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,

Recent Smoking and Health Related Headlines

Cigarette Ads Fuel Teens' Desire To Start Smoking
The more that teens see cigarette ads, the greater their risk of taking a puff. A new study shows that the particular content of tobacco marketing resonates with youth and that the vivid imagery in tobacco advertising captures their interest, although teens typically are more resistant to the promotional seduction of other products...
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST

In People With Certain Genes Smoking Significantly Increases Risk Of Aneurysm
For people who carry common gene variants, cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk that a blood vessel in the brain will weaken and balloon out - called an aneurysm - which could be life-threatening if it ruptures, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2010...
Publ.Date : Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST

News From The March Issue Of Chest
PREGNANT SMOKERS WITH ASTHMA HAVE INCREASED HEALTH RISKS Pregnant women with asthma who smoke have an increased risk for asthma symptoms and fetal growth abnormalities. Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina observed 2,210 pregnant women with asthma to determine the effect of active and passive household smoking on asthma severity and obstetric/neonatal outcomes...
Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST

Three Harvard School Of Public Health Alumni Named To New FDA Tobacco Advisory Committee
The recently formed Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Center for Tobacco Products has just created a new Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee to review and evaluate safety, dependence, and health issues relating to tobacco products and provide appropriate advice, information, and recommendations to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs...
Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:00:00 PST

WHO Director-General Calls For Greater Efforts To Reduce Tobacco Use
In a speech on Friday marking the fifth anniversary of an international tobacco control treaty, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan called for government officials worldwide to increase efforts to protect their population from the harmful effects of tobacco, Reuters reports...
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST

Five Tips To Help A Stressed-Out President Or Anyone Else Quit Smoking
President Barack Obama's recent physical examination revealed that he is in generally good health and that he is still trying to quit smoking. His doctor's advice: keep up his "smoking cessation efforts"; in other words, he should keep trying to kick the habit...
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

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