If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or follow me on Twitter. Thanks for visiting!Electronic cigarettes are a relatively new product that has taken off in the last few years as an alternative to regular cigarettes. While many people do not think so, there is a huge amount of [...]
It is amazing to think of all of the places where smoking used to be permitted. Places like bars, restaurants and especially casinos were renowned for treating smokers like gold, and let’s be honest, what could be better than a long smoke when you have a few hundred bucks riding on a hand of poker? [...]
It is well known that one of the biggest factors that keeps smokers hooked on smoking is the nicotine addiction. But if that was the only reason behind their behavior, then perhaps many more people would be able to quit.
The truth is that the motivation to light up is often a complex combination of psychological, [...]
With all the confusion and controversy surrounding e-cigarettes, many have been claiming that these products are being marketed to kids as well as adults. This could not be further from the truth. Like all products containing nicotine, e-cigarettes are only for sale to those who are over 18.
Let’s take a look at some of the [...]
Now that there is an alternative to tobacco cigarettes, smokers who found it difficult to quit cold turkey can consider switching instead to e-cigarettes.
E-cigarettes have been the subject of a lot of criticism recently from numerous anti-smoking groups as well as the major tobacco companies. Much of the controversy has been focused on the chemicals these products contain. E-cigarettes have been touted as an electronic “black box” that could easily deliver a harmful cocktail of substances to the [...]
Any smoking environmentalists out there?
Smoking is not just bad for you and those around you, this nasty habit produces a tremendously negative environmental impact.
Here are a few ways in which smoking affects the world we live in:
Smoking Releases Toxic Chemicals into the Air
Cigarettes have over 4000 chemicals in them that are released into the air [...]
Breaking a cigarette habit is tough- especially for long-time chain smokers. According to several studies (for example here and here), the majority of smokers who try to quit will relapse within the first few weeks, and this pattern is even stronger among those who try to quit “cold turkey.” Moreover, smokers maintain this pattern even [...]
Advances in technology over the past decade have been nothing short of amazing. Now we can have a movie theater/ music library/ powerful computer/video recorder/digital camera/GPS system (oh, and it’s also a phone) casually hanging out in our pockets. We can even have a virtual smoke. (hmmm… although we can’t yet do that with an iphone. [...]
Though there are many reasons why people take up smoking, when it comes to quitting, there are usually two major deterrents: the nicotine addiction and the ritualistic habit of reaching for a cigarette. To effectively quit smoking and to do it as painlessly as possible one must simultaneously kick both the addiction and the habit. [...]