Friday, June 29, 2012

Terrible Nicotine craving after quitting nicotine gum?

This question was emailed to me:

I quit smoking years ago by using nicotine chewing gum.Unfortunately, I got addicted to the gum instead. I chewed the gum for years. Three weeks ago, I went cold turkey and stopped using the gum.It wasn't as hard as I thought. After a couple of days, I was fine. Until yesterday.. . Suddenly, I am having terrible nicotine fits, three weeks after having last

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

My reasons for Voting YES on Prop. 29

My two passions in life are helping those who want to be smoke-free and being an advocate for cancer patients. Both are very personal issues for me since I am a former smoker who found it extremely difficult to quit and I've had cancer twice in my life.

I am a very independent, strong-willed woman yet I felt completely helpless when tackling my nicotine demon and my cancer diagnosis. I had