What are the smoking facts?  Smoking can kill you, and your cigarette addiction can also kill others.

If you want to quit cigarette smoking you need to start by changing your attitude and beliefs about your cigarette addiction.

All addicts engage in denial and rationalization.  You use these tidy bits of fiction to protect yourself from the stark reality of the smoking risks to your health and the health of those around you. Your tobacco addiction is...

Think back to when you started smoking. Can you remember any point at which you said "I want to be addicted to smoking?" Take a look at how you become addicted to smoking by reading on!

You probably started smoking like most people do: a couple of friends are out with you and offer you a cigarette. As the story goes, you hacked and coughed and felt awful.

Yet you kept doing it. Why? Because society has convinced you that there is some unseen benefit to...

The British Government is reported to be deliberating a total ban on displaying brand names and placing of logos on packets of cigarettes, as a portion of their proposition to dramatically reduce the number of people who smoke tobacco products across the United Kingdom.

Suggested restraints being considered by the Health Department in the UK would incorporate cigarettes being retailed only in plain, unbranded packaging, minimal pack sizes of 20 (in an endeavour to forestall...

Sleeping disorders are considered manifestations of withdrawal symptoms or side effects of quitting smoking. After a day or two of not being able to smoke, your sleeping pattern can be disrupted and you'll either be sleeping for too long or too short at a time. It is usually a different case from person to person when it comes to sleeping habits after quitting. There will be people who can sleep for longer hours after they quit or the other way instead.

By smoking, you are able to...

Electronic cigarettes offer smokers a good alternative to traditional smoking for many reasons. First of all, there is no tar and no second hand smoke, only a vapor. New users of these devices may have some questions regarding the use, and there are a couple things that can lead to confusion. Most of these devices use what is called an atomizer to heat the solution to create the fog like effect. It is important that users take good care of their atomizer in order to maintain good...

It may be out there somewhere, but I have yet to see a Hollywood movie that featured a scene where someone is smoking an electronic cigarette. In recent years, cigarette smoking in movies has been frowned upon, and any that do contain “smoking” scenes tend to receive an awful lot of criticism, because of course movies are said to be very influential in what is considered trendy and what is not.

Actors smoking in movies are often considered bad role models in this...

Many ex-smokers explorers have heard or used stop smoking patches. Many ex-smokers explorers have read at least once adverts for a free stop smoking patch. However, the truth is that there is no such thing as a free stop smoking patch.

The good news is that nicotine patches are not that expensive. Of course, their price depends on the brand and the store you are buying them from. Another price factor is the number of the patches you are using per day and for the whole treatment...

The anti-smoking lobby often make a crucial mistake in their campaigning. They lose sight of their target audience - children - and go after established smokers. Let me tell you right now that attempting to turn the screw on a smoker is the most counter-productive attitude you can adopt. As a former smoker, I can fully empathise with the average smoker's feeling towards their habit, and I can assure you that an aggressive, scare mongering, lecturing tone is entirely redundant. The...

By smoking, you are putting yourself at several health risks. Cigarettes contain several different toxins and chemicals that move throughout your body, leading to different types of problems. These vary from mild problems to severe health risks that may even lead to death. Following, are six of several health risks that are probable in relation to smoking.

1. Leukemia. This is a type of bone marrow disease that happens with an increase in white blood cells. Usually, this happens...

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