Quit Smoking

There comes a day when everyone says, "I've had enough." Have you had enough of traditional cigarettes? Have you reached the point where you know, deep in the pit of your stomach, that it is time to stub out your last one?

It is time to stub out that tobacco cigarette.

Smoking kills an estimated 5 million people per year, worldwide. It is not just a habit. Smoking is an addiction that stretches beyond just physical cravings. The psychological routines developed while smoking are just as important to treat, if not more important. QuitLines address this! They provide a counseling service with specially trained professionals who will help you change your routines to guide you in quitting smoking for good. Continue Reading

Quitting smoking is a personal decision for every person out there. For some, the urge to quit smoking comes with seeing the devastating health risks common with cigarettes. Others quit to save money or at the seemingly unending requests of loved ones. No matter your reason for quitting smoking, preparing yourself for the journey is vital for your success.

List the reasons why you want to quit smoking and carry it with you. Having a detailed list of why you want to quit smoking at your finger tips can help stave off cravings while you work through the withdrawals. The list you create should be more than just a Continue Reading

Even if you choose to smoke tobacco cigarettes, instead of choosing an alternative to smoking such as The Safe Cig's electronic cigarettes, we still hope that you will choose to smoke wisely and learn all the facts about tobacco cigarettes. Learn more facts about tobacco cigarettes.

Thirty second commercial advertisements began airing in New York on Monday, August 1, 2011. The ads are aimed at encouraging smokers to quit by highlighting the risks of smoking.

One commercial features a guy using a hand-held device used to talk through his tracheotomy hole amidst hacking and coughing. Another spot is held by a middle-aged man recalls the goals he had as a youth being unfulfilled due to battling cancer. Physical and emotional costs are highlighted through the personal experiences depicted in the commercials. Continue Reading

Educate yourself and your loved ones on the hazards of tobacco cigarettes and understand the dangers of smoking. In honor of Fire Prevention Week in October, consider helping loved ones switch to electronic cigarettes.

California is one of two states to reach the Healthy People 2020 target smoking rate of adults at under 12 percent! Healthy People 2020 “provides science-based ten-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.”

In 2009, California residents who smoked comprised 13.1 percent of the population. In 2010, that figure dropped to 11.9 percent. Smoking declined in groups across the spectrum including men, women, and a wide array of ages.
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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) says the only effective way to protect the public from secondhand smoke is to enact 100% smoke-free laws. Learn more about secondhand smoke and how electronic cigarettes combat secondhand smoke.

Excruciating chest pain radiating to the left arm or jaw sends one person into the emergency department where many tests are run. It is determined that a heart attack has happened. Hospitalization is mandatory.

For a smoker, this is the time to quit. There is no smoking allowed on hospital property and the staff encourages cessation. Success is reached while under watchful care. It is the choice a smoker makes when walking out of the hospital that determines mortality. Italian researchers say that ‘resuming smoking after hospital discharge could increase the risk of dying as much as five-fold.’ Continue Reading

Did you know a quit smoking vaccine was going through clinical trials? Sure was! Was being the operative word. During phase three of the trials, Rockville Biotech announced that NicVax failed to meet it’s major objective.

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals has been collaborating on NicVax with British pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline under a deal made in 2009 that was worth up to $500 million to Nabi, including an upfront payment of $40 million.

Each trial phase includes 1,000 participants. In the failed trial, eleven percent of those receiving NicVax remained smoke free for 16 weeks, the same percentage as those receiving a placebo. Company executives were shocked by the “extremely Continue Reading

Seaside Park, New Jersey, has enforced the toughest smoking ban in the state as of May 23, 2011. Learn more about smoking bans and how electronic cigarettes might be the solution.