Smoking is Bad

NZ at Noon: Good reason to quit smoking

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:13:37 +0000

Stories making headlines around the regions today include a woman whose drink was spiked in her own home and another reason to quit smoking. A 23-year-old Havelock North woman’s birthday celebrations quickly turned scary after her drink was spiked. Smoking cigarettes leaves a bad taste in most people’s mouths but none more so than for a Rotorua woman.

Dr. Oz: Can electronic cigarettes help me quit smoking?

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:11:47 +0000

Q: I want to quit smoking and am thinking about trying electronic cigarettes. Are they safe? Do they work? – Matthew F., Atlanta
A: Congratulations! That commitment is the first step to victory! Now you want to choose a routine that’s effective.
We think smokeless electronic cigarettes threaten the progress that’s been made in helping people get free of nicotine and tobacco. E-cigs deliver pure nicotine to the lungs. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that if people start using traditional AND e-cigarettes together, the public health repercussions could be pretty bad.
Also, the Food and Drug Administration doesn’t regulate e-cigs (it’s trying), so no one knows for sure what’s in the water vapor that drifts out of them, how much nicotine they deliver or whether other toxins are present (they’re reported to contain chemicals that are as bad for you as cigarettes or worse). Most are made in China.

Celebrate Mother’s Day by quitting cigarettes

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:07:23 +0000

On Mother’s Day we celebrate the sacrifices our mothers make for us and the unconditional love they give us every day.

Woman slaps deputy so she can quit smoking in jail

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:58:26 +0000

A California woman is so desperate to stop smoking she smacked a police officer. Deputy Matt Campoy was leaving the county jail in Sacramento. He says Etta Lopez stepped right up and slapped him in the face.

Pendle pupils plead with adults to stop smoking near playgrounds

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:51:38 +0000

SCHOOLCHILDREN have pleaded with adults to stop smoking near playgrounds.

The competition, organised by Pendle Council, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and the Pendle Pupil Parliament, invited 11 schools to enter.

GSK campaign on right way to quit smoking

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:46:17 +0000

Whether you are a cigarette smoker who is thinking about quitting, or an individual championing a smoke-free Malaysia, the Pledge To Quit Right campaign is a common platform for driving home the message.

The campaign, by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, encourages people to show support by posting pledges on its boards during its roadshows or mobile ones transported by Era FM and My FM radio cruisers.

Have an iPhone? Want to quit smoking? Fred Hutch study needs a few more subjects

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:56:23 +0000

There are apps to help smokers quit. But which ones work best?
Psychologist Dr. Jonathan Bricker is gathering subjects for a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center study to test two apps that would help people quit two different ways.

Arkansas Tobacco Quitline helping expectant mothers quit smoking

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:52:52 +0000

This Mother’s Day, the Arkansas Tobacco Quitline is offering pregnant women who smoke expanded services to help them quit for themselves and for their child.

Electronic Cigarette – Good or Bad for Your Health?

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:29:08 +0000

Have you ever wondered who was invented the electronic cigarette?

According to official sources the invention has been attributed to Chinese Hon Lik in 2003, he developed this idea after his father’s death from lung cancer. In fact, many years before, and exactly in 1963, an American named Herbert A. Gilbert filed a patent for an electronic cigarette.

What are the pros and cons of e-cig?

In several sites available online where they sell this product given numerous messages incentive to its consumption:

- can be considered a healthier alternative to smoking tobacco, since the components carcinogens present in mainstream smoke are absent. It does not emit smoke from the burning, eliminating the risk of respiratory diseases.

- the electronic cigarette is a new product, a revolutionary, with no burning, no smoke, no annoying, as they do not emit any smell but only water vapor.

- a new way of smoking without risks of smoking traditional cigarettes, at ease in any room without worrying over who’s next.

- more unpleasant odors in the home and in the car, overflowing ashtrays, lighters drains, smelly clothes, fingers and yellow teeth, bad breath.

- the savings are insured as the kit is amortized over a very short time.

- and many more.

In the face of these claims, the e-cig, according to the intentions of the producers, should be a tool that helps people quit smoking.

Although numerous studies have been conducted in recent years and published in magazines, yet still lack specific and reliable data on the effects of nicotine in the longer term, ie after its prolonged use.

The major medical organizations have curbed the enthusiasm and the WHO, through a report prepared in June last year, insisted that studies are needed to verify the safety of these devices and controls on the statements of the companies, according to which they can help smokers to quit smoking using electronic administration of nicotine.

The European Respiratory Society, with an even harder line, believes that these products create “significant risks”, in relation and to the possibility of various flavorings used that may contain harmful substances.

In any case, considering the lesser evil, the e-cig is always better than tobacco and confirmation comes from a study presented last year in August at the annual European Society of Cardiology, which have been tested the immediate effects on the system cardiovascular much milder when compared to tobacco smoke which moreover contain up to 400 carcinogens. However, it can’t pass the certainty that these devices are harmless.

More info about electronic cigarette that might help you

E-cigarette users say devices are vastly safer than traditional smoking

Health professionals argue the long-term effects of unregulated products are unknown.

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Exercise Could Be The Key To Achieving Smoking Cessation Success

admin — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:31:57 +0000

A research has found that regular resistance training can more than double someones chances of quitting smoking. The study, which was published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, provides evidence that leading a healthy, active life can improve a smoker’s chance of giving up for good. What makes this study so interesting is that only aerobic exercise had been previously been scientifically proven to help smokers quit.