Smoking has became one of the largest business in the world today.Smoking has also became one of the largest health care expenses of our time.Cigarettes have a chemical called nicotine that is highly addictive.There are also many other chemicals in cigarettes that are
very harmful to the body.The nicotine in cigarettes is habit forming and becomes very hard to quit.People get addicted to nicotine just like any other drug.This is a physical and mental condition which causes...

Can't teach an old dog new tricks? Medical evidence strongly suggests otherwise. Picking up a new trick or two is  not only possible, it's well worth it. Now, there is no need to get offended. No one is suggesting you are old, or a dog.  It is simply a point of reference. There is a need, however, to be optimistic about reducing the odds of developing  a smoking-related illness when you quit smoking after the age of 50.

The good news gets even better. Putting...

Cigarette smoking forces the heart to beat faster. The smoker's heart may beat up to 20 times more per minute, when a cigarette is inhaled. Smokers should know that the most common cause of smoking-related death is extra stress on the heart by smoking. A smoking habit of 20 cigarettes a day puts the same amount of stress on the heart as 90 pounds of extra weight would.

When smoker stops smoking, heart rate slows down somewhat, causing metabolism to drop slightly. Even with...

Can I Repair My Lungs If I Smoked For Years

Do you have a chronic smoker's cough that that you've had for a long time? Have you been smoking cigarettes for 5, 10, or twenty years and find it difficult or impossible to quit? Do you find it hard to breathe deeply? If this is so, these are all evidence that your lungs have been damaged by smoking and need to be cleaned out. And in this situation, you may be wondering, 'Can I clean my lungs?' Fortunately, the short answer to this...

Smoking tobacco has been around a lot longer than most people think, beginning somewhere in the area of 5000 BC. It made its way to the old World in the 1500s and although it was sharply criticized, became popular. In the early 1920s, German scientists identified a link between smoking tobacco and lung cancer but the anti-smoking campaign that began there but that sentiment wouldn’t begin to be shared worldwide until the 1950s. It wasn’t until the 1980’s, with...

They can also be very cost effective, especially if refill-liquid bottles are used. Smokers can save a large amount of money even if they buy replacement pieces for their electronic cigarette. A large assortment of cartridge and liquid refill bottles are available on the market.

Users either replace the cartridges, or drip a nicotine fluid directly on the atomizer, which is a heating element that turns the fluid into a smoke like vapor. Since nothing is burning, e-cigarettes make...

Lung cleansing is a good way to get back lost respiratory health from long years of smoking which have filled your lungs with tar and impurities that can cause many problems such as:

• Coughing
• Breathing difficulties
• Increase chance of respiratory infections.
• Increased chance of stroke
• Increased chance of bronchitis
• Highly increased chance of deadly lung cancers

Along with many more!

Some methods you can use to aid in...

There are a multitude of hypnotherapists out there, so how do you find one that works for you when you want to stop smoking?

When Should I See a Hypnotherapist?

If you are struggling with giving up smoking and feel you need a helping hand, then hypnosis may well help you. If you feel you just need that little bit extra to quit and become free from tobacco, then this could work for you.Will It Work?

No hypnotherapist can guarentee you that the session will work....

The ongoing saga surrounding theelectronic cigarettecontinues apace, without any resolution appearing imminent it seems. Some governments are even recommending that companies do not continue to market them until they have been tested by health organisations and officially declared safe.

My father, a non smoker, developed lung cancer and died as a result ofpassive smokingand I am a non smoker myself. From the outside looking in it does appear nothing short of incredible that the...

Cigarette smokers are constantly faced with criticism and health warnings. Here are 5 things that are true about cigarette smoking.

1. Cigarettes Cause Cancer
Smoking cigarettes has been proven to cause cancer. When tobacco is burned, thousands of chemicals are generated. It is these chemicals that are responsible for cancers and cardiovascular diseases. Lung cancer, for example, is the most prevalent type of cancer and is primarily a result of cigarette smoking.