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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Happy New Year to all of you, especially to all those of you who are hoping to quit smoking in 2008. I wish you the very best of luck, and a happy and healthy 2008.
Many people have made quitting smoking their New Year Resolution, but your likelihood of managing to remain free from cigarettes […]
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OK, all these Don’t’s sound a bit severe, but they go well with the Do’s! If you want to soften the advice a little you could try replacing the “Don’t …” with “Try not to …”.
Don’t go to places where you might be tempted back into smoking. Don’t place yourself in situations where people […]
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If you are a smoker, and you seriously want to kick the habit, what better time than now? Why not make it your New Year’s Resolution? It will probably be the best New Year’s Resolution that you ever make. So with this in mind, I have put together some useful Do’s and Don’t’s to help […]
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Quit is the independent UK charity whose aim is to save lives by helping smokers to stop. They offer a helpline for smokers wanting to quit, (it’s 0800 00 22 00, if you’re interested). One of Quit’s greatest resources is its website, which is completely devoted to stopping smoking, and provides a wealth of […]
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It could hardly be thought that a life-threatening addicition could be in any way fashionable, and yet it does seem that fashion and smoking are in some way linked. Awareness of the dangers of smoking really came to the forefront in the 1960’s, and films made prior to this, and even after, portrayed fashionable women […]
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It’s a horrible thought that for many smokers that, as well as damaging the heart and your lungs, smoking can also be giving them wrinkles.
It is well known that smoking causes the blood vessels in the outermost layers of skin to contract, thus impeding the natural flow of blood to the skin, and not allowing […]
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A few days ago I spoke about FOREST, the organisation in the UK that purports to stand up for the “rights” of smokers, but is in fact mostly funded by the wealthy tobacco industry. Well, the antidote to FOREST is anti-smoking organisation ASH, Action on Smoking and Health, and there are ASH organisations in the […]
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For every social change for the better that comes about, it appears that is always a group that opposes it, and for the welcome changes in attitudes towards smoking, the opposition in the UK is an organisation known as FOREST.
FOREST is the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, and is mostly funded, […]
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Earlier this year, on July 1st 2007, to be precise, the new law came into effect in England making virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces smokefree. In enacting this legislation, England has followed the trend of Scotland, Ireland, and a number of other countries.
In the run up to the new legislation coming into force, […]
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