How Long Do the Cravings Last

October 29th, 2008 by admin

After an individual decides to give up smoking, it takes some time for the brain to re-adjust. This period generally takes between two and three weeks to re-adjust. During this time, individuals will have strong cravings to start smoking again. Besides the period that is required for the brain to re-train itself, individuals will also have cravings related to the nicotine that remains in the body even after people have stopped smoking. It usually takes nicotine about 100 hours to leave the body. During this time, individuals will have withdrawal symptoms that will make it difficult to quit smoking. There are also psychological cravings that will last long past the time that it takes for nicotine to leave the body and the brain to not associate smoking with pleasure. For some individuals, smoking simply becomes a habit that has become ingrained in their lifestyles. It will require some thought and creativity to replace this bad habit with something more healthful. Some ideas include chewing gum, eating hard candy, going for a short walk, or reading something inspirational. Quitting smoking is very difficult. Health experts believe that smoking is just as addictive as hard drugs such as cocaine or heroine. The cravings can be quite intense and are both physical and psychological. It takes a period of 2-3 weeks before the brain retrains itself not to crave nicotine and about 100 hours before nicotine is cleansed from the body. This combination makes the first month of attempting to smoke quite excruciating. Most people who attempt to keep smoking, usually will try and fail a few times within the first three months. This is the period of time where the cravings are extremely strong. If individuals know this from the onset, they will be able to take measures to put safeguards in place so that they don’t go back to smoking. They may want to start up a new hobby or exercise program to keep their minds off of the cravings. If an individual can make it through this period, they should be successful in quitting smoking. They will need to create a plan prior to them quitting so that they are not overwhelmed when the cravings hit. If they do this, then they will have a much higher chance of actually kicking this harmful habit.

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Tobacco Smokers: Society’s New Pariahs?

October 29th, 2008 by admin

Everyday we are bombarded with hundreds of ads of one sort or another telling us all the reasons to quit smoking, but they aren’t always real specific. Some of the more well known reasons are cancer, emphysema, stroke, etc. and these seem to have little impact on smokers anymore, nor have they ever really seemed to. Fact is most smokers seem to have the attitude that everyone is going to die anyway and generally dies of something. The air is unfit to breathe due to all the smog and pollution emitted by cars, factories, trains, and loads of other things so why worry about cigarettes? Many smokers are now finding themselves becoming pariahs in this society where once it was extremely acceptable, and even cool, to smoke tobacco. Things have certainly changed in the last particularly 10 years though. There is a movement in many parts of the world, and not just America, to ban smoking in many public places. Indeed, in America, smoking is banned in all government buildings and many restaurants now. There is a big movement by advocates to make it illegal for smokers with minor children to smoke in their car or home. When does such ideas become a violation to the rights and freedoms of individual smokers? According to many it all ready has over stepped the boundaries by those trying to push such legislation. Understandably, non-smokers do not want to have to breathe in the noxious second hand smoke that is given off by tobacco cigarettes-but it is also not the right of the smoker to be able to smoke if he or she desires to do so? Should there be accommodations for both? The answer to that depends on who you talk to. Smokers say that they should have the option to be able to smoke in a restaurant after having a good meal. Non-smokers believe that smokers should keep it outside or not smoke at all. In Britain smoking has been banned in pubs across the land much to the dismay of smokers and pub owners alike. Many pub owners have complained that their business has dropped exponentially since the law was enacted. Some pub owners have made it a point to allow smoking in their pubs in spite of the law–many making statements along the lines of, “It’s my bloody pub! If I wants smokers I’ll have ‘em!” This is a controversy that is not going to go away any time soon. There are millions of smokers all over the world and at least 50 million of them are here in the US alone. They aren’t going to all quit and taking away their right to smoke would most likely cause a war. Tobacco companies aren’t going to see their businesses crash and they have their lobbyists and billions of dollars backing them to make sure they continue on as always. Smokers will smoke and non-smokers will gripe, and the beat goes on.

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Quit Smoking

October 29th, 2008 by admin

Even if no one smokes in your home, don’t forget to speak to your child’s caretakers (baby-sitters, relatives, friends’ parents, neighbors, a parent who carpools and smokes in the car) about the importance of avoiding environmental tobacco smoke. Identify other places where your child may be exposed to tobacco smoke. If your child is old enough to understand, talk with him about appropriate steps he can take himself to avoid smoke exposure. If parents or caretakers continue to smoke, they should always smoke outside and wear a “smoking jacket” that they keep away from the child when they come back into the house. Many adults assume that if they “just step outside” to smoke that they’re protecting a child from smoke exposure. But smoke residue settles on their clothing, skin, and hair, and they bring it back inside. If they smoke several times a day, these adults are actually contributing a considerable amount of smoke allergen to a child’s environment. Smoke from a fireplace or wood-burning stove may also cause a child to wheeze. Communication Good communication within the family is essential to manage asthma successfully. Open, honest communication may prevent resentment among family members as well as prevent catastrophic events. For example, sometimes relatives don’t take a child’s asthma seriously enough, even when they are solely responsible for his care. They may forget to give a child his medicine or pay little attention to his asthma symptoms. They may not think that the medicine is helping, or they are concerned that the child will become dependent on it or habituated to it. Communicating important information to responsible family members is a valuable starting point. They should understand that asthma is a chronic disease. They should appreciate the importance of avoiding common and specific asthma triggers. And they must know how to treat acute attacks. Your child’s written asthma management plan should be easily accessible and understandable to all family members and other caretakers whenever they are responsible for looking after your child. Basic information that every responsible relative and caregiver should know includes: What daily controller medicines your child uses the name of the medicine, the dose, and when, how, and why he takes it What quick-relief medicines your child uses the name of the medicine, the dose, and when, how, and why to use it Where these medicines are located in your home The symptoms of an asthma flare What to do to treat a flare When and how to get emergency help Feeling and Family Members Other members of the family are often affected by your child’s asthma. A family may not be able to keep a pet, for example, which affects all members of the family. Holding family meetings to talk about feelings or having one-to-one conversations between parents and siblings of the child with asthma can be very helpful. You can address sibling resentment by making the management of your child’s asthma a team effort with everyone doing his or her part to keep your child healthy. All members of the family should attend asthma education classes or occasionally accompany your child to a medical visit to learn more about asthma. Even when there’s little or no resentment about the limits asthma may put on your family, this team approach could be applied to help the entire family achieve a valuable goal. Brothers and sisters may have trouble understanding why their sibling with asthma gets all the attention. When two children share a room, for instance, problems can arise. The child without asthma may not be very happy about having to keep his toys in another room or jammed into the closet each night. He may want to sleep on. the top bunk, even though his brother with asthma should sleep up there to avoid having tiny particles of dust rain down on the lower bunk. “Why do I have to clean my room and you never make her? She always gets out of vacuuming her room!” is a common sibling complaint. A child with asthma has to stay away ftom things like dust, so her siblings may feel she’s being pampered by getting out of household chores. When the whole family has to cancel an activity because the child with asthma is having a flare, the other children will naturally be angry and resentful. This is a difficult problem for every parent. Your child with asthma probably is getting more of your time and attention than your other children because she’s not feeling well. Explain the situation to brothers and sisters as matter-of-factly and honestly as you can. This will help them realize why they all need to help keep asthma triggers down. And it will also help them understand that the sibling with asthma isn’t deliberately having flares just to ruin everyone’s day. Look for compromise solutions that fairly satisfy everyone as much as possible. A child with asthma might not be able to help with the vacuuming or dusting, for example, but there are always dishes to wash. Communication with a Child Who Has Asthma As your child grows older, she may start to resent not being “normal.” She doesn’t like missing school or being away ftom her friends because she has a doctor’s appointment or is having a flare. And she probably doesn’t like being reminded to take her medicines. Allow your child to communicate her frustrations. Help her work through these feelings by using problem solving activities that will encourage her to continue controlling her asthma. For example, ask her what happens if she stops taking her everyday medicines? Walk her through the consequences from a mild flare through hospitalization. Then ask her how it feels to be symptom free when she controls her asthma by taking her medicines. Most children with asthma feel there is something “different” about them. It is important to discuss these feelings with your child. Allow her to talk about feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment, and other emotions without telling her that she “shouldn’t feel that way.” Instead of trying to talk her out of her valid emotions, acknowledge her feelings and show that you understand by responding along these lines: “I know you hate to miss basketball practice because you love to play.” or “Yes, it’s tough when other kids treat you differently.” Then move on to help him figure out ways that can help him feel less different. Problem solve with your child ways for dealing with specific situations. For example, some children are self-conscious about using an asthma device at school. Carrying a spacer around can be noticeable by classmates, but a Diskus that fits into a pocket or purse may be more acceptable. Your child can easily use it in a bathroom stall without being noticed. You could also emphasize that good asthma control will allow your child to do whatever she wants to do without needing to take out the dreaded rescue/quick-relief medicine in public. Help your child set one realistic goal at a time when discussing her asthma management. Talk about what she can do and what you will do to help her reach this goal. Age-Appropriate Behaviors Just as children reach milestones in physical growth and development at various ages, their acceptance of asthma as a daily reality in their lives will change with each developmental stage. It is important for parents to understand what reactions to expect. Toddlers, who often resist asthma treatment and are too young to understand its importance. Whatever your child’s age, keep in mind that her reactions and behaviors will change as she grows and develops. Your expectations about her responses to having asthma will need to be flexible enough to adapt to her feelings and behaviors. But one constant remains: as her parent, you will always need to support and encourage her in managing this disease.

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The Alternatives to Smoking Tobacco

October 29th, 2008 by admin

Tobacco Alternatives If you have the desire to break the tobacco habit, and are having a really hard time, the addiction is most likely psychological and not merely just physical. Unfortunately, the psychological addiction is always much harder to break due to the need for the comfort that the act of lighting up and drawing on a cigarette gives to so many smokers. These people actually enjoy smoking in spite of the extremely well known health hazards tobacco poses because it is a calming comfort in times of stress. This is the main reason why so many people fail to quit and why tobacco continues to be a major leading cause in health issues; ranking right up there with obesity. Let us look at some alternatives that may help you, the smoker, finally break the nicotine habit while still getting the psychological fix. One such herbal alternative is called wild dagga, or ‘Lion’s tail’. It has been used with great success as a tobacco alternative, as well as a cannabis alternative. It is completely legal in any place in the world and is available on thousands of websites online. It has an calming and euphoric effect helping one to be able to focus on getting on with life without all the nasty health issues that tobacco presents. Another alternative is the many other smoking blends called by various names. ‘Devil’s weed’ smoking blend, ‘Yuba Gold’ smoking blend, ‘Demonillia’ smoking blend, ‘Buddah’s’ blend, and hundreds of other alternatives that can give a very satisfying smoke without all the tar, nicotine, and the hundreds of other nasty chemical additives added by the companies to the tobacco or sprayed on the paper to make it even more addictive. (Don’t believe it? Try holding any brand of cigarettes under a black light!) While most doctors will tell you that any smoking is bad for you, it is guaranteed that tobacco smoking is 100% bad for you. If you really want to quit smoking tobacco, but need that psychological comfort that the act of smoking a cigarette gives to you then try any of these smoke alternatives. These smoking blends are all tobacco free, inexpensive, legal, taste good, and, best of all, have that calming effect on the mind and body that is needed to help you, the smoker, kick the tobacco habit and stop smoking today

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Anti-smoking Campaign All Over the World

October 29th, 2008 by admin

Stop smoking campaigns are taking different forms in different parts of the world. In the United States, there has been a heavy emphasis on the use of commercials, billboards and programs aimed at young children and adults. Many of these programs are funded by big tobacco companies as the result of a lawsuit lost by tobacco them. There have also been movements to make smoking illegal in bars, restaurants, malls and other indoor facilities. This is because of the well documented effects of second hand smoke on non-smokers.

Other countries have also begun to make efforts to curb smoking in their country. For example, in Korea, various districts have declared certain streets as “smoke-free” zones. These streets or areas are generally those that are heavily populated by young children, teenagers and young girls. While individuals can not be arrested or even fined if they smoke in these zones, these places were created to decrease the acceptance of smoking. They have been successful. The percentage of individuals who smoke it these areas have decreased.

In 2006, Michael R. Bloomberg donated $125 million to go towards a campaign to fight tobacco use all over the world. Five organizations were given money to help in the fight. They included the World Health Organization, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, World Lung Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation.

Smoking cigarettes is a very dangerous habit that claims the lives of millions of people worldwide. Along with the increased incidence of death, illnesses such as cancer, lung and heart related problems are issues for smokers and those who live with them. Countries around the world are taking note and are spreading the word amongst their countrymen. Commercials, pamphlets, youth programs and smoke free zones are all ways in which legislators are involving themselves in the fight against cigarettes and tobacco use in their countries.

As different countries get involved, it will be easier to share successful ideas and campaigns amongst each other. Figuring out what works and then providing that information with global neighbours will help decrease the amount of individuals that are poisoning themselves and their families, friends and loved ones. The more countries that are in the fight against smoking, the better it is for everyone, especially those that these messages are aimed at. As more and more individuals recognize the true dangers of smoking and are encouraged to give it up, then hopefully the worldwide numbers of smoking-related illness and death will decrease.

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Some Great Ways That You Can Stop Smoking Today!

October 29th, 2008 by admin

Ways to quit smoking There are probably no less that a hundred ways to quit smoking, and all have various levels of success depending mainly on the sheer will-power and desire of the tobacco smoker to actually quit once and for all. Most smokers start off by going the old tried, and rarely successful, ‘cold turkey’ method of quitting their habit. Problem with this method is unless the smoker can usually take off about an month or so from work and hermit-ize himself, or herself, from the world at large then the world at large is in for a rather bumpy ride with the smoker trying this method. Friends and co-workers will find themselves either avoiding the smoker in an effort to not get their heads bitten off or ganging up and shoving the jonesing smoker in a room with a pack of cigarettes and locking the door in hope that the person gets a clue. Another method that seems to have had better results for many nicotine junkies is to use the nicotine patches or gum to get the nicotine to satisfy the addiction until they can wean themselves from it without fugging up every area around them and creating a load of disgruntled non-smokers who would prefer not to inhale the second-hand smoke. Hypnosis is another method with varying degrees of success. This method treats not only the physical addiction but the psychological addiction many smokers have. It is this psychological addiction that keeps a vast majority of smokers from ever quitting. The act of smoking and drawing the smoke into the lungs is associated with comforting ones-self. This is very like the way people use food as a comfort tool when things get stressful. Finding an alternative to tobacco is another way that many have quit smoking tobacco while still keeping that psychological comfort. There are many alternative smoking blends on the market today. All of them are tobacco free and generally consist of a blend of legal psychoactive herbs that calm the body and mind to help the person break the physical nicotine addiction if not the psychological addiction.

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Medical Science Contributing Massively to the Fight Against Smoking Addiction!

October 29th, 2008 by admin

Due to the large-scale harm meted out by smoking on human beings and the environment as a whole, numerous efforts have been initiated in order to curb the prevalence of smoking addiction. Smoking has been prevalent in the human society from a very early period and it is very hard to determine the exact circumstances that initially developed cravings for nicotine in the minds of human beings. When man was first introduced to nicotine addiction, he was not aware of the harmful effects of smoking. During that period, man was not knowledgeable enough to identify the disastrous effects of smoking and most particularly, at that time science was also not well-developed to ascertain the killing effects of smoking in the human body.

Slowly and gradually, man got hooked to this widespread addiction and with the passage of time it has almost become an urgent necessity for man. Even though there are people who are not addicted to tobacco smoking, still they are also harmed tremendously if they are exposed to passive smoking. Smoking is omnipresent in every nook and corner of the world. But unfortunately, even after being very well aware of the harm and destruction that is inevitable due to smoking, human beings are undeterred and are the least bothered to fight off this very harmful and at the same time, equally powerful addiction.

Efforts have been initiated from all quarters to help man ward off the addiction of smoking but the results that have been yielded so far are not that satisfactory. The bans on smoking that are considered to be favorite worldwide in reducing the prevalence of smoking, have been helpful to a certain extent in saving innocent people from the grip of passive smoking effects. But altogether, they have not yielded high success rates in encouraging people to quit smoking. Interestingly, most of the smokers are willing to give up smoking but sadly enough most of them are lacking in will power. Parting ways with nicotine addiction can be difficult and painful like parting ways with one’s beloved.

The extreme dependency on the addiction overwhelms the smoker and he hopelessly kneels down before the addiction.

Apart from the lack in will power being responsible for quit smoking failures to a certain extent, the smoking awareness programs have also failed considerably in encouraging people to give up smoking. They have been close to being non-existent as far as encouraging smokers to give up smoking is concerned. The bans and the expensive smoking awareness programs are going nowhere as far as persuading smokers to give up smoking is concerned.

In such a situation, when a whole array of attempts has failed to trigger off smoking cessation, medical science has emerged to be a gift for the smokers. Medical science, a boon for smokers has provided a lot of assistance to human beings so that they can successfully combat smoking addiction. It invented the concept of quit smoking drugs such as chantix. You can buy chantix as soon as you get hold of chantix prescription. Many people prefer to buy chantix online as the drug is easily available over the internet and in addiction sometimes one can even avail of discounts also while buying chantix from the net. Alongside the quit smoking drugs, medical science have also come up with other ways to minimize the large-scale addiction to smoking and other tobacco substances. They are, namely, safe nicotine products and safe tobacco.

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More Reasons Why People Smoke

October 29th, 2008 by admin

 

The first experience of smoking is hardly worth remembering. It produces a sickening feeling. You cough, feel nauseated and may even vomit.

Tobacco smoke makes your breath, clothes, furniture and the air around you smell bad. But all of this hardly matters to smokers who are hooked on nicotine.

“Nicotine is actually a deadly poison. The amount in one cigarette, if all absorbed at once, could cause death by respiratory paralysis. It has been used as an insecticide. The body recognizes it as a poison and tries to cough or vomit out it the first few times but tolerance develops, the immediately unpleasant side effects subside, and the dose is increased,” according to Kurt Butler of the Quackery Action Council of Hawaii and Dr. Lynn Rayner of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii in “The Best Medicine.”

“The youngster who gags on his few puffs but persists is soon a full-fledged addict. It has been estimated that 70 percent of those who smoke more than one cigarette during adolescence will continue smoking for the next 40 years. Few if any other drugs can claim such potent addicting power. Even in wartime conditions with near starvations rations, addicts will often trade their little food for tobacco,” they added.

When Columbus learned about smoking from native Indians in America, he brought this practice back to Europe. In a short time, many nicotine addicts were born.

By 1614, there were about 7,000 tobacco shops in London alone and young noblemen squandered their wealth for a puff of tobacco. Land, cattle and precious stones were exchanged for this substance.

Seeing how it transformed his subjects into zombies, Sultan Murad IV tried to ban smoking in Constantinople in 1633. Offenders were hanged, beheaded and tortured, but that didn’t stop tobacco addicts from getting their fix. To this day, efforts to stop smoking have not been successful in spite of the misery and suffering this habit brings.

“You are hooked, and hooked good, just as a junkie gets hooked on heroin. In fact, tobacco is the most habituating, addictive over-the-counter drug currently used by man. If you don’t believe it, think back to the time you ran out of cigarettes and had to get dressed at 1 a.m. on a cold, rainy night to search for an all-night store or vending machine. If you didn’t, you might have started looking for long butts in the ashtray. It’s frightening what addiction will do to otherwise sane, responsible people, but cigarettes will do it every time,” said Lawrence A. Young, Linda G. Young, Marjorie M. Klein, Donald M. Klein, and Dorianne Beyer in “Recreational Drugs.”

“Next time you take a plane flight watch the action in the smoking section when the No Smoking sign goes off. You can practically hear 40 matches striking simultaneously! It may be pathetic, but remember you are dealing with addicts, nothing less,” they said.

Tobacco advertisements have also increased the demand for smoking. On radio and television, smoking is portrayed as glamorous and an important part of outdoor activities. Smokers are often pictured as sophisticated individuals or jet setters. These marketing schemes effectively attract new smokers, particularly youngsters, without telling them of the many health risks they face. As Donald D. Schroeder said in “Smoking: You Can Quit Before It’s Too Late”:

“Tobacco advertisers like to portray smokers as robust individuals who thrive in the great outdoors. But the real ‘cigarette country’ for too many smokers turns out to be the cancer ward of the local hospital.” (Next: Anatomy of a cigarette.)

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Bans Instigate Smokers to Quit Smoking in UK

October 29th, 2008 by admin

Smoking bans are now a common feature in a number of countries. Smoking bans are present in the constitutions, acts and bills of almost all the countries. The only difference lies in the fact that some countries have realized the massive all round harms that smoking is meting out and have started working towards minimizing the growth of this addiction. While in other countries either the governments have many other issues of more or equal measures to solve or so smoking has reverted to the back seat or the respected authorities are still indifferent to this addiction. Whatever, the reason, it is very important to develop a tight grip over this issue or else the day is not far when smoking will throttle us in its powerful and malicious grip. Many observers, thinkers and the people from the public opine that the tobacco industry should be banned. However, this is one task that is easier said than done. No government is eager to ban tobacco industry as the revenue that this industry generates for the country is immense. Closing the tobacco industry will very adversely affect the overall budget of all the countries; more so the developing and the underdeveloped countries as in these countries smoking is very rampant and is common even among the people living below the poverty line.

As the option of banning the tobacco industry is not viable, and the anti smoking measures not yielding that much of a result the only option left is to impose stringent anti smoking measures. In the developed countries smoking bans have been successfully implemented in a number of places including the pubs, restaurants, and the parking lots where smoking is otherwise a very common feature. In countries like the US and the UK smoking is extremely widespread and inspite of being very well aware of all the harms that smoking can cause, people are very much reluctant to go with the bans. In fact, in many places the authorities met with massive protests against the implementation of the smoking bans. Nevertheless, the anti smoking laws were passed and very successfully implemented.

There was a thought that smoking bans though have been instrumental in the cut down of the rate of passive smoking, they have not encouraged the smokers to quit the addiction. However, it came as a pleasant surprise when it was divulged that in Britain the sale of quit smoking products saw a major hike. Thanks to the very strict and restrictive bans the smokers are thinking of quitting smoke as they will be charged heavy penalties if they are caught smoking in some of their favorite areas like the restaurants, and the pubs. The sale of the products like the quit smoking drugs, lozenges etc witnessed a hike following the bans. Among all the quit smoking products some products like Chantix are more common and popular. On being prescribed a smoker can buy chantix. Even when the drug is prescribed offline, people prefer to buy chantix online as this process is simple, easy and convenient. On the net one can also get more information of chantix like chantix champix, chantix dosage and usage etc. The bottom line however is that it is indeed heartening to know that people are thinking of quitting smoking.

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Why You Shoundn’t Smoke

October 29th, 2008 by admin

We live in a crazy world where criminals are glorified and people are sometimes jailed for petty crimes. Yet virtually nothing is done about the sale of tobacco which is far more deadly than any criminal on the face of the earth.

Tobacco is a killer and it kills without mercy. In the United States cigarette smoking is responsible for over 400,000 deaths a year. Tobacco related diseases kill over 276,000 men and 142,000 women yearly. People who smoke regularly shorten their lives by about 2,250 days.

“A 25-year-old, two pack-a-day smoker of cigarettes has a life expectancy 8.3 years shorter than his non-smoking counterpart. For groups of men smoking fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, the loss of years of life expectancy is 4.6 years; smoking 10 to 19 cigarettes a day shortens the life, expectancy by 5.5 years; and smoking 20 to 39 cigarettes a day, by 6.2 years,” said E.G. Hammond in “Life Expectancy of American Men in Relation to their Smoking Habits.”

Smoking causes other problems as well. Property damage due to fires caused by cigarettes costs the American public $400 million each year. But this amount is small compared to the man-hours lost from smoking.

“The health-care costs of tobacco use in this country are staggering. Annually, we spend $23 billion in medical costs and we lose $30 billion because of loss of working time and decreased productivity from the effects of smoking. Each year smoking kills more Americans than died in battle in World War II and Vietnam combined,” according to Dr. David E. Larson, editor-in-chief of the “Mayo Clinic Family Health Book.”

“Smoking is the single largest, preventable cause of premature death and disability in this country. One in six deaths in the United States each year is associated with cigarette smoking. The American Lung Association states that smoking kills more Americans each year than cocaine/heroin, alcohol abuse, accidents, homicide and suicide combined,” Larson added.

Why do people smoke in spite of these grim statistics? Some say smoking helps them relax and ease tension. Others seen tobacco as an escape from their everyday problems or as a way of coping with the demands of their profession. Still others say that smoking perks up their day and prepares them for what lies ahead.

But the reason why people smoke is simple. The nicotine in tobacco is a highly addictive drug. More than 85 percent of adolescents who smoke more than one cigarette eventually become a tobacco addict – that’s why it is difficult to stop. (Next: More reasons why people smoke.)

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