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July 19, 2016: "A Brief History of E-cigarettes" July 15, 2016: "Can it Possibly Take at Least 30 (or hundreds) of Attempts to Quit Smoking?"June 13, 2016: "Are e-cigarettes really 95% less harmful than traditional cigarettes?"May 28, 2016: "You Can Lead
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Isn't tripling California's tobacco tax a bit too much?
Nobody thinks that smoking is good for anyone but nobody really wants to help smokers quit. Instead society has been brainwashed into thinking that smoking "is just a bad habit". If smokers REALLY wanted to quit, they would, after all smoking is their CHOICE.
But smoking is not a choice that most smokers would make. They do want to quit. Each year about half of all smokers try to quit and yet
Friday, April 29, 2016
Quit smoking with Champix
Smoking is one of the unhealthiest habits which is now considered to be a major medical threat and has been acquired by a most our population. Smoking can cause severe health complications such as coronary heart disease, lung or throat cancers, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, decreased fertility and impotence or erectile dysfunction. One cigarette consists of large amounts of nicotine, one of the most harmful chemicals, which is very addictive.
People who wish to quit smoking find it difficult because of the addiction they have for this chemical. You can use Champix, which is an effective prescription medication for helping smokers quit their cigarette smoking habit.
How does Champix work?
Champix, with the help of its active ingredient varenicline, works in an unique way. It works in two different ways, which help you quit smoking on a long term basis. Firstly, Champix binds itself to thé nicotine receptors present in your brain and stimulates them plenty of so as to encourage the manufacturing of dopamine.
The release of dopamine heIps in giving you similar pleasurable feelings you have while smoking. It also helps you in dealing with the withdrawal symptoms that can occur due to quitting smoking. Eventually, this varenicline tablet blocks these nicotine receptors, so that even if you smoke, you are unable to experience any enjoyment from doing so.
Champix dosage
You are required to take Champix for a period of 12 weeks, by the end of which you will be able to quit your smoking habit on a permanent basis. You are required to take one white 0. 5 mg dosage for the first three days that is for days 1 to 3. For the days 4 to 7, you are required to take two 0. 5 mg pills on a daily basis.
For the next slot of days 8 to 14, you are required to take one light blue 1 mg dosage tablet on a daily basis. And for the rest of the days, you are required to take two gentle blue 1 mg tablet on a daily basis.
Champix side effects
Champix, like other medications, can also cause some side effects. Some of the common side effects that you can experience include nausea, insomnia, lethargy, dry móuth, headaches, nightmares, changes in taste, runny nose, constipation, abdominal pain, drowsiness, indigestion, gastro esophageal reflux disease and increased or decreased appetite.
Some of the severe and rarer varenicline side effects include suicidal behavior, nausea, vomiting, stomach ulcers, sexual problems, difficulty in breathing, diarrhea, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, dry skin, increased sweating, thyroid issues, ringing in your ears, migraines, arthritis and anemia.
Precautions to be taken for Champix
Before using Champix, it is important that you know important information about the medication. Those who are suffering from severe health conditions such as kidney disease or kidney failure, some type of mental illness, have a history of suicidal conduct or any allergies, should avoid using this pill.
Champix should also be avoided by women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. Champix can also interact with other medications that you might be taking, so it is important to inform your doctor before you take any pills.
People who wish to quit smoking find it difficult because of the addiction they have for this chemical. You can use Champix, which is an effective prescription medication for helping smokers quit their cigarette smoking habit.
How does Champix work?
Champix, with the help of its active ingredient varenicline, works in an unique way. It works in two different ways, which help you quit smoking on a long term basis. Firstly, Champix binds itself to thé nicotine receptors present in your brain and stimulates them plenty of so as to encourage the manufacturing of dopamine.
The release of dopamine heIps in giving you similar pleasurable feelings you have while smoking. It also helps you in dealing with the withdrawal symptoms that can occur due to quitting smoking. Eventually, this varenicline tablet blocks these nicotine receptors, so that even if you smoke, you are unable to experience any enjoyment from doing so.
Champix dosage
You are required to take Champix for a period of 12 weeks, by the end of which you will be able to quit your smoking habit on a permanent basis. You are required to take one white 0. 5 mg dosage for the first three days that is for days 1 to 3. For the days 4 to 7, you are required to take two 0. 5 mg pills on a daily basis.
For the next slot of days 8 to 14, you are required to take one light blue 1 mg dosage tablet on a daily basis. And for the rest of the days, you are required to take two gentle blue 1 mg tablet on a daily basis.
Champix side effects
Champix, like other medications, can also cause some side effects. Some of the common side effects that you can experience include nausea, insomnia, lethargy, dry móuth, headaches, nightmares, changes in taste, runny nose, constipation, abdominal pain, drowsiness, indigestion, gastro esophageal reflux disease and increased or decreased appetite.
Some of the severe and rarer varenicline side effects include suicidal behavior, nausea, vomiting, stomach ulcers, sexual problems, difficulty in breathing, diarrhea, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, dry skin, increased sweating, thyroid issues, ringing in your ears, migraines, arthritis and anemia.
Precautions to be taken for Champix
Before using Champix, it is important that you know important information about the medication. Those who are suffering from severe health conditions such as kidney disease or kidney failure, some type of mental illness, have a history of suicidal conduct or any allergies, should avoid using this pill.
Champix should also be avoided by women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. Champix can also interact with other medications that you might be taking, so it is important to inform your doctor before you take any pills.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
FREE for the Great American Smokeout: "How to Win at Quitting Smoking"
Thursday, November 19th is the Great American Smokeout, where smokers are encouraged to quit smoking just for one day. Why not make it the start of creating your plan to become totally smoke-free by getting a FREE copy of my book, "How to Win at Quitting Smoking", available on Kindle through Amazon. Normally $4.99, How to Win at Quitting Smoking, kindle version will be FREE from Wednesday,
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Listen to some great tips for The Great American Smokeout
Tips for the Great American Smokeout is available as a podcast to get you ready for Thursday when all smokers are encouraged to quit just for the day.
And watch for a special offer starting on Wednesday to get a FREE copy of, "How to Win at Quitting Smoking".
And watch for a special offer starting on Wednesday to get a FREE copy of, "How to Win at Quitting Smoking".
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Should you be concerned about the flavorings in e-juice?
I am not a chemist but my concern is not the nicotine in e-juice but the flavorings. Currently there are about 7,000 different flavors with a couple hundred being added each month. Many of the flavorings used are GRAS (generally recognized as safe). But this designation is used for chemicals that are ingested, not inhaled.
When you eat something, it goes into your stomach and mixed with gastric
When you eat something, it goes into your stomach and mixed with gastric
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Best tip on how to "break your habit" before you quit smoking
Most smokers think the hardest cigarettes to quit are their habit cigarettes. You know, the ones you "can't" live without such as the one with your morning coffee. The one when you get in the car (I was sure my car wouldn't start until I lit up).
When working with clients I show them a technique to break the connection to these cigarettes before they quit smoking so that when their actual quit
When working with clients I show them a technique to break the connection to these cigarettes before they quit smoking so that when their actual quit
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Changing Shame and Guilt into Hope and Optimism
What I find so common among those who smoke, is the feelings of either shame and/or guilt. Shame that there is something wrong with me that I don't want to quit smoking knowing that I "should", and/or guilt because I want to and haven't been able to quit. I am certainly familiar with both of those emotions.
I had quit for 2 months the first time I was diagnosed with BC in 1987 when I was 32. I
I had quit for 2 months the first time I was diagnosed with BC in 1987 when I was 32. I
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
When Will It Be Time To Quit Smoking?
If you are a smoker this is an excellent time of year. Numerous smokers are going to quit smoking. If you smoke, why not you? Most cigarette smokers want to quit anyway, so why not go ahead and do it? Many people hold the mistaken notion that so long as they quit smoking before they get cancer, they will be fine. Do you feel this way too? I hope not, because these suggestions are incorrect. I have spoken recently to an oncologist about this very point. I was told that there is no correlation between how long you have quit and whether you will develop cancer. That means just quitting at any stage is not any Guarantee of not getting cancer. There are other nasty diseases to worry about to, read on to see.
There is just no way that a human being can smoke cigarettes without immediate and lifelong hárm being done to their bodies. There are 250 cancer causing chemicals in cigarettes, plus the lungs lose ability with every puff. If you quit smoking, you may immediately lower your risk of heart attack, and artery disease as well. It is not clear whether you can put off getting cancer or not. But it seems it may well help to quit for that reason.
You might ask why is this? after all, I am putting lots of time between right now and my last cigarette. Why isn't my overall lung health improving as well? The answer is, true, you may not be adding to the poor condition of your lungs, but there is literally no way to clean them out. The cilia, could not handle the 1 mug of tar per year that a pack a day smoker adds to his lungs.
1 cup of tar a full year into the lungs is a huge amount. Imagine though there are 250 carcinogens atlanta divorce attorneys cigarette, plus they get put into the toxic lung soup. In case you are under 30 and obtain bronchitis every full season as a person, what do you consider it will be like when you grow older? You do not need to get COPD. Even though you do not get tumor COPD will wreck your daily life. No one really wants to drag around breathing tubes. Quitting cigarette smoking as as you possibly can is really the great thing to do soon. No one really wants to fight tumor for just two 2 years. But, if you get little cell lung cancer, this is the combat you shall have. Most people usually do not live than 24 months with this particular cancer longer.
Lately, I had the chance to start to see the "Bodies" Museum exhibit within NEVADA NV at the Luxor. Thére they demonstrated dead bodies, and the organs within. I noticed several types of lungs which were used to smoke cigars throughout a persons life. Once you view these lung area and their cells, it is amazing to discover that the lungs tend to be more like sponges. If tar for example touches the inside, it really is most probably to ooze its solution to the exterior of the lung. Therefore, not only does the within of the lung switch dark with tar, and the smoke cigarettes particles that it traps. The exterior does too.
One very interesting facet of the physical bodies Exhibit, was the truth that they had an enormous barrel filled up with cigarette packages. Apparently, after smokers start to see the amazing destruction of the lung area because of smoking they opt to quit smoking smoking cigarettes at that moment, and toss them into this massive container. Honestly, I've never seen this en masse stopping of smoking such as this actually. It was spectacular. If the opportunity is obtained by you, browse the "Bodies Exhibition". they will have one that goes all over the national country.
There is just no way that a human being can smoke cigarettes without immediate and lifelong hárm being done to their bodies. There are 250 cancer causing chemicals in cigarettes, plus the lungs lose ability with every puff. If you quit smoking, you may immediately lower your risk of heart attack, and artery disease as well. It is not clear whether you can put off getting cancer or not. But it seems it may well help to quit for that reason.
You might ask why is this? after all, I am putting lots of time between right now and my last cigarette. Why isn't my overall lung health improving as well? The answer is, true, you may not be adding to the poor condition of your lungs, but there is literally no way to clean them out. The cilia, could not handle the 1 mug of tar per year that a pack a day smoker adds to his lungs.
1 cup of tar a full year into the lungs is a huge amount. Imagine though there are 250 carcinogens atlanta divorce attorneys cigarette, plus they get put into the toxic lung soup. In case you are under 30 and obtain bronchitis every full season as a person, what do you consider it will be like when you grow older? You do not need to get COPD. Even though you do not get tumor COPD will wreck your daily life. No one really wants to drag around breathing tubes. Quitting cigarette smoking as as you possibly can is really the great thing to do soon. No one really wants to fight tumor for just two 2 years. But, if you get little cell lung cancer, this is the combat you shall have. Most people usually do not live than 24 months with this particular cancer longer.
Lately, I had the chance to start to see the "Bodies" Museum exhibit within NEVADA NV at the Luxor. Thére they demonstrated dead bodies, and the organs within. I noticed several types of lungs which were used to smoke cigars throughout a persons life. Once you view these lung area and their cells, it is amazing to discover that the lungs tend to be more like sponges. If tar for example touches the inside, it really is most probably to ooze its solution to the exterior of the lung. Therefore, not only does the within of the lung switch dark with tar, and the smoke cigarettes particles that it traps. The exterior does too.
One very interesting facet of the physical bodies Exhibit, was the truth that they had an enormous barrel filled up with cigarette packages. Apparently, after smokers start to see the amazing destruction of the lung area because of smoking they opt to quit smoking smoking cigarettes at that moment, and toss them into this massive container. Honestly, I've never seen this en masse stopping of smoking such as this actually. It was spectacular. If the opportunity is obtained by you, browse the "Bodies Exhibition". they will have one that goes all over the national country.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Is it time to Change the Great American Smokeout to Stoptober?
The Great American Smokeout is the third Thursday in November. It is a day that encourages smokers to try and stop smoking for just one day. It is hoped that if a person can quit for a day, they will continue on.
Most smokers can quit for one day but as soon as that one day is over, they often go back to the same number of cigarettes they have always smoked.
New Zealand is trying something
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Video on How to Change the Way you Think about Smoking
Think about when you have quit in the past, did you start romancing the thought of having "just one"?
Monday, August 31, 2015
Inventory Price Reduction of "How to Win at Quitting Smoking", only $9.99
I didn't realize when I sent my inventory of books to Amazon that I would be competing directly against them as a book seller. I get paid no matter which way anyone buys my book but Amazon charges me a stocking fee for my books that sit in their warehouse, so I am reducing the price to $9.99 to reduce that inventory--to get this price you must buy from the book seller (me)--Stop Smoking, Stay
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Stop Smoking Weed without Professional Rehab
Tips for breaking the habit
credit image: www.detoxmenow.org
Stop Smoking Weed without Professional Rehab - You will have no chance at quitting permanently unless you have a reason that you accept as a good one.When you decide on your own that you need to stop smoking weed,you need to find reasons to stop smoking weed. At the very least, you need to understand the reason that has brought
The side effects of weed you should know
Negative Side Effects of Marijuana: What They Didn’t Tell You
Most users are willing to ignore the negative side effects of marijuana because they say they don’t feel anything at all.Some justify their use with the reason that they are in control or that it helps them relax.What they don’t know is it’s already harmful to the body no matter how you ingest it.Even if you’re not smoking it,
This is the reasons to quit smoking weed
Reasons to stop smoking weed
Legal Issues
There is great debate as to whether or not marijuana should be legalized.Many people who smoke believe it to be a harmless activity that should not be considered a crime.Regardless of how harmless some may believe marijuana to be,the fact remains that its use, possession, sale and purchase are illegal in the United States.Whether the act is
Check my new videos on YouTube
I have created several short videos on how to become successful at becoming smoke-free. Check them out on: YouTube
This is the introductory video about how I got started helping others.
Also check out my new website: www.VJSleight.com
This is the introductory video about how I got started helping others.
Also check out my new website: www.VJSleight.com
The benefits of quitting smoking weed
The benefits of quitting smoking weed are innumerable and may well go beyond mere physical relief. Marijuana addiction or weed as it is better known is arguably one of the most frequently encountered addiction in the US in spite of the fact that the use of this drug is illegal. Statistics indicate that 17 percent of all hospital admissions could well be attributed to those being admitted for
Friday, July 17, 2015
What are the effects of smoking just one cigarette a day?
Because of the addictive nature of nicotine, very few people are able limit themselves to "just one". But even "just one" has health consequences. The physical effects of just one cigarette: Your blood pressure increases. Your heart rate increases. Your bronchial tubes constrict making your lungs work harder. The amount of carbon monoxide in your system doubles and prevents oxygen from reaching
Thursday, July 2, 2015
FREE: Guide to help you quit smoking
Even if you're not ready to quit yet, get my book, "How to Win at Quitting Smoking" since it will only be available for FREE until July 5th, on Amazon Kindle. You don't need a Kindle since you can read it on your computer. Share with any friends or family who smoke and help me reach my goal of giving away 500 FREE copies. Don't wait, only 3 more days for this FREE offer.
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Monday, June 29, 2015
Teens reacting to old cigarette ads and comparing them to current ad for e-cigarettes.
Click here to see teens reacting to old cigarette ads
Cigarette commercials have been banned from TV since the 1970's. While the first health reports of harm from smoking came in the early 1950's, it wasn't until 1964 with the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking that it became widely known that smoking caused lung cancer.
For many years there were no restrictions on tobacco advertising and the
Cigarette commercials have been banned from TV since the 1970's. While the first health reports of harm from smoking came in the early 1950's, it wasn't until 1964 with the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking that it became widely known that smoking caused lung cancer.
For many years there were no restrictions on tobacco advertising and the
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