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Smoking and menstruation
Menstrual problems can be difficult to describe and study, and there is no generally accepted definition of menstrual problems. Nevertheless, a limited number of studies have suggested that smoking may affect the menstrual cycle.Certain studies suggest that women who s...read more
Smoking and pregnancy
Smoking rates are going down among Americans. However, the smoking rates among women are going down more slowly than among men. In fact, among high school seniors, teenage girls now smoke as much or more than teenage boys.When young women who smoke start to think about havin...read more
Smoking and stroke
Smoking is the single biggest cause of ill health and premature death in the UK, responsible for nearly one in five deaths. But it is never too late to stop – about five years after quitting, your risk of stroke and other smoking-related illnesses are greatly reduced....read more
Smoking cessation
Non-nicotine Products Zyban Zyban (bupropion hydrochloride) tablets address the biology of the addiction and help reduce intense withdrawal symptoms from nicotine. Nortriptyline Nortriptyline has been shown to be effective in the treatm...read more
Smoking facts
Smoking is one of the worst things you can do to your body. Yet every single day around 450 young people, in the UK, between the ages 12 and 17 start smoking. Crazy huh? especially when you read these statistics: Smoking just 3 to 6 cigarettes a day doubles your chanc...read more
Smoking: the facts
There are approximately 15 million cigarette smokers in Britain, despite the overall fall in the level of cigarette smoking from 41% of the population in 1976 to 27% in 2003. Roughly equal numbers of men and women smoke, and half will eventually be killed by their addiction....read more
Some practical tips can help you
Set a date Tell friends and family what you are doing and ask for their support Get rid of all smoking materials from your home, office and car Position air fresheners and flowers around your home Be positive. Remember the physical an...read more
Stop smoking naturally
There are many ways offered to help you stop smoking, including the taking of medications, but you do not need to use nicotine patch treatment or drugs to stop using cigarettes. You can also use a natural quit smoking programme. This programme does rely on y...read more
Stop smoking: a hard thing to do
A lot of people who try to stop smoking find that it isn’t an easy thing to do. During time they have become addicted to the nicotine. Smoking has become a habit that is hard to live without. People mostly smoke after dinner, with coffee or in the company of other smok...read more
Stop smoking: how to go about it
People who want to stop smoking are usually recommended to do this together with somebody else. If your motivation is down, your partner is there to pick you up and the other way around. Another way of looking at this partnership is to make it a competition. What your partne...read more
Talking to your teens about smoking
Try to gauge their opinion by using prompts such as the soap story lines – you may be surprised at their take on smoking - take the opportunity to give them your honest opinion. Gem up on the facts and talk openly about what you see as theread more
The benefits of quitting
Compared to smokers, your… Stroke risk is reduced to that of a person who never smoked after 5 to 15 years of not smoking Cancers of the mouth, throat, and esophagus risks are halved 5 years after quitting Cancer of the larynx risk is reduce...read more
The effects of cannabis on the brain and respiratory system
Long term effects on the brain Recent research indicates that in common with other addictive drugs such as heroin, nicotine and amphetamines, cannabis activates the release of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine release forms part of the brain's reward mechanism, which is invol...read more
The effects of smoking
Smoking affects everybody differently. The number of cigarettes smoked per day and the age at which you start smoking are some of the things that may influence what affect smoking has on you. Research has shown that the younger a person is when they start to smokeread more
The Prevention of Cancer
Cancer, like all other diseases, has a multi-factorial cause. There is never just one reason for any single cancer. A set of ongoing circumstances need to be influencing our life for quite awhile before the disease will manifest itself. Researches even believe that cancer ce...read more
Tobacco facts
The nicotine found in cigarettes and in smokeless tobacco is a powerful, addictive drug that acts on several parts of the body. Once addicted, it becomes difficult, but not impossible, to quit using smokeless tobacco or to stop smoking. The use of tobacco...read more
Tobacco use and reproductive outcomes
Smoking and reproductive outcomes Women smokers, like men smokers, are at increased risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and pulmonary disease, but women smokers also experience unique risks related to menstrual and reproductive function. Women who smoke have increas...read more
What does cannabis do?
The effect of cannabis depends not only on its composition, dosage and mode of consumption, but also on the mood of the individual, on the individual's expectations, and on the atmosphere and setting. These factors explain why people experience different effects from cannabi...read more
What does smoking do to us?
Illness and Disease The damage done to the human body by smoking can be truly devastating. The links between smoking and cancer, lung disease and heart disease are well known. Smoking is implicated in 80% of all deaths caused by lung cancer, bronchitis, and emphysema, and i...read more
What puts you at risk for lung cancer ?
Research has found several risk factors for lung cancer. A "risk factor" is anything that changes risk of getting a disease. Different risk factors change risk by different amounts. The risk factors for lung cancer include: smoking and being around other...read more
What second hand smoke does to you
What is secondhand smoke? Secondhand smoke (SHS) is a combination of the smoke from the burning ends of cigarettes, pipes, and cigars, and exhaled from smokers. It contains over 50 cancer causing chemicals, plus other toxic substances that are often in greater concentration...read more
What smoking will do to you
• Tobacco use kills around 4700 people in New Zealand every year.• At least 50 percent of all regular cigarette smokers will eventually be killed by their habit – an average of 14 years early.• Smoking causes one in four...read more
Why did I become allergic?
The cause of allergy seems to be an entangled web of 3 factors - genetic predisposition, environmental triggers and locally found protein allergens. Your genetic background plays a major role - we know that a family history of allergi...read more
Why start smoking and how to give up
Why start smoking? Even though we all know about the health risks connected to smoking, thousands of people decide to start every year - and a large number of adults who carry on smoking say that they started when they were under 16. You may be pressured into starting by so...read more
Women and smoking
Cigarette smoking prevalence among women • Cigarette smoking was rare among women in the early 20th century. Cigarette smoking became prevalent among women after it did among men, and smoking prevalence has always been lower among women than among men. However, the ge...read more
