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Ways to Quit Smoking
Smoking is a really bad habit and once started it is not easy to stop. There are millions of people smoking all over the world at this very moment. Smoking is not at all good for your health but people still smoke. Most of the people do want to quit smoking but, cannot do so. [...]
Quit-Tobacco Programs Effective in Dental Clinics
People who received an intervention – advice and assistance including nicotine patches or lozenges – were two to three times more likely to have quit smoking 7.5 months afterward than participants who received the usual care. In the largest study of its kind, University of Arizona researcher Judith Gordon and her colleagues have proven the [...]
Finns and Swedes smoke less than other Europeans
In the northern EU member-states of Sweden and Finland, the proportion of smokers is the lowest in the Union. The percentage of smokers in Finland is 21%, and in Sweden 16% of the population over the age of 15 smoke. Conversely, Southern Europe countries see the greatest proportion of smokers, specifically Greece with the proportion [...]
Smokers try seven times to kick habit
QUITTING smoking has been likened to breaking a heroin addiction as an Australian study shows many longer-term smokers have tried seven times to kick the smoking habit. A poll of 2000 smokers found 75 per cent reported at least two unsuccessful quitting attempts, while among those who had tried multiple times the average was 7.4 [...]
Quick Tips on How to Quit Smoking
1. Publicise your decision to quit smoking Let your friends and family know your decision to quit smoking. Get practical support, delegating to a person close to you the difficult task of reminding you of your target and benefits in your health whenever you feel a strong desire for a cigarette. Also, very important, ask [...]
Experts offer best advice: Quit smoking now!
Angie’s List asked our highly rated acupuncturists, hypnotists and health and fitness experts for great tips to quit smoking and ways to successfully stay quit. 1. Make a list of your motivations and keep it handy. If you’re quitting smoking because of your family, keep their picture in your pocket. If you’re afraid of cancer, [...]
Recession fills quit-smoking classes in Ventura County
“Stop smoking” has long been on the hit parade of New Year’s resolutions, right up there with “exercise” and “eat healthy foods.” But the recession may have bumped it to the top of the list this year. “People are out of work or their spouse is out of work or their hours are cut. People [...]
Assistance available to quit smoking
THE VILLAGES — As the New Year approaches, some residents are creating their resolution lists, and “quit smoking” could be their top goal. Local health department officials remind residents about smoking-cessation programs and tips that can help them carry through with this resolution. Smokers need to have a plan for quitting smoking, said Kimberly Alfrey, [...]
Exercise stops you wanting to smoke
Smokers who start exercising could find they lose the desire to light up. Psychologists at the University of Exeter say even a moderate workout can reduce the smoker’s interest in cigarettes. They asked 20 smokers to abstain from cigarettes for 15 hours. Exercise can help reduce a smoker’s urge to light up, scientists have found [...]
Grant will help simulation center to train health care providers
LYNCHBURG — Lynchburg College and Centra Health received a $200,000 grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission for a health simulation lab that will provide medical training for local students and health care practitioners. The Center for Simulation and Virtual Learning is slated to open early next year in a vacant space next to Centra’s Lynchburg [...]
Drug-free lifestyle helps bikers perform for students
WILLIS – It was no stunt when the United Freestyle Stunt Team pulled in to A.R. Turner Elementary Tuesday morning. BMX bikers Spencer Bass, 18, and 37-year-old Adam Baker, owner of United Freestyle, showed the nearly 560 students what a drug-free lifestyle can help them achieve as the two flew in the air on top [...]
Tobacco smoke exposure prevalent in urban public hospital patients
NEW YORK – Based on cotinine screening, 80% of patients in an urban public hospital were either active or second-hand smokers, according to a report in the October 1st American Journal of Epidemiology. “If serum cotinine measurement became part of routine screening at urban public hospitals, cotinine levels would be abnormal in many patients and [...]
Offers to Cure President Obama of Smoking
September 24, 2009 — Jim Creech, a bilateral BK amputee with congestive heart disease caused by smoking has created a new, revolutionary course designed to allow a smoker to stop smoking easily, permanently and without using substitutes. He is so confident that his method works that he has written a letter to President Obama offering [...]
Why quitting smoking is so hard
Smoking causes cancer, emphysema and heart disease. It’s no secret that smoking deteriorates one’s health, yet kicking the bad habit remains a difficult task. New research reveals how your own memories may make quitting even harder. Researchers explain why many smokers urge to light up after meals, while drinking alcohol or driving home from work. [...]
