Santa Cruz Elderly to Face Eviction
I guess it just goes to show that smoking bans, and those who create them don’t care if you’re young or old, if you’re black or white, or even where you live. According to a recent article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel paper, residents of the San Marino Park Apartments have 90 days to quit smoking or face eviction. Of course many of the seniors have been smoking since they were teenagers, so if you can imagine having a packet a habit for 75 years, and you are 90 –stopping is less than appealing.
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Alabama Develops Web-Based Smoking Support Program
Alabama is breaking smoking cessation ground–www.alabamaquitnow.com is a website that could help turn the tide when it comes to smoking cessation. I personally think this is a fantastic idea for those who want to quit and would like to do it on their own schedule and in their own way. The website, which is funded by the Alabama Dept. of Public Health and with the assistance of a grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, allows visitors to the site to create a personalized plan for kicking their tobacco habit. Services include counseling from a Masters level prepared counselors, and four weeks of nicotine replacement therapy through the use of nicotine patches as long as the participant is continuing counseling and is medically eligible for the product.
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Help a Smoker: Tips for Friends and Family Part 2
It is never an easy process to stop smoking. There are a lot of ways that friends and family members can support a smoker who is trying to change their habits. No matter if they are stopping completely or changing to a nicotine replacement method like The Safe Cig. The majority of users of The Safe Cig say that even though it does take a day or two to get used to the change that it is still much easier and satisfying than going cold turkey. The do’s and don’ts of helping a smoker are fairly simple, but here are a few more to consider…
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Help A Smoker Quit: Tips for Friends and Family
The American Cancer Society has some great tips to help support a smoker who is quitting or making adjustments to their lifestyle. Smoking cessation is a big deal and it can be extremely challenging. The fear and dread that many smokers feel when it comes to knowing what is ahead can be very intimidating. Nicotine withdrawals are not fun to say the least and the feelings of anger, loss of concentration, and anxiety can make the process seem impossible. Support by family and friends can really help a smoker overcome some of these challenges. Here are some things you should and should not do to help a smoker kick their habit.
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Women Declare Independence From Smoking
Independence day has come and gone but for those of you who missed the announcement, the National Cancer Institute was encouraging women to take the “smoke free pledge”–a certain form of smoker’s independence if you will– on July 4th. If you are yet to stake your claim to health, now may be the time to go for it. 1 in 5 American women smoke–with over half saying that they would love to quit or have tried in the last year. Most smokers stop a start a series of times before ever finally kicking the habit, but research shows that women face special challenges when trying to quit. Fortunately there are groups like the NCI who are supporting women in the fight to overcome their smoking addiction and regain their personal freedom.
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Electronic Cigarette to Ease Nicotine Withdrawal
Nicotine withdrawal is probably the most difficult part of trying to stop smoking. The unpleasant cravings and familiarity of a long standing habit holds the key to more failures than success when it comes to quitting. For many smokers if they could only find a way around the first several days of cravings, they would welcome a chance to kick the habit for good. Fortunately, electronic cigarettes can be a key player in smoking cessation. With many manufacturers offering a variety of nicotine levels, a smoker can start at or close to the nicotine level found in their regular cigarettes and then gradually taper down on their time schedule and when they feel most ready. Even zero mg nicotine refills can be purchased to help smokers wean from the “habit” of smoking once the nicotine withdrawals have stopped.
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Kansas Welcomes Electronic Cigarettes in Light of Smoking Ban
On July 6th nearly the entire state of Kansas kicked off a smoking ban that has had many smokers running for cover. What to do? How to function without being allowed to smoke? Thankfully, the electronic cigarette has come to the rescue. With sales surging on electronic cigarettes, smokers across the country are flocking to this smoke-free more health conscious alternative despite opposition from the Food and Drug Adminstration and other health regulating bodies. Concerns over long term safety and health concerns are of no mind to those who need their nicotine hit and will do anything necessary to find a way around new rules.
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Electronic Cigarette Helps Smokers Smoke Less
Electronic cigarettes are getting their props from smokers across the country for their power to help current cigarette smokers stop lighting up for good. Electronic cigarettes are becoming more widely available everywhere–and are especially popular in areas where smoking bans make it impossible to smoke a traditional cigarette.
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What Can an Electronic Cigarette Do To Help Me Quit?
Until now, smokers have had a limited choice when it comes to nicotine replacement. Sure there’s patches, pills and gum–but the amount of nicotine contained in those is predetermined. Electronic cigarettes can offer a level of flexibility that many smokers may not be aware of when it comes to nicotine replacement. E-cigs work by heating liquid nicotine inside a device that looks almost identical to regular cigarettes. This vaporizes the nicotine which can then be inhaled without smoke, tar, chemicals or odor.
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Electronic Cigarette Helps Cessation
Research from the New England Journal of Medicine reports that smoking cessation can be catchy. When smokers join forces with their social circle–or even just one friend or family member then they are much more likely to stop. The Canadian Lung association has developed a fun new way to invite a friend to stop smoking. By sending an e-card, smokers can invite another person to quit along with them. Studies have long suggested that support, along with nicotine replacements like gums, electronic cigarettes, or patches can increase success when quitting.
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