Tobacco in The News

Ban on Smoking for Top Tobacco State — DURHAM, N.C. (AP) In many states, Gary Richards would not have been able to light up a cigarette before biting into his meat-lover’s pizza, as he did at Satisfaction Restaurant & Bar this week. But in North Carolina, the nation’s leading tobacco producer, limits on indoor smoking [...]

Electric Cigarrettes – Support for Your Quit Program

The Smoking Cessation Forum here at About.com provides some of the best quit smoking support available anywhere on the Internet. This very active community of people quitting tobacco has new members joining daily. You’ll find answers to your questions and the support you need to quit smoking for good. Browse through and read messages as [...]

Todays Quit Smoking Messages

An Attitude Adjustment at Two Months Smoke-Free As time goes by, it can be easy to lose sight of the reasons why we put out that last cigarette and started smoking cessation. We forget how much we hated smoking, how it made us cough and the shortness of breath we suffered from. We start to [...]

After The Last Cigarette…

The Benefits Begin! It is never too late to quit smoking! If you’ve smoked for a long time and worry that quitting won’t make any difference for you, think again. The physical benefits begin within just 20 minutes, and continue on for years. Quitting tobacco is a smart and loving choice for yourself, regardless of [...]

How Smoking Can Affect Metabolism

Cigarette smoking increases a person’s metabolic rate in part by forcing the heart to beat faster. When a cigarette is inhaled, the smoker’s heart may beat 10 to 20 times more per minute for a period of time. This causes extra stress on the heart and plays a role in heart disease, the most common [...]

Tobacco in the News for January

Disease Burden of Obesity Matches That of Smoking — Healthday News In terms of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) lost, the overall disease burden attributable to obesity has matched, and even slightly exceeded, that attributable to smoking, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Smoke Assassin Reviews

Here is a collection of Smoke Assassin reviews from around the web. It doesn’t take long for these various reviews to give you a bad vibe regarding this particular company. Personally I haven’t ordered from Smoke assassin but was curious what type of customer experience others have had. These are the first five reviews I [...]

Smoking Cessation Increases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Study results published in the January 5 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine have revealed a startling statistic: Ex-smokers face a 70 percent increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes during the first 6 years of smoking cessation over those who have never smoked. While type 2 diabetes is a known risk factor for smokers, [...]

What Triggers the Urge to Smoke For You?

Years of smoking taught us to react to literally everything by lighting a cigarette. When we were happy, we’d celebrate by lighting up. When we got angry, smoking would calm us down, or so we thought. Tired? Smoke a cigarette to stay awake. Hungry? Feed yourself a smoke. The list goes on. Between the physical [...]

Goodbye and Good Riddance!

Saying goodbye to an addiction that has held us prisoner for decades involves more than just recovery from the physical need to smoke. For most of us, letting go of the habit signals a powerful emotional release as well. Over the years, About.com Smoking Cessation Forum members have contributed personal accounts of the psychological liberation [...]