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Smoking Cessation
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Nicotine Dependence
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There is both confusion and controversy about a shot to stop smoking. Do these shots really work? Are they safe? Are there different kinds of shots available? Which one should I choose? How do I know if I’m a good candidate to take one of these shots? This article exposes the pros and cons of taking a Stop Smoking Shot
Are you having trouble quiting smoking? There is an easy solution to stop smoking
Therapies – March 15, 2002
Smoking Cessation: Integration of Behavioral and Drug Therapies
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Dangers of Cigarette Smoking
Smoking is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. About 420,000 deaths occur each year as a result of smoking cigarettes. Individuals who smoke are likely to develop peptic ulcer disease, and are more likely to develop cataracts, as opposed to non-smokers. People, who smoke, are ten times more likely to die from larynx cancer, esophagus, chronic obstructive lung disease, including emphysema. The risk becomes even higher if cigarette smoking is combined with alcohol use or with occupational exposure to certain types of toxic substances, such as asbestos.
Many individuals continue to smoke knowing these dangerous conditions, because they believe that smoking has benefits like stress relief, anxiety, pleasure, or weight maintenance, thinking that quitting smoking is difficult and won’t be an easy task to accomplish. Individuals who quit smoking however have a significantly lower life expectancy than continuing smokers. When smokers can quit at a young age, it is a huge benefit because they are exposing themselves relatively to fewer cigarettes.
Stop Smoking Tips Dangers of Smoking
Smoking-related illnesses claim more American lives than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide and illegal drugs combined.
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There are many dangers of smoking to the body, to the immediate family, to the society, to the environment and to the economy. More than 700 chemical additives are found in cigarettes. Some of them are classified as toxic and are not allowed in food.
Smoking and Heart Disease
Smoking And Your Health
Most people associate cigarette smoking with breathing problems and lung cancer. But smoking is also a major cause of cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease.
Smoking: the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death
Smoking and tobacco use are significant risk factors for a variety of chronic disorders. According to the American Heart Association, cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States, accounting for 440,000 of the more than 2.4 million annual deaths.
What’s the link between smoking and cardiovascular disease?
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Cigarette Smoking can Cause Male Impotence
Smoking and impotence: An insight into the connection between the two
Its a well known fact that smoking seriously damages your health. Medical research has shown that smoking can lead to cancer, strokes and many further long-term health problems. If the dangers of contracting long-term diseases such as cancer and emphysema are unlikely factors in putting you off smoking, you should at least be aware of the harmful ingredients that cigarettes contain. Find out below why smoking is bad for your health.
What can smoking do to you?
Smoking Laws
Smoking – inhalation and exhalation of the fumes of burning tobacco in cigars and cigarettes and pipes. Some persons draw the smoke into their lungs; others do not. Smoking was probably first practiced by the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Originally used in religious rituals, and in some instances for medicinal purposes, smoking and the use of tobacco became a widespread practice by the late 1500s. Tobacco was introduced into Europe by the explorers of the New World; however, many rulers prohibited its use and penalized offenders. By the end of the 19th cent. mass production of cigarettes had begun, and the smoking of cigarettes became prevalent as the use of cigars and pipes declined. Despite controversy as to the effects of smoking and bans on smoking by certain religious groups, the use of tobacco continued to increase.
Health Effects
Smoking is considered a health hazard because tobacco smoke contains nicotine, a poisonous alkaloid, and other harmful substances such as carbon monoxide, acrolein, ammonia, prussic acid, and a number of aldehydes and tars; in all tobacco contains some 4,000 chemicals. In 1964 definitive proof that cigarette smoking is a serious health hazard was contained in a report by the Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Health, appointed by the U.S. Public Health Service. The committee drew evidence from numerous studies conducted over decades. They concluded that a smoker has a significantly greater chance of contracting lung cancer than a nonsmoker, the rate varying according to factors such as the number of cigarettes smoked per day, the number of years the subject smoked, and the time in the person’s life when he or she began smoking. Cigarette smoking was also found to be an important cause of cancers of the esophagus, nasopharynx, mouth, larynx, kidney, and bladder as well as a cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, and heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases. Since then it has been found to be an independent risk factor in male impotence. Smoking also increases risks associated with oral contraceptive use and exposure to occupational hazards, such as asbestos. Pipe and cigar smokers, if they do not inhale, are not as prone to lung cancer as cigarette smokers, but they are as likely to develop cancers of the mouth, larynx, and esophagus. Those who use snuff or chewing tobacco (sometimes called “smokeless tobacco”) run a greater risk of developing cancer of the mouth.
Effects of Smoking
Smoking – one of the leading causes of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in the world. Yet, still many of us are indulging in smoking cigarettes and tobaccos.
Stress in our lives, nicotine addiction, peer pressure, or just trying to look cool and going with the trend, are some of the major reasons why smokers find it so hard to quit.
Unfortunately, many smokers don’t really take the time out to carefully think about the harmful effects of smoking.
Smoking Causes Blindness
Smoking Causes Blindness Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Eye Health / Blindness Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 – 2:00 PST
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