Women who smoke may increase their life expectancy by 10 years if they quit before middle age. The study of more than 1.3 million women found that smoking cessation and 40 to avoid more than 90% increased risk of death…
Benefits of quiting
Quit smoking – with help
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Save money. Those all sound much better. What list would you choose? People who are addicted to nicotine and try to go without it are plagued with the first list of consequences. People who lick their addiction reap the benefits…
Cutting benefits to quit smoking
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Maine is a place where the state government is committed to work as if it was a good business. So when it announced that it was proposing to cut funds that help Maine Medicaid patients to quit smoking in order…
The restrictions on smokeless tobacco
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Players have to set an example for the children and the elimination of all tobacco use on the game Statement Knock Out Tobacco Coalition Park In the 2012 baseball season starts, our Health Organization urged Major League Baseball (MLB) and…
UC campuses shift to be smoke-free
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Huddled under his black umbrella as he stood next to an ashtray on Lower Sproul Plaza last Monday, UC Berkeley senior Patrick Gellar took a long drag on his fifth cigarette of the day. Gellar started smoking in college, where…
I don’t want you to die so please stop
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As a new anti-smoking campaign plays on the conscience of parents, The Star gathers some stark facts from health experts on the plight of smokers’ children In a simple yet heart-rending plea, a little girl tells her mother why she…
Quit smoking story
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Mary’s One Year Smoke Free Milestone I am no stranger to adversity. I’ve lived a long time, ran across many bumps in the road, weathered many situations and survived many pitfalls. I cursed the bumps, whimpered and whined at the…
70 Percent of Smokers Want to Quit
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According to a report just published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), upwards of 70 percent of adult American smokers wish they didn’t carry the ball and chain of nicotine addiction around with them, day in and…
The Great American Smokeout!
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Statistics tell us that approximately 7 out of 10 smokers want to quit, yet go on lighting up, day in and day out, unable to stop the vicious smoking cycle they’re stuck in. Such is nature of nicotine addiction. As…
The health benefits of stopping smoking
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Smoking harms nearly every organ in your body. It weakens your health throughout your life and can cause fatal diseases. As soon as you stop smoking, your body begins to repair itself. In the first days after quitting your body…
Giving up smoking can restore everyday memory
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Giving up smoking isn’t just good for your health, it’s also good for your memory, according to research from Northumbria University. Research published in this month’s online edition of Drug and Alcohol Dependence reveals that stopping smoking can restore everyday…
Smoking affects the sexual health of men
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Lighting up could be slowing you down in the bedroom. A U.S. study suggests that men who successfully stopped smoking improved on lab measurements of sexual health more than those who relapsed after a quit-smoking program, showing that smoking may…
Teens Learn About Harmful Effects of Tobacco
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Roeshad Melvin, 19, a graduate of Norwalk High School, now living in Bridgeport, used to smoke at least seven cigarettes a day. However, Roeshad made a decision to eliminate all tobacco use after learning about its harmful effects during “Don’t…
Practice a Healthy Habit to Live Longer
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It is no secret that our habits and behavior can have a large impact on our health. Now, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that our lifestyle behaviors can predict lifespan too. The study…