Quitting Smoking One Step at a Time

Hello and Welcome, my name is Jason and I smoked for almost 20 years of my life.  I started clear back in high school and it did not take long for me to become addicted.  Now I am much older and smoke free. 

Quitting smoking was something that I tried to do year after year only to fail time and time again.  Many people struggle with the idea of quitting smoking and I was one of them.  There came a point where I had to decide whether I  was going to live life as a smoker or quit smoking.

I knew by quitting smoking I would be making a major life style change and to be honest it scared me but I was tired of being addicted to something that was as harmful to my health as smoking was.

If you are asking yourself if you are ready to get on the road to quitting smoking and the answer is "yes" then don't wait another minute.  Get started today, the quitting smoking information and tips on this website will help, it did me.

Sincerely,

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Recent Cigarette Marketing Campaign Targeted Teen Girls
The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) prohibits tobacco industry advertising practices that encourage underage teenagers to smoke, yet new research out of the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego has found that a 2007 marketing campaign for Camel brand cigarettes was effective in encouraging young girls to start smoking. The study, led by John P...
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT

Visit Your Pharmacy This No Smoking Day
Helping a man to stop smoking after 43 years and supporting a woman to quit cigarettes following 15 previous relapses are just two examples where a local pharmacy made the difference of a life time...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 PDT

More Exposure To Smoking In Movies For Young People In Britain Than In The US
Research published ahead of print in the journal Tobacco Control reports that young Britons see significantly more on-screen smoking in movies than their US peers. The authors comment that the UK film classification system is to blame. It rates more films as suitable for young people than its US counterpart...
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Quit Smoking With The Help Of Your Mobile, UK
A new iPhone app that helps people to stop smoking was launched yesterday by Public Health Minister Gillian Merron. To coincide with 'No Smoking Day' on the 10 March, the Department of Health has released the first official NHS 'Quit Smoking' app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Available from iTunes, http://www.smokefree.nhs...
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT

Smokers Who Quit Gradually Or Cold Turkey Have Similar Success
Although many smokers try to quit by selecting a "quit day" and going cold turkey, a new Cochrane review finds that quitting gradually might work just as well. The authors evaluated 10 studies with 3,760 participants and studies had a minimum six-month follow-up period...
Publ.Date : Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PDT

Oxygen Supply To Unborn Baby Reduced By Obesity And Passive Smoking
Babies born to mothers with obesity and exposed to passive smoking are more likely to have health problems than others. This conclusion is based on evidence of elevated levels of nucleated red blood cells in the umbilical cord reported in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health...
Publ.Date : Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:00:00 PDT

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