The Best to Quit Smoking

In order to quit smoking for good so many factors really come into. None them however involve people badgering me to quit smoking. As a mother of 3 I had taken to smoking as a sort of social accessory. At the time my husband or shall I say my former husband Adell was a smoker. Along with the smoking scene came the proverbial party friends who all smoked. There I would sit between dances on the floor, looking around. I didn't drink alcohol. After all my mother trained me to be a good Methodist Christian. And we didn't drink beer or wine. A friend of ours in that set, said "Doris you look so pretty but girl you've got to do something beside dancing and sitting." So, she taught me to smoke. I sure wish she had never given me that first cigarette. Quitting smoking has been one of if not the toughest things I've had to do (besides divorcing Adell). But tough times calls for tough measures. The way I quit was either a stroke of genius or a mira...

Cutting down your smoking, is an easy way to give you the eventual confidence to stop completely and can be achieved by anyone. Lets look at how cutting down can make giving up in the long run easier and some simple tips to make it work for you. 1. Cutting down is easier psychologically You know that you can have a cigarette in the near future and this makes it easier to do without smoking for periods of time. If you have been able to cut down then this also gives you confidence to eventually give up completely i.e you know you can get by without cigarettes. 2. How to cut down Set periods in the day where you don't smoke and go for a gradual reduction, say your smoking 20 a day cut down by 10% - 20% each week. This should not be too difficult for most people to achieve as the change is gradual. 3. Keep a log Allocate each day an exact amount you can smoke, stick with it and try and come down each week. If the percentage amount is to much for yo...

Although many people still continue to smoke. It's a great sign that the number of people who are trying to quite is increasing. While we have come a long way in our fight against smoking, we still have a long way to go. Young people are still not giving serious attention to the deadly effects of smoking. Perhaps it's they're "live for today" altitude, which can be good. However recognizing the risks is important so they can have a better tomorrow. In cases like this, many times fear is the best motivator. When trying to convince someone to quit, it's a good idea to talk about the shortened life expectancy of smokers, compared to non-smokers. The lives smokers live are also not the best.  Many times smokers die of one of the following: coronary artery disease, cerebral vascular lesions, heart diseases, lung cancer, pulmonary disease, duodenal and gastric ulcer, cancer of the mouth or larynx, circulatory diseases, Buerger's disease, aneurysm, cirr...

Smoking bans have resulted to numerous positive effects not just to smokers but to non-smokers as well. The top 10 reasons why smoking bans are good for you. 1. Improved Public Health In a study conducted by Scottish researchers, it was found that hospital admissions due to heart problems dropped down to 17% after one year of imposing a smoking ban. 2. It Pushes People to Quit Quitting smoking is a something that takes a lot of effort. Without a push (from THE MAN), smokers will have a very few reasons to quit even though they are very much aware of its negative effects. But if there's a legal consequence in smoking, then more smokers will choose to quit. 3. Reduced Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Because of the ban, there will be reduced rate of secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke was known to be more dangerous than the firsthand smoke. This is because as the smoker exhales, the chemicals found in tobacco mixes with the carbon monoxide, forming more harmful compounds. ...

Most smokers doubt the effectiveness and the safety of quit smoking shots. How can this injection stop cravings for cigarettes? Can this procedure address both physical and mental addiction? Quitting smoking not only involves kicking the physical nicotine addiction but also the smoking habit. Quit smoking shots immunize smokers from nicotine addiction by blocking the nicotine receptors in the brain. They can also relieve the physical withdrawal symptoms. However, this procedure has to be done by a doctor. The most common ones you see on advertisements is Welpex. Welplex uses scopolamine and atropine, two dangerous substances. Both of them are extracted from Deadly Nightshade, a toxic perennial shrub. Although they are poisonous, scopolamine is a common component in prescribed motion-sickness medication. Doctors use atropine, a well known eye-dilating chemical during eye examinations. SMART Shot, an improved version of Welplex, has been in the market for more than a decade...

Marijuana while only a "soft drug" compared to the likes of cocaine, heroin and others can still be a very addictive and destructive drug. Many people who long to quit smoking pot find their lives revolve around marijuana and it becomes a habit that fills any gap in their lives. It can become such an integral part of their lives that they feel like they are living in a haze most of the time and are missing out on some very important parts of life. The first thing to know when learning how to quit smoking weed is that the drug is not chemically addictive! Pot is not an addictive drug like heroin or cigarettes as there is no physical craving that occurs when you do not take the drugs. Pot does not affect the receptors in your brain like these drugs and the effects are also not as vivid as the hard drugs making it less of an issue to many people to start smoking.  The primary addiction to weed is a psychological addiction, the memory of the highs you once felt smoking ...