or financial trouble or any other reason. Now, find out whether these troubles still exist or not. If they do not, then there is no need to smoke.

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September 25, 2007

The Deadly Secondhand Smoke

When a person inhales smoke that comes out from the burning of tobacco is known as side stream smoke. On the other hand, when a person inhales smoke while a person is smoking is called the mainstream smoke. Both these types of smoking are called Secondhand smoke or ETS.

Do you know the number of poisonous substances we inhales while a person smokes?

The ETS mainly consist of about 4000 poisonous substances. They make entry into our body and 40 among them can be carcinogens. Whether you are smoking or just inhaling the smoke exhaled by a smoker, it does not matter. The consequences are dangerous and lead to several respiratory problems.

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September 4, 2007

How Non Smoker Get Breast Cancer?

Some people have taken smoking for fashion but this trend of theirs can lead them at the threshold of most ugly form of cancer-Breast cancer. The studies and researches draw a line between truth and myth. One of existing misconceptions is the myth that young men generally get addicted fast to smoking. But it has been found that young women adapt this bad habit much quickly than young men. The next horrid conclusion that comes forward is that passive smoker is at high risk of breast cancer than chain smokers.

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August 23, 2007

Do you still want to switch onto smoking after knowing these side effects?

Necessity For Expecting mothers

God has bestowed all His blessing on Mother by giving her a chance to nurture one more life in her body .Then why they want to become life snatchers to their child only for the sake of a bad habit?

Expecting mothers should at once stop smoking as it can prove very dangerous for your unborn. It is vital to quit this worst habit prior knowing about pregnancy as well as during pregnancy. Consummation of alcohol and smoking contaminates baby food due to which the risk of birth defects is more. A little carelessness can result in irreparable losses. Timely care will definitely help to get rid of worries. A visit to health care is must at this stage. No physician prescribes to continue habit of consuming alcohol so it becomes all more necessary to quit this habit.

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