“I Will Quit Smoking” - With determination anyone can do it!

There is a theory that the smoking scenes in movies are the influence for teens to start smoking. Being cool is what they say but do you think that smoking scenes should be banned in movies?

We all know teens love to watch movies and whether they will smoke or not after watching movies with smoking scenes, we will never be sure. Of course, we hope that the teens have better common sense when it comes to smoking. However, most teens get carried away with their emotions, which is why it is difficult to control them.

However, it would not harm if we can get rid of smoking scenes in a movie. We can always enjoy movies without smoking scenes but perhaps the movie industry will have a different song to sing.

In some countries, smoking scenes are banned from commercials. Other countries have banned cigarettes commercials but none of the countries have banned smoking scenes from the movies.

Perhaps we can teach the youngsters about the effects of smoking so that they get a head start knowing that smoking is bad for health. In this way, when they have grown older, they have a higher chance to stay away from cigarettes.

Premature death is define as death that occurs before the average age of death within a population. For example, the average age for all causes of death in US is around 70 years old but the age is reduced to 35 for people who smoke cigarettes. Cardiovasular disease is US no. 1 cause of death in US. Cardiovascular diseases such as heart problems can be prevented by quit smoking.

According to a study being conducted in US, cigarette smoking is responsible for almost 440,000 premature death of a total of 2.4 million deaths annually. This is indeed a shocking fact but cigarette smoking has been rising instead of decreasing and if this continues, there will be even more premature deaths and death itself alone.

The death rate for men who smoke is 60% compared to those who don’t smoke whereas for women it is as high as 90%. The premature deaths can be prevented if they quit smoking. However, because it is difficult to kick the habit, there are many people who are reluctant to give up smoking and embrace a healthier living.Some of them give up after few trials in the beginning.

With so many treatments available to help die hard smokers to quit smoking, there seem to have progress with more and more people joining the quit smoking campaign. There are more and more quit smoking programs coming up and more under research. You have a choice whether to live longer and a healthier life or to live a short and unfulfilling life. It is time to throw the butt away and start to live a new lifestyle, without cigarette.

The general rule is that smokers can expect to gain around 2 - 3 kilos (around five pounds) after giving up the habit, mainly because they use food as a substitute for cigarettes and partly because nicotine helps speed up metabolism. Still, there aren’t any good studies showing how giving up smoking will affect weight gain during pregnancy.

Most women who give up smoking during pregnancy end up with a “normal” weight gain of 11-16 kg (25 to 35 pounds). For any woman, it’s really impossible to say how many of these extra pounds come from the pregnancy and how many come from stopping smoking.

If worries about weight have kept you from stopping smoking in the past, pregnancy is the perfect time to give up. You’ll have that urge to munch at a time when your baby needs the extra nutrition. If you’re concerned that you’re getting too heavy during your pregnancy, talk to your doctor or midwife. The solution might just be some exercise.

Quitting really takes all your energy and effort, so the best way to use exercise to help control weight after quitting might be to begin a regular exercise program. Exercise will help you keep your weight down, and it can also make it easier for you to quit and will provide you with an alternative activity that will help you make it through the most difficult parts of cigarette withdrawal. Adding just 10 minutes of walking to your daily routine should be enough to shave several pounds from your total weight gain.

You may also need to pay closer attention to your diet. High-calorie snacks aren’t the only way to fill the void left by cigarettes. A piece of fruit, or a healthy snack such as an oatcake or cereal bar, will work just as well as a doughnut.

Even if giving up smoking does add a few extra pounds, you have to look at the big picture. Those pounds won’t pose any threat to your baby. The same can’t be said for cigarettes.

Being overweight and pregnant raises your risk of some pregnancy complications. If you’re concerned about your weight, talk to your midwife or doctor and get tips on healthy eating during pregnancy.

These “light” branded cigarettes are quickly gaining popularity in the cities, several are specially targeted to women.

Many pregnant smokers might be tricked into beleiving that by choosing a light or low tar cigarette brand, the harm to themselves or their baby will be significantly smaller.

The labels on light cigarettes may say “low nicotine” or “low tar,” but the claims are meaningless. Low-tar cigarettes might be slightly ‘less dangerous’ rather than ’safe’. They are supposed to have less than 15 milligrams of tar. Cigarette companies have simply changed the design of some cigarettes so they produce fewer toxins when tested by machines in government laboratories. For instance, manufacturers put tiny vents in the filters so that the machines suck in fresh air as well as cigarette smoke. But when so-called low-nicotine or low-tar cigarettes are smoked by people instead of machines, any differences pretty much disappear.

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The Holidays of Christmas and New Year are over. I really hope you all enjoyed them as much as I did. My time over the holidays was spent in Poland at my parents in law. It was really nice to relax in a small village in southern Poland without any access to internet.

Both my mother and father in law are notorious smokers and I ofcourse have tried to influence them into a healther life, but sadly they don’t listen to my lecture. It takes time for most people to realize what cigarettes are doing to them self and their relatives and some people just don’t want to quit no matter what you tell them.
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Every year about this time, people begin thinking about the new year and the changes it will bring. Some people make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, get a better job, get married, or simply to get a life. Millions of Americans will also make the resolution to quit smoking.

Nearly 48 million Americans aged 18 years and older smoke. Of these, fully 70%–nearly 34 million smokers–want to quit, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. This year 1.3 million of these smokers will quit successfully. Why do tens of millions want to quit but only a fraction actually succeeds? The answer is that most people just don’t know how to go about quitting.
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Heart disease may be one of the leading causes of death for women as well as men, but that does not mean it cannot be prevented. You may not have control over hereditary factors that cause heart disease but there are other heart-healthy steps you could take.

Don’t smoke

If you smoke, give it up. If you don’t smoke, don’t start now. Tobacco contains over 4,800 chemicals, some of which cause damage to your blood vessels and heart, which ultimately leads to atherosclerosis or narrowing of the arteries. It also increases your blood pressure and heart rate, which ultimately increases the chances of getting heart disease. The good news is you risk of heart disease decreases dramatically as soon as you quit smoking.
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It’s a common problem: You are trying your best to quit smoking but everyone around you still smokes. If you have a spouse or other family member who smokes, you are exposed to smoking every day. If your co-workers smoke, you probably have smokers around you at least five days per week. If your friends smoke, you’ll be exposed to smoking whenever you get together to have some fun.

So how do you maintain your resolve to quit when everywhere you look you see someone lighting up? How do you deal with the personal conflicts that can develop when you quit but your family, friends and co-workers don’t?
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You’re hearing it from all directions: “Quit smoking!” But the
heck with that! You’re going to smoke until the day you die,
right? Here’s how to “fight back” against the tyrants and
authority establishment that is trying to make you quit.

First, you must never believe that quitting smoking is possible.
On the contrary, no one has ever quit smoking. Once you’ve had
one puff, you’re hooked for life. Might as well just start
smoking even if you only inhale some second-hand smoke. You see,
if you believe you can quit smoking, then you might actually try
to do something about it. Believing is the first, most important
step to becoming an evil “non-smoker”. So don’t believe what you
hear from anyone else. Don’t believe your own gut-instinct that
tells you that you do have the ability to quit. You don’t! It’s
impossible! Forget it!
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What Danger do We Face From Tobacco Use?

As smokers, we learn early on to put up a mental wall of denial between our smoking
habit and the harsh reality of the damage we’re inflicting on ourselves with every cigarette smoked.

We tell ourselves lies that allow us smoke with some level of comfort. We say we have time to quit…that cancer doesn’t run in our family…that we can quit any time we want to…that the bad things happen to other people. And because smoking is typically a slow killer, those lies support the framework of our wall of denial for years and years.

Eventually though, most smokers find that the wall begins to crumble, and bit by bit, smoking becomes a fearful, anxious activity. This is when most smokers start seriously thinking about how they might find a way to quit smoking for good.
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