Public Health & Safety

More than 435,000 Americans die each year from smoking. Smoking is a leading cause of cancer, heart disease, stroke, problems with pregnancy, and lung disease. If you have been contemplating...

It's hard to determine one "best way" to quit smoking, because each smoker's needs vary. Some prefer going cold turkey. Others have found that nicotine replacement, such as gum and patches, or a...

Throughout childhood, and even adult life, humans are constantly learning from others' actions. Smoking is considered by most people as a poor lifestyle choice and sets a bad example, especially...

There is evidence that nicotine addiction is intensified by caffeine. It explains why many smokers frequently ingest caffeinated drinks. This relationship between these two addictive substance...

Smoking directly impacts all of your body's systems, including your urinary system. Chemicals that are present in cigarettes are absorbed into your blood stream and can harm your kidneys and...

The most effective way to reduce the dangers of smoking is by quitting and avoiding second-hand smoke. Because the nicotine contained in cigarettes is highly addictive, smokers often must make...

The U.S. Surgeon General calls quitting smoking "the single most important step that smokers can take to enhance the length and quality of their lives." According to the American Cancer Society,...

With anti-smoking commercials and advertisements for a variety of medications and other treatments to help smokers quit constantly running on TV and being seen on billboards, it might be difficult...

The Great American Smokeout is held the 3rd Thursday of November every year. This wonderful event helps smokers to quick smoking for a day and possibly longer! It's an chance to join with...

Smoking in public places has been banned or severely restricted in 25 states and in the District of Columbia as of October 1, 2009. The U.S. Surgeon General's 2006 report states that smoke-free...

Controlling nicotine withdrawal can help smokers quit, but it's only half the battle. Smoking is also a psychological addiction, and behavior-modification bracelets can help. Just as many sober...

Addiction to nicotine eventually can cause cancer, emphysema and stroke. Smoking leads to cosmetic problems, such as wrinkles or yellowed teeth, and can adversely affect the health of other...

Smoking is the main preventable cause of disease and death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Smoking has a negative effect on nearly every part of your body as...

Cigarette smoking is known to cause lung cancer and emphysema, which can lead to death. While health warnings have increased, many people still continue to smoke. The following steps may help you...

According to the American Heart Association, 1.3 million smokers succeed in quitting smoking each year through a variety of support methods and treatment options.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking affects nearly all of the body's organs and functions. It contributes to such health issues such as cancer, heart disease and...

Smoking is one of the largest preventable health issues in the United States. It is linked with cancer and a variety of cardiac and lung diseases. With this in mind, much research has been done to...

There is nothing positive or beneficial about smoking cigarettes. Smoking can cause lung cancer and cardiovascular disease. According to the American Cancer Society, one in five people die every...

A 2006 National Health Interview survey estimated that there were 47.1 million smokers in the United States. The U.S. Surgeon General calls cigarette smoking "the leading preventable cause of...

Smoking has a detrimental effect on nutrition. Cigarette smoke contains high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide ozone, a compound that destroys antioxidants and may even damage DNA. Nutrients can...

The health effects of toxins and tar within cigarette smoke are well documented, but many assume the dangers lie mainly with smokers themselves. Reports from the U.S. Surgeon General, Centers for...

Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and is the top cause of preventable premature death in the United States. Smoking causes disease and death in both smokers and nonsmokers.

Every year more and more teenagers begin smoking. Those who choose to smoke often continue to be adults who smoke, increasing their chances of being diagnosed with lung, mouth or throat cancer....

Smoking affects each person differently--one factor is the length of time they've been smoking. People who have smoked for five years or more are at a higher risk of developing various ailments....

Cigarette smoke contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic, including carbon monoxide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The noxious gas emanates from the burning...

Smokers identify the feeling of nicotine released in their system as pleasure. Recognizing the reasons for the body's reaction to tobacco gives smokers a better idea why they feel the way they do...

The ability of lungs to recover from the impact of smoking can depend upon the number of years smokers subject their lungs to the habit. But health experts agree that the health of lungs begins to...

The health impact of smoking on lungs cannot be disputed. Quitting increases lung capacity and reduces risk for chronic and terminal illnesses related to smoking. But the lungs' natural process of...

Giving up smoking is incredibly difficult. Many smokers have failed to quit despite attempting several techniques. But the task needn't be impossible and the right tools can help you quit.

Many people take vitamins, ranging from multivitamin tablets to specific supplements to address deficiencies. One group prone to a vitamin C deficiency is cigarette smokers, as heavy smoking can...

Thanks to anti-smoking awareness campaigns, most smokers know the threats that smoking poses to their health. Despite this, it is very hard for smokers to quit. Addictive substances present in...

Scientific evidence has proven that smoking is harmful to one's health. For this reason, smoking bans are becoming more popular across the United States. However, smoking bans are not without...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tobacco use causes more deaths in the United States than illicit drug and alcohol use, HIV, car accidents, suicides and murders...

According to the American Heart Association (AHS), as many as 47.1 million American currently smoke cigarettes. According to the AHS, these same smokers are at a higher risk for heart attack and...

We all know that smoking causes lung cancer and emphysema, but a quick look at the statistics can be quite startling! Here are some fast facts on smoking and information on free resources to quit.

With all of the facts readily available and clear cut evidence of the damage caused by smoking cigarettes, more and more smokers have the desire to quit. But for many, just having the desire isn't...

Cigarette smoking causes a large number of serious health problems, particularly for those who people who have smoked for many years. According to the American Heart Association, almost 440,000...

Understand that smoking is a two-fold habit---physical addiction to nicotine and the behavior patterns associated with the addiction. In order to stop smoking, you have to break the behavior...

Cigarette smoking is dangerous to health. It puts your life as well as those near you at risk. In spite of knowing the cliché facts about the potent dangers of smoking, one fails to resist....

Over the years, a lot of information has been learned about smoking and its effects on you and others. Because of what has been learned, a lot of controversy has developed as to whether smoking...

According to the American Cancer Society, smokers have an increased risk of cancer, heart attacks, lung disease, and many other medical conditions. Many smokers realize that they put themselves at...

Disclaimer: eHow does not support nor endorse the use of tobacco for any purpose. Smoking is bad for your health and can kill you. I do not work for any tobacco company nor do I sell...

Among other effects, smoking cigarettes can negatively impact many areas of your life, including your short- and long-term health, family relationships, personal appearance and finances. Each area...

According to the University of Michigan Cancer Center, smoking kills over 400,000 people each year in the United States. Smoking causes an array of health conditions in people by affecting the...

The Quit-Smoking-Stop website states that each year hundreds of thousands of individuals around the globe die from illnesses caused from smoking cigarettes. According to the American Cancer...

It's no secret that exposure to tobacco smoke causes a number of dangerous effects in the body. Toxins like nicotine and tar lower the "good" cholesterol and raise the "bad" cholesterol. Nicotine...

Tobacco smoking contributes to 17 percent of all deaths in the United States, roughly 33 percent of cancer deaths, 25 percent of fatal heart attacks and 85 percent of all deaths from chronic...

A visitor from another planet might well wonder why so many millions of people are addicted to an expensive habit---smoking--that offers no health benefits whatsoever, yet can lead to everything...

Breathing in toxins can cause lung cancer, which kills more than 150,000 people in the United States every year--the leading cause of death due to cancer. Although lung cancer is treatable, most...