Why is smoking so bad for you? Why all the fuss?
Well, it is sobering to realise that smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, as shown by the World Health Organisation. According to their figures, smoking is responsible for approximately five million deaths worldwide every year, and is a […]
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In French fashion smoking is still a major prop and models regularly appear smoking, even on the front cover of magazines, looking frighteningly chic and alluring, a juxtaposition that the British press is trying hard to avoid, and which would not be acceptable in the USA. In fact about 38% of French people smoke as […]
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The late Allen Carr wrote a number of books on how to stop smoking, having stopped smoking himself after 31 years as a 100-cigarette-a-day chain smoker.
Born in London, he started smoking at the age of 18, while doing National Service, and finally managed to quit at the age of 48, after seeing a hypnotherapist. Carr […]
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One method that may help you to give up smoking is counselling. Counselling is not a specific technique of quitting smoking as such, but rather a method that can help you overcome a number of problems, and simply clarify your own ideas about how to deal with them. When you seek counselling, what happens is […]
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We are into February at last, and for those of you who made a New Year’s Resolution to give up smoking, now is a good time to take stock of the situation.
Christmas and New Year probably now seem like dim and distant memories. Many of us are living in the cold latitudes, and with the […]
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