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Cigarette smokers are at danger of more than nicotine when they smoke. Tobacco smoke contains many different chemicals including benzene, formaldehyde, styrene, and carbon monoxide, all toxic chemicals with known effects. Nicotine is broken down by the body to an even more addictive and long lasting substance – cotinine.

But what about the filters? The filters are usually made from cellulose acetate, and studies have shown that smokers commonly ingest and/or inhale some of these fibres. This happens because small fragments of cellulose acetate become separated from the filter at the end face. The cut surface of the filter of nearly all cigarettes has these fragments. This means that if you smoke a filter cigarette you are likely to have small fragments of plastic-like material in your tubes and lungs.

Don’t let this be an excuse to go back to smoking unfiltered cigarettes. Cigarette smoke damages your heart as well as your lungs. Carbon monoxide and nicotine are the two chemicals in cigarette smoke that probably have the most effect on the heart. Carbon monoxide attaches to red blood cells, so that in smokers up to half the blood can be carrying carbon monoxide rather than oxygen.

Nicotine stimulates the body to produce adrenaline which makes the heart beat faster and raises blood pressure, forcing the heart to work harder.
Other parts of the smoke appear to damage the lining of the coronary arteries and this leads to the build up of fatty material in the arteries.

Many smokers have switched to low tar cigarettes. It is the tar that causes cancer, but low tar cigarettes don’t necessarily have less carbon monoxide and nicotine, so may be no less harmful for the heart. (This doesn’t mean that you should go back to higher tar cigarettes, but it does mean that you can’t believe that your health will be fine because you are smoking low tar cigarettes.)

My father’s last words before he died of a heart attack were "I’m dying for a cigarette." He had no idea how true that was.

Jane Thurnell-Read is a writer and researcher on health, stress, alternative medicine, and happiness. Visit her web site http://www.healthandgoodness.com for tips and information on how to live a happier, healthier life no matter how busy you are.

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By David Benson

It looks like a cigarette, feels like a cigarette and even smokes like a
cigarette.  The difference is that it doesn’t contain any tobacco.

The e cigarette, also known by it’s other names such as the electronic
cigarette and electric cigarette is one such device designed to give
users the nicotine hit of a cigarette but without all the usual toxins
absorbed when inhaling smoke.

It is the latest invention in a line of quit smoking products which are
designed to facilitate a user’s Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).  NRT
works by helping the user quit smoking by introducing nicotine into the
bloodstream without the use of cigarettes.  Products in the past have
consisted of nicotine being injested orally through gum or absorbed
through the skin through patches.  The main problem was two-fold, first
the nicotine hit took minutes to arrive, and in a smoker who is trying
to quit, a few minutes can often seem like a few hours.  Secondly,
smokers often get addicted not just to the nicotine, but also the habit
of holding a cylindrical tube and putting it in their mouth.  The e
cigarette is designed to solve these problems by both looking and
feeling like a real cigarette, while also giving the user a nicotine hit.

It achieves this by using a small battery powered atomizer contained in
the e cigarette to turn a small amount of liquid nicotine into vapour.
The user receives the nicotine effect within seconds rather than minutes
as it is with gum or patches.  To complete the illusion of being a
cigarette, the device contains a small LED light at the tip which glows
red when the user inhales.

The vapour dissapates within seconds and does not have the same harmful
effects as smoke does to both the smoker and others around him.

Smokers have also been using the e cigarette to get past smoking bans
present in their countries.  The UK for example, has in recent years
introduced a smoking ban preventing people from smoking indoors in
public places such as pubs and clubs.  Since the e cigarette does not
contain any tobacco or flame, it is not subject to these restrictions
and can legally be used anywhere.

Unsurprisingly, like any new, popular product, it has been victim to
cheap imitations which pose a health risk to the user.  These imitations
have not been subject to the same stringent health and safety tests as
the official brands which has caused concern to health officials.
People planning on purchasing an e cigarette are advised to do their
research and find out more before making an informed decision on which
brand to buy.

About the author: David Benson is the webmaster of an
e-cigarette information site.

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If you find yourself difficult to commit into quit smoking program, then perhaps you should watch this to remind yourself why you need to quit smoking.

This is a simple video aim to create awareness among smokers expecially parents about the importance of not smoking because of children.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_DgQ1O0QCE

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