Tobacco Alternatives

If you have the desire to break the tobacco habit, and are having a really hard time, the addiction is most likely psychological and not merely just physical. Unfortunately, the psychological addiction is always much harder to break due to the need for the comfort that the act of lighting up and drawing on a cigarette gives to so many smokers. These people actually enjoy smoking in spite of the extremely well known health hazards tobacco poses because it is a...

The rosy picture of cigarette commercials is a far cry from the grim reality that smoking brings. Rather than help you cope with the complexities of modern living, smoking brings many people closer to the grave.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said adult male smokers lose an average of 13.2 years of life while female smokers lose 14.5 years of life.

How much damage smoking does to your body depends on the type of tobacco, the form it is smoked,...

What makes smoking dangerous? What chemicals are found in cigarettes that make smoking a deadly habit?

Cigarettes are made from dried tobacco leaves that contain over 4,000 chemicals including ingredients that are added for flavor. Of that number, 60 are known carcinogens or cancer-causing agents. In addition, tobacco and tobacco smoke have co-carcinogens that don't lead to cancer but can accelerate its growth.

“There are hundreds of substances added to...

Smoking is emerging to be one of the major causes of death in the modern world. This is attributed to the growing consumers of tobacco. Tobacco is responsible for the death of 1 in 10 adults all over the world, which translates to around 5 million deaths every year. It is because of this fact that cigarette smoking is now a public health priority.

Smoking poses dangers directly and indirectly to the public. An indirect public health concern that cigarettes may pose is...

You're a couple of weeks in... You're feeling good about your decision to quit ... But some thing's just not quite right... You feel "dizzy". Maybe not quite dizzy, but like you've had a beer or two. You're "off". You don't feel quite right. You can't concentrate. Reading is difficult and typing is damn near impossible.

Welcome to the fog ladies and gentlemen. I can tell you that it will pass. I can't tell you when. I can't tell you how foggy it will be... But...

Everyone has their own individual story to tell as to why they want to quit cannabis. My reason was because I had gotten into a rut of smoking it all day, every day. Late at night or early morning, utterly convinced I enjoyed it, I would sit, roll and smoke joint after joint. As the years rolled on cannabis seemed more like self-prescribed medication to keep me calm than the fun, recreational drug I once considered it to be. Knocking on my dealer’s door became a symbol of need and...

Do you have damaged lungs from smoking? One of the first signs of damaged lungs is a chronic cough, known as a smokers cough. But don't worry, using a simple procedure, you can repair lungs damaged from years of smoking.

So, how do you get damaged lungs? Each time you inhale on a cigarette, noxious substances and chemicals are drawn into your lungs. In order to breathe efficiently, the tiny air-way passages in your lungs have to be kept clear and free of impurities and...

Knowledge Does Not Require Action. Kick the Habit or Kick the Bucket?

• 5,000 people in the US quit smoking in the US a day.
• 1,000 people every single day die from cigarette smoking related disease.
• Tobacco’s association with cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and chronic lung disease account for over half of the deaths in the Us annually

What Can You Expect When You Quit?

• Money in your pocket.
• Days added to your...

Do you (or your parents!) Recall the times when the tobacco manufacturers publicized cigarettes as being beneficial for you? Making use figures of speech and stereotypes like "The Marlboro Man" and hook lines such as "More Doctors Smoke Camels than any other Cigarette" or Doral Cigarettes' "Taste Me! Taste Me! Come on and Taste Me!" they contrived to portray tobacco smoking with a positivistic twist advertising smoking equally as representing a habit that...

Wherever and whenever smoking bans are imposed, they are accompanied by innumerable protests and difficulties on their implementation. Many argue that the smoking bans go a bit too far and adversely affect the business prospects of many organizations. In many places, the depiction of smoking is also banned in artistic fields like films, theaters, music videos etc. India is one of those countries where a lot of hue and cry has been raised as smoking and altogether drinking is banned in...