5 Tips To Quit Smoking & Stay Off Longer
A health blog can never have too few posts on smoking/quitting. Smoking and its effect on the human body has long been studied and debated upon. Everyone knows that it’s injurious for health but for reasons unknown, people are unable to stay away from it. Smoking ban in many places has been received with mixed [...]
Early Morning Smoke Raises Cancer Risk: Study
Does your morning begin with a cigarette, instead of toothbrush? If your answer is affirmative, then you may be facing a greater risk of developing lung and head and neck cancers than those who wait to have their first cigarette of the day, for at least an hour or more, according to 2 recent studies. [...]
Cigarette Warning Graphics: Across The Globe
Brazil In 2002, Brazil forced all cigarette manufacturers to sacrifice an entire side of their packaging for graphic warnings. Coupled with stark images, the warning were pretty straightforward; “When smoking, you inhale arsenic and napthalene, also used against rats and cockroaches“, “Nicotine dependence causes sadness, pain, and death. and probably the most cheekiest one, “smoking [...]
Why Smokers Gain Weight When Quitting
Why do people gain weight when they quit smoking? It turns out that nicotine can hyper-activate the brain cells that normally signal people to stop eating when they’re full, researchers report in Friday’s edition of the journal Science. The weight connection isn’t huge: On average, quitters gain less than 2.5 kg. Still, it’s a worry [...]
