NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you thought that smoking tobacco through a waterpipe was safer than cigarettes, think again: Compared to cigarette smoking, a waterpipe -- also called a hookah or shisha -- delivers more deadly carbon monoxide and roughly the same amount of addictive nicotine, according to a new study. "This study can be used to dispel the myth that waterpipe tobacco smoking is a less lethal way of smoking tobacco," co-author Dr. Thomas Eissenberg of the Virginia Commonwealth... Read Full Story
Quit smoking must be not easy, right? Probably you have tried a lot of attempts to stop with bought nicotine replacement therapy product such as nicotine gum/inhaler/nassal spray/Lozenge, or paid for laser treatment, visited hypnotherapist, use herbal medicines, tried cold turkey with your will power alone, experienced traditional accupuncture, got an auricular therapy, bioresonance, hypnotherapy, etc. They all have a common base which is provide you a program to overcome nicotine addiction... Read Full Story
Do you want to stop smoking and avoid the following?
• A gradually deteriorating personal appearance due to the combined effect of heat and smoke on your body. These are a loss of elasticity of the skin leading to wrinkles on the face with especially deep vertical lines on the upper lip in time. The skin around the mouth can also suffer yellowish discolouration from cigarettes heat over time, as does the skin of the fingers and the finger nails. • An unattractive smile due to a... Read Full Story
Cigarettes are considered as a celebrity by some people living in our society. Some resort to smoking to suppress appetite and thereby body weight while many others use them to improve self-image. But they initially never realize the pronounced health effects of tobacco. Lung cancers and various other ailments have been linked directly to nicotine. Cigarettes are the culprits in many cases where children are born with mental and physical deformities. Nicotine has an addictive character... Read Full Story
When surfing the internet, the above title attracts my attention. I cannot help reading it out and then sharing with more friends who are interested in the reasons causing to the total failure to give up smoking.
To begin with, let’s take a look at the results of some investigations among 1800 exsmokers.
1. Have you tried give up smoking?
66% of them said “yes”, while 34% gave “no”.
2. How long have you ever kept quitting smoking?
The following chart can make us see clearly... Read Full Story
The human race is unfortunately synonymous with poor decision-making skills. This is evident in the many destructive habits that people develop and cannot shake. One of the more destructive ones that affect a staggering percentage of Americans is smoking cigarettes. Quitting seems to always be on the horizon, but rarely achieved. It requires a lot more dedication and energy than most are willing to exert to free themselves of the addictive clutches of nicotine once and for all. There is hope... Read Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke may have a higher risk of developing seizures than non-smokers do, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among more than 100,000 U.S. women in a long-running health study, current smokers were between two and three times more likely than non-smokers to suffer a seizure over 16 years. Current smokers did not clearly show a higher risk of developing epilepsy, a disorder marked by recurrent seizures that are not provoked by a specific cause... Read Full Story
Smoking makes some people feel better, that it tricks you into feeling less strain and helps them to function better in their everyday lives. However, what they do not realize is that among the myriad of health issues associated with smoking, and increased heart rate is one of them which can result in a person feeling more stressed, which in turn sends them running outside for yet another cigarette, carrying on a wicked cycle. Lots of people are looking for the easy way to quit smoking or... Read Full Story
48 times more smoke inhaled through hookah, research shows
By -- Robert Preidt
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FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Water pipes are no safer than cigarettes for smoking tobacco, researchers say.
A new study found that people who smoke tobacco with a water pipe inhale carbon monoxide and nicotine, which puts them at risk for heart disease and nicotine... Read Full Story
If you have tried to quit smoking in the past without success then the advice has to be to not give up. If you haven’t tried quit smoking hypnosis, you should take a minute to consider the possibility.
When the word “hypnosis” is mentioned, many people immediately conjure up images of the comedic hypnotists that make unsuspecting participants quack like a duck or perform some other ridiculous action. Hypnosis is known to help with various things including with stopping stuttering and even... Read Full Story
