Medication to Quit Smoking: Does It Work?

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Quitting smoking has never been easy. The earliest medications to help you quit smoking were based on the principle of replacing the nicotine in cigarettes with nicotine in other forms, such as patches or gum.  With the nicotine replacement medications, you still have to use willpower to gradually taper down to lower levels of nicotine until you can eventually quit – but it doesn’t actually do anything to stop the cravings. That’s where newer generations of medications to quit smoking come in to help. Cravings and Dopamine Nicotine cravings are both psychological and physical. While the nicotine replacement products try to manage the physical dependence on the nicotine, they don’t help the psychological aspects of craving. Your brain contains receptors that respond that respond to nicotine, and the more you…
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Drinking While Quitting Smoking – A Guide

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Every day more and more people try their best to quit smoking, but not everybody is successful. Chances are if you are reading this article, you have tried to quit smoking before but, for one reason or another, you were not able to do it. One of the biggest problems people face when they decide to quit smoking is drinking. In fact, many people who have successfully quit smoking find themselves picking up the habit again the minute they pick up a drink. Luckily, you don’t have to fight a losing battle. There are a myriad of ways tackle the issue of drinking while you are trying to quit smoking. If you are not a drinker or you don’t ever plan on drinking, you obviously won’t have any problems. You…
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The Stages of Quitting Smoking

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There are many reasons that people will quit smoking, and they often have to do with their own health or the health of those around them. But many smokers fear what will happen to their bodies when they quit, and they are afraid that they won’t be able to handle the side effects. Let’s break down the stages of quitting smoking, and you can see for yourself just what most people will be going through. The First Signs You will feel the effects of quitting smoking almost immediately. Just 20 minutes after your last cigarette, your heart rate will start to return to its normal levels. This means that your blood pressure is decreased as well, and you won’t be as anxious or jittery. In about two hours, the symptoms…
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The First Week of Being a Non-Smoker

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If you’ve made it past your first day quitting smoking, congratulations! The next week is likely to be the most difficult period within your quitting cycle, but you have the strength to overcome it. The first week in a non-smoker’s new life is the most difficult for them. It is a time when the psychological aspects of cigarette addiction and the physical withdrawal from nicotine itself occurs. This can feel stressful, anxiety-ridden, angry, and even overwhelming at times. You may find yourself experiencing emotional responses that you may otherwise not have. It is common to be very tired, short-tempered, or even to experience intense bursts of anger during this period of time. This can make it very difficult to refrain from smoking, but with the right coping skills and tools, you…
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Why Is Smoking Bad for You?

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Smoking is bad for you. It will do all sorts of things to your body in old age. You will regret having taken that first puff. These are all things smokers and non-smokers alike hear about cigarettes from time to time. They heard it from their teachers, parents, and pretty much everyone else in charge of them. But what exactly is it that makes cigarettes bad for you? Let’s take a look. Short-Term Damage You will start to notice some changes right away as soon as you use cigarettes. Your fingers will yellow, your breath and hair and clothes will smell like smoke, and your teeth will stain. You may also develop a hacking cough and suffer many of the symptoms of allergies, such as runny nose, fever, itchiness and…
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Best Online Vape Stores

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Even if you’ve been around the vaping circles for some time, you already know that getting the best deals and the best equipment is never an easy thing. You’re always on the look-out for new gadgets, the most comprehensively stocked stores, good prices, discounts, and sales. Worry no more! Your search has finally come to an end with this guide on the best online vape stores. Not only will this guide help you learn about the best stores for vaping gear and what makes them so great, but you will also get an overview of trend-setting gadgets and what may be missing out on. Either way, you’ll be completely up-to-date. Best Online Shops for Buying Vaping Gadgets There are hundreds of online shops that offer vaping gadgets, and more are…
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Emphysema and Smoking: A Nasty Relationship

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What is Emphysema? When you think about the long term damaging effects of smoking, certain diseases come to mind. Emphysema is one of the most common diseases that results from smoking cigarettes. Emphysema is a progressive lung disease that destroys the capillary blood vessels. When this happens, it limits the amount of air that you can get into your lungs because air and blood can’t mix, which reduces the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Symptoms of Emphysema Emphysema is a sub-type or earlier stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.  The symptoms of emphysema include the following: Shortness of breath Wheezing Coughing Chest tightness or pain At first, these symptoms will be most noticeable when you’re exercising or being active. However, as the disease progresses, eventually you will…
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Short and Long Term Effects of Chewing Tobacco

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Chewing tobacco, snuff or plugs are products that have enjoyed fairly widespread use for decades. They have never achieved the massive popularity of cigarettes, but many people use them as an alternative to smoking. As we examine the health risks involved with chewing tobacco, we will see that it is definitely not a safer choice and shares many similar health risks as smoking does. Short-Term Effects It doesn't take very long for chewing tobacco to start to have negative side effects. Because it injects nicotine directly into the bloodstream through the mouth, it starts the addiction process right away. Some people will become severely addicted after just a few uses, while others will be more resistant. But eventually, any user will suffer addiction to the nicotine within the tobacco. Nicotine…
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NicStick E-Cigarette Review

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 Check Them Out NicStick offers a couple of different choices for e-cig users. There is the traditional atomizer which comes pre-filled and the Ego tube which you need to fill with liquid yourself. Do either of these options equate to a valuable product or do they both sizzle out after closer inspection? Read on to find out what we thought about them. What You Get NicStick has quite a few kits to choose from. We’ll look at a couple of them, starting with the Freedom Gift Set. This retails for $39.95 and comes with a battery, three different kinds of chargers and two pre-filled clearomizers. It’s a basic kit for a decent price. If you want to go with an Ego kit, the basic Ego bundle will cost you $49.95.…
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Community Giveaways

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The Truth About Secondhand Smoke

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Even if you know all about the dangers associated with smoking, you might think that you’re safe from harm if you’re not a smoker. However, if you live with someone who smokes or spend a lot of time in an environment where others are smoking, you could be damaging your health nearly as much as if you smoked yourself. This form of passive exposure to smoke is also called secondhand smoke, and it can be dangerous to your health. Here are some ways secondhand smoke puts you at risk – and how you can fight back to minimize those risks. What Types of Smoke are Risky? The smoke that comes from the end of a lit cigarette is called sidestream smoke and the smoke exhaled by a smoker is called mainstream smoke. Although both…
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Nicotine Patch: A Top Tool for Quitting

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If you ever wonder what is a nicotine transdermal patch, how nicotine patches work, what are the side effects of nicotine patches or have any other question about the magical patches, this guide has got you covered. You will find out that although its pros outweigh its cons, and it can be very helpful in smoking cessation, a nicotine patch still has some side effects. You can minimize these side effects by acting on best practices and by choosing the best quality products. So, in addition to valuable info and tips, this guide will also review some of the very best nicotine patches in the end. Nicotine Patch: A Top Tool for Quitting? Quitting smoking can be tough. In addition to having to break the psychological part of the habit,…
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