Articles On Smoking

Quit Smoking Support Groups
By Noreen Donaldson
You may not realize how important it is to have adequate help when you are trying to stop smoking cigarettes until you join one of the quit smoking support groups available. There groups are designed to help keep you motivated and on track in your efforts....

Smoking Cessation Therapy
By Paige Albert
If you've been paying attention to television ads lately, you've surely seen countless commercials on smoking. The common myth that most people smoke is being debunked....

Smoking Woes – How to Achieve your Goal to Quit for Good
By Odessa Emerson
You have decided to quit smoking. Maybe this is your first time; maybe it is your twentieth....

The Smoking Factor in Pregnancy - What Can Go Wrong?
By Toby Curry
The Smoking Factor in Pregnancy - What Can Go Wrong? As you already know, smoking while pregnant is not the best thing you can do. There are many things that can go wrong with the fetus if you smoke....

A Look at Lung Cancer: Ready to Quit Smoking Yet?
By Quinn
A Look at Lung Cancer: Ready to Quit Smoking Yet? Although smoking can cause many different physical ailments, one of the most serious diseases associated with tobacco use is lung cancer. Smoking causes 87 percent of all cases of lung cancer....

Banish Bad Breath – Quit Smoking!
By Georgette York
One of the effects that smoking has on you is that it causes bad breath as well as other dental problems. There are several reasons why smoking causes problems with your breath and oral hygiene....

Be a Grandparent – Quit Smoking When your Kids Are Still Kids
By Dorthy Hinton
The most likely candidates to become addicted to smoking are those who start in their teen years. If you've been smoking for years, it may be difficult to quit when you become pregnant....

Be Held Accountable – Sign a No-Smoking Contract
By Lorie Gamble
Signing a no-smoking contract will allow you to further the mental change that you will be making when you decide to quit smoking. The first thing that it will allow is a way of showing your motivation to kicking the habit of smoking....

Cancer – Your Wake-Up Call to Quit Smoking
By Ollie French
Most people know that cancer is associated with smoking. Unfortunately, many don't truly realize the increased risks and seriousness of this disease, let alone its preventability....

Five Tips to Avoid Weight Gain when calling it quits on Smoking
By Geneva Collier
One concern of many who try to quit smoking is the possibility of weight gain. In truth, it does happen....

Forgive your Smoking Relapse and Start Over
By Lancaster
You have done it: you have quit smoking, you made a plan, marked the date on your calendar, threw away all of your smoking paraphernalia, toughed out the physiological cravings with the help of a nicotine replacements program perhaps, weathered the psychological cravings, and changed your habits. You have now been smoke free for a little while and you feel like you are on top of the world....

Gums, Patches, Hypnosis – Oh My! Various Methods to Help You Quit Smoking
By Underwood
If you are a smoker, you have undoubtedly tried several times to quit the habit. But, for some, this struggle seems to be a little more difficult than for others....

Have a Plan to Quit Smoking and Stick to It
By Eloise Page
If you have decided to quit smoking, then an important step is making a plan that you can follow through with. This will ensure that you will be successful in your desire to break the habit of smoking....

How NOT to Gain Weight after Kicking the Smoking Habit
By Shannon Jackson
Are you currently in the process of kicking the smoking habit, but are dreading the idea of gaining a few extra pounds? It is estimated that most smokers will gain five to fifteen pounds after successfully kicking the habit. Why the weight gain, you wonder? There are several reasons most ex-smokers end up a bit heavier after their battle to kick the habit....

How to Quit Smoking for Yourself
By Irving Turner
Thousands of people are addicted to smoking, and, every day, thousands of people fight the battle of breaking this addiction. But, how can someone go about successfully quitting smoking? There are many reasons to quit, but the most important reason is for your self....

Hypnosis to Quit Smoking – Does this Really Work?
By Velma Thomas
Hypnosis to Quit Smoking – Does this Really Work? You know you want to quit smoking, and you also know it will be tough. Perhaps you have already tried everything: you have gone cold turkey, only to hightail it to the corner store in the middle of the night when your nerves were shot and your could not sleep for the third night in a row....

Identify Smoking Triggers and Nip Them in the Butt
By Therese Underwood
One of the most difficult aspects of quitting smoking is overcoming triggers, which are certain events or situations that make you feel the desire to smoke. Identifying these triggers, and figuring out how to overcome them, is one of the primary keys to smoking cessation success....

Medications to help you Quit the Smoking Habit
By Ursula Haney
As anyone who has tried before knows, quitting an addictive behavior like smoking is a very difficult process. Along with support groups and behavior modification techniques, the U.S....

Old before your time – How Smoking Damages your Skin
By Reyna Patel
There are several reasons to quit smoking, most importantly for your health. But, if the damage you are doing to the inside or your body isn't enough of a deterrent, perhaps you should consider what you are doing to the outside....

Popular Herbal Remedies to Quit Smoking – Do They Work?
By Orville Erickson
Popular Herbal Remedies to Quit Smoking – Do They Work? Smoking is not only a filthy habit, but will most likely kill you. Many a smoker has heard this for years and so it is not surprising that at the top of the list of New Year's resolutions for smokers is the earnest desire to finally get rid of the addiction that is ruling their lives....

Quit Smoking and Get Rich!
By Francisca Wright
If you are thinking about quitting your smoking habit, you probably have a variety of good reasons. You know that the nicotine is staining your fingernails and skins with an unhealthy yellow color that not even fingernail polish can successfully cover up....

Quit Smoking and Raise your Life Expectancy
By Xavier MacIas
Smoking is not only continuously bad for your health, but also lowers your life expectancy. Every time you smoke a cigarette, it changes the way that your body functions....

Quit Smoking and Take a Deep Breath
By Xavier Travis
It's true: quitting smoking is probably one of the hardest things you will ever do. But it's also one of the most beneficial things you will ever do for your health, and the health of those around you....

Quit Smoking and Watch your Social Life Soar
By Zachary Schneider
You may not realize it, but smoking affects your social life as well as your physical well being. How often have you avoided going places because they were non-smoking, or ducked out of a party at the height of the action to satisfy your nicotine cravings? When you quit smoking, you can also increase your confidence, meet new people, and join new activities....

Seven Illnesses Attributed to Smoking
By Herminia Anderson
Health reasons are often the number one reason people give for wanting to quit smoking – and it is certainly the best reason. In fact, smoking causes a wide variety of illnesses to basically every part of the body....

Seven Symptoms to Tough Out when You Quit Smoking
By Felix Clay
When you quit smoking, you will begin to experience symptoms of nicotine withdrawal shortly after quitting. These nicotine withdrawal symptoms can be very intense, causing many individuals to succumb to the urge to smoke....

Sex-Ed: Effects of Prolonged Smoking on your Sex Life
By Leroy Hayes
For both men and women, smoking for long periods of time will cause your sex life to be less enjoyable, eventually causing many problems with your sex life and experiences. The chemicals that move through the blood stream eventually moves through ones body when they are smoking....

Silence the Stress of Smoking Cessation – Ten Tips to Help You Cope
By Harley McCormick
You have finally decided to quit smoking, and you feel great! Of course, it is only day one, and at this point it is still easy to feel on top of the world. You know about all the folks who tried and failed to quit, and you have heard the horror stories of grumpy behavior, excessive weight gain, and the knock down, drag out fights with spouses, significant others, and children that accompanied this valiant effort....

Six Health Risks Thanks to your Smoking Habit
By Simmons
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....

Smoking and Birth Control Pills Don't Mix
By Angelique Vance
Although the risks of smoking and taking birth control pills have been well documented for several years, many women are still unaware of how lethal the combination can really be. Here are eight things you should know about the dangers of smoking while taking birth control pills....

Smoking and Surgery Don't Mix – How to Quit for your Health
By Twila Aguirre
Are you a smoker who is scheduled to have surgery? No matter what kind of surgery you are having, your health will suffer if you decide to smoke for several weeks before and after your surgery. As difficult as it is, if you are going to have surgery, you should seriously consider quitting for your health....

Spousal Support – How to Help your Significant Other Quit Smoking
By Christie Sexton
Everyone has heard how difficult it is to quit smoking. When smokers try to quit, their family and friends would often like to know how they can help....

Switching Habits – Quit Smoking and Start Moving
By Patrick Patterson
Because nicotine acts as an appetite suppressant, many smokers who try to quit also face the prospect of gaining weight. To increase the health benefits of quitting and also reduce your risk of weight gain, why not put down the cigarettes and pick up good exercise habits at the same time? Battle the Bulge As mentioned above, smokers who are trying to quit may gain weight due to the fact that smoking affects your metabolism....

Ten Lifestyle and Cosmetic Benefits to Quitting Smoking
By Louis Jenkins
If you're a smoker, quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your health. The health benefits to quitting are well documented....

Ten Ways to Get Rid of Smoking Temptations in Your Life
By Orville Newton
A new year has begun and you are ready to make good on that promise of all promises: you will finally quit smoking. Or perhaps you are expecting a new addition to the family and there is no time like the present to get rid of that unhealthy habit....

What a Nicotine Vaccine Can Mean for Smokers
By Kerri Nieves
Many smokers who would like to quit often find themselves on a seemingly endless cycle of cessation and then relapse. The repeated failure to quit smoking can make some smokers feel frustrated and hopeless....

What Smoking really does to your Body's Health?
By Felecia Morgan
What Smoking really does to your Body's Health? When someone smokes, their body becomes dependent on the nicotine in cigarettes, cigars, or pip tobacco. Nicotine is a chemical that can have physical and mood-altering effects....

When at First You Don't Succeed – Quit Smoking Again
By Tomas M. Cote
So you've decided to quit smoking—again. As Mark Twain famously said, "Quitting smoking is easy....

Why Women Have a Harder Time Kicking the Smoking Habit
By Dionne Trevino
Many of those who smoke have the desire to quit smoking and break the habit that they have formed. However, it has been found that women have a harder time kicking the smoking habit than men do....

Withdrawal Worries – What Happens After You Quit Smoking
By Francis Zamora
One of the problems many smokers have is dealing with the symptoms of withdrawal. This is partly because the symptoms are so strong, but is also largely because they are unexpected....

Withdrawals with Grace – Six Tips to Staying on the "Quit Smoking" Game Plan
By Ofelia Everett
Making the decision to quit smoking, although a huge step; is only the first step in a long journey. Once you have decided to quit, how do you stay on the straight and narrow? Read on to learn six tips for quitting successfully....

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