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By JanCast2007 1 comments
Despite all the medical evidence and anti-smoking campaigns out there today, there are still people that make the conscious choice to smoke and will tell you that it is their choice to do so. However, with that conscious choice to smoke is the ... more »
By eHow Health Editor 0 comments
With the rising cost of cigarettes, smoking has become an expensive habit for even the casual smoker. Follow these steps to find inexpensive cigarettes in a variety of places... more »
By Ursula Coffey 2 comments
There's a lot of hype, currently, about how addictive nicotine is and how hard it is to quit smoking tobacco products, particularly cigarettes. Yes, it's addictive. Of course quitting is difficult. But it's not impossible. I was a heavy smoker ... more »
By eHow Health Editor 0 comments
The only way to ensure that you don't suffer the effects of smoking is to not smoke at all. But if you want to smoke occasionally with a group, there are steps you can take to lessen the harmful effects of smoking. Although most of the research ... more »
By JanCast2007 1 comments
After years and years of research, there is overwhelming evidence that smoking cigarettes, in general, is a health hazard that contributes to numerous respiratory and cardiac ailments, and secondhand smoke can be equally as dangerous. Secondhand ... more »
By BASHARAT SHAH, MD 5 comments
Quitting smoking can really be challenging. Medically, what causes dependence on smoke is nicotine, a chemical that makes our body and brain dependent. Smoking produces nicotine receptors in ours cells. Once these receptors are expressed, they ... more »
By simplymoi 0 comments
Smoking is cool? Smoking is due to stress? Due to peer pressure? We all know there is more harm than benefits for picking that roll of ciggy up ... think of the smell that lingers on you and having to be like a walking ash tray, fingers full of ... more »
By eHow Health Editor 1 comments
Weight gain is a common side effect when you are trying to quit smoking; but most people don’t usually gain more than 10 pounds after giving up cigarettes. However, once the irritability of withdrawal sets in, one pound may feel like 20. The key ... more »
By april ort 9 comments
One of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself and to your family is to quit smoking. Use these tips to assure your success... more »
By Joseph Wolfe 5 comments
As a smoker myself I know how hard it is to quit smoking and with the added extras made from the companies, makes it even harder. Many things causes people to smoke, but the most common way that I have found is stress, and I know this because if ... more »
By edotnet 1 comments
I quit smoking on Dec 3rd, 2007. I had smoked cigarettes for the past 34 years, and smoked about one and a half packs a day. If I had known that quitting smoking would be this easy, I would have done it years ago! Please read on and find out an ... more »
By Louizalass 3 comments
One cigarette contains: Nicotine (found in insecticide) Stearic acid (candle wax) Toluene (industrial cleaner) Ammonia (toilet cleaner) Methanol (rocket fuel) carbon monoxide Arsenic (poison) Methane (sewer gas) Acetic Acid (vinegar) Cadmium ... more »
By Mary Ann I 1 comments
Just talk about it, because maybe not everyone, but there will be someone that is interested and wants to hear what you have to say. Smoking is an addiction, a habit and hurts us. Some of us smoke, some of us don't and some of us use to smoke. I ... more »
By eHow Health Editor 0 comments
The use of snuff, or nasal tobacco, was first observed by monks during Christopher Columbus's second journey to the Americas. Since then, nasal snuff has been enjoyed by both the peasantry and aristocracy as a less risky alternative to smoking or ... more »
By Michael Grisso 1 comments
Yes, another way to quit smoking, right? You've tried to beat smoking with the patch, gum, therapy, hypnosis and a million other things, all with minimal results. Here you are again trying to figure out a way to quit, which is great, but this ... more »
By JesaLynn 3 comments
People that do not smoke hate it when there is second hand smoke constantly in their faces. However, smoking cigarettes is completely legal so how do you deal with it?.. more »
By iwuvstaylin 2 comments
Quitting can be the toughest thing you've ever done, or the easiest thing you've ever done. Everyone is different. Here's help that can apply to anyone... more »
By liana 4 comments
Everyday, over 15 billion cigarettes are smoked worldwide leading to more and more cases of lung cancer, bronchitis, emphysema and many other long term health risks. In fact, every cigarette takes away 7 minutes of your life, according to the ... more »
By MacGyverKnows 1 comments
Tired of kissing an ashtray? Tired of smelling smoke on your loved ones? Want to motivate them to quit smoking without them resenting you? This how-to article will demonstrate proven motivation techniques to encourage and motivate someone to kick ... more »
By eHow Health Editor 103 comments
You've probably heard all the reasons 'why' - now check out the 'hows' of quitting, based on the recommendations of the American Cancer Society... more »
By eHow Health Editor 1 comments
There are two problems for smokers who want to quit: the addiction and the habit. The addiction can be treated with nicotine patches, nicotine gum, antidepressants and other methods. The habit--having a cigarette after meals, taking smoke breaks ... more »
By eHow Culture & Society Editor 12 comments
Short of locking yourself away in the attic, it can be difficult to be a considerate cigar smoker. Ask others if they mind. If they do, get yourself as far away as possible... more »
By Marty Alan McGill 3 comments
I am two years nicotine free ... notice I said nicotine free? I quit smoking a few months before I quit nicotine. I had smoked for 30 years, and had a strong addiction to nicotine. I had tried unsuccessfully to give up smoking many times, due to ... more »
By eHow Health Editor 1 comments
Your parents are usually the ones who tell you what to do. Depending how old you are, telling your parent to quit smoking may feel awkward. But in some circumstances, such as health related ones like smoking, the roles of parent and child can ... more »
By kimberlyodneal 1 comments
You will learn an effective way to stop smoking.. more »