No one can deny the fact that there are many benefits of stopping smoking. Some benefits may become visible immediately after stopping cigarettes and some may show gradually over a period. These rewards can actually help people to improve their quality and expectancy of life.

Some of the immediate benefits of quitting smoking include a better and fresher breath, freedom from bad smell from clothes and hair,...

Cigarette Cravings - How To Stop Them Easily

Due to intense cigarette cravings, giving up cigarettes can be nearly impossible for many. Most people have tried to quit on numerous occasions without success.

As you begin to get rid of the smoking habit, your body reacts strongly to the cigarette cravings in its desire for the nicotine it is being deprived of. This is the time when many people fall off the wagon and go back to smoking. They simply cannot take the...

Scientific evidence of the health risks posed by smoking go back to the 1950s. Figures from the US government show that 28% of males 18 years old and above and 23% of females in the same age bracket were into the habit in the mid-1990s. The percentages were even higher in 1964, when the US surgeon general first issued an official warning that smoking was hazardous to one's health.

Following that formal warning, many reports were released on the link between cigarettes and tobacco...

Over 430,000 people die every year as a result of a smoking related disease. Cigarette smoking is accountable for 87% of lung cancer deaths and is known to be the leading cause of cancer in the bladder, oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus and larynx. Once your body has developed cancer or another smoking related disease it is too late to take it back, but the good news is that the lungs heal very quickly if you quit smoking before major damage is done.

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Another frequently-repeated rationalization for the cigarette habit is: "I'd like to stop smoking, but every time I do I gain weight. And it's worse to be overweight than it is to smoke."

The good news is, not all smokers who stop smoking gain weight. Even if weight gain was inevitable, the average gain is only between 6 and 8 pounds. Not too much of a big deal now, isn't it?

It isn't the fact that a person has stopped smoking that may cause him to gain...

Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known. Study after study shows that one can get addicted to nicotine as quickly as cocaine and other illegal drugs that we generally associate with crippling addictions. It is for this reason, of course, that is can be so difficult to quit smoking. One top of this physical addiction - that is, the body's craving of nicotine - there is a psychological component: because smoking is both legal and socially acceptable in many situations, it...

I could not believe the claims when I first heard about an electronic cigarette.  I thought it was a joke.  No way could this product really satisfy a smoker and provide smoking health without cancer forming chemicals.  But low and behold it was everything that I liked about smoking without all the bad stuff.I saw ICIG electronic cigarettes at the LA County Fair but did not buy it while I was there.  I wanted to go home and look into it some more.  So I had to...

Did you know that you can buy cigarettes that only contain nicotine and don't have the other harsh additives that are in typical cigarettes? Even better yet, you will only exhale vapor after ingesting your choice of a tobacco-flavored liquid that is turned into smoke by the device. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are gaining ground by modernizing smokers everywhere. This popular and revolutionary method of smoking is going to change the way you smoke and feel! Are you tired of...

Many times a person who decides to quit smoking will experience stress and of course the temptation to “just have one”, or they tell themselves “Just one won’t hurt me”. Of course if you follow this trail long enough you will never kick the habit. One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is that no one understands what we are going through. My recommendation is have a buddy to confide in when the temptation strikes. And some times a person even with the...

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...