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Smokers are all aware of the damage they are doing to themselves by smoking. Every day they are bombarded with more information about how much damage they are doing to their health. But this is just a depressing message that achieves nothing for the smoker. The health warnings only serve to provide smokers with the motive to stop smoking. It does not provide the means nor the opportunity...

The what? Let's take something easier - the /dorsal striatum, or locus coeruleus./ Still gobbledygook? Not to medical specialists. If you think quitting smoking is difficult, think of it as a chemical reaction to certain stimuli, that's all. The /nucleus accumbens/ is the name given to part of your brain's pleasure centre where dopamine is produced. Dopamine creates that feel-good mood...

A key strategy for living a longer, stronger, prolonged, healthier life comes as no surprise ? don't smoke. If you're a smoker, you're simply more likely to die prematurely ? from heart or lung disease. Scientific facts prove that smoking can take more than 10 years off your life. But there's...

The U.S. Surgeon General wasn't just blowing smoke when he recently released what some are calling the "...most influential surgeon general's report in 15 years." The report is not a new study, but a 670-page review of studies done on secondhand smoke since the last surgeon general's report in...

There is a wide range of ages for smokers today and about as wide a range of reasons they smoke. However, smoking is increasingly becoming more unpopular in our culture and as more and more smokers experience the discrimination perpetrated by the anti-smoking movement, they might begin seeking...

If you don't want a cigarette: help quit smoking is what you need. Many people are tired of smoking and do not want to continue it. But their addiction drives them to continue to buy cigarettes. The nicotine in there blood stream will not let them just give up it grabs them with constant...

Nicotine addiction is a health hazard that affects millions of people around the world each year. Smoking cigarettes might have several purposes, but the end result usually terminates in breathing disorders, heart ailments, cancer, and in acute cases, even death. While some realize the harm of...

Have you ever tried to quit smoking but you have failed because other people around you still smoke? I?ve been there and know the feeling. It can be a lot harder to quit smoking when all your doing all day is breathing in other peoples smoke! So how do you manage to quit smoking even when...

Many people often talk about the costs related to smoking in terms of health, or future health care needs. However I would like to address the actual financial costs of smoking cigarettes on a daily basis. To follow are a few of the facts that come along with being a smoker. Average smokers...

?A cigarette is a pipe with a fire at one end and a fool at the other? said Dr. Johnson in his sarcastic comment on cigarettes and smoking. Smoking is in fact a pernicious craving for tobacco products, especially cigarettes and cigars. An organic compound, nicotine, which is richly found in...

There are hundreds of reasons why you should quit smoking. Each year millions of people are becoming sick, and even dying because of cigarette smoking. The problem is that often time?s people are...

There are many people who are attempting to quit smoking. This article gives free tips on how you can kick the habit and to stop smoking those cancer sticks once and for all. I hope you enjoy...

Quitting smoking now greatly reduces chances of your premature death. It's difficult to quit smoking, sometimes as difficult as getting out of bed in the morning. Getting out of bed every day and...

It's now a few years later. "Who'd a thunk?" you might ask, but the smokes are out in New York! Mayor Bloomberg is the golden poster mayor who brazenly took New Yorker?s smokes out of their...

It is very easy to start smoking but it is an uphill task to quit it. Ask any chain smoker or even a person who smokes just a few cigarettes everyday. Usually a person can stop smoking for a...

Most people realize that cigarette smoking accelerates weight loss particularly in the elderly. But did you know that prolonged cigarette smoking could also cause weight gain. This is because...

Smoking, medically speaking, is one of the most devastating diseases of the modern world. Dying from smoking alone exceeds the combined statistics of death reports on accidents, murders,...

The turn of the Millenium has brought about a small change in the conscience of mankind as a whole. We're finally starting to focus more on the true value of life and it's real meaning. We're...

There are many health, social and financial benefits to quit smoking. Some smokers believe that a smoking addiction of many years will not bring any tangible results, apart from financial...

Choosing to smoke cigarettes is your decision, but smoking can have a severe impact on your fitness goals. This article will explain the dangers of smoking, smoking`s negative impact on your...