Quitting smoking is a tough decision and requires determination and perseverance. There have been discussions on whether it’s more effective to start right away or to gradually decrease the amount of cigarettes per day, working your way down to none. The first approach is called “cold turkey,” and it means that you virtually do not [...]
Surprising as it may seem, passive smoking has negative effects not only on people, but also on animals. Therefore, in recent years, numerous researchers, scientists, and vets have been warning smokers against the dangers they may be inflicting on their pets. Here are some of the risks to which four-legged family members may be exposed. [...]
The healthiest decision a smoker can make is to quit smoking. However many smokers, women in particular, due to the fear of gaining weight, continue to indulge in the harmful habit. Weight gain, after quitting smoking, is quite common but luckily, it is avoidable. On average, most people gain about 2 pounds during the initial [...]
Smoking is a matter of personal choice but it seriously damages the health of those around us. It poses threat not only to smokers but also to non-smokers and the environment. Though there is a lot of information on the adverse and even lethal effects of smoking on the human body, scanty of knowledge is [...]
Millions of people around the world try to quit smoking each year but unfortunately, only 2.5% of the attempts are successful. Here is a brief timeline of the positive effects of giving up that harmful habit. The smoker’s blood pressure returns to its normal level just twenty minutes after smoking his or her last cigarette. [...]
