The Road to Quitting is not Easy Alone

Illinois resident Eric Wolbert has decided to quit, and he has been successful for 30 days. He used to smoke a-pack-a-day, and now he has given up altogether after seeing his parents suffer lung cancer. But another motivation is the fact that smoking has become too expensive. Wolbert said, "You can't find a pack that costs less than $4 anymore, and those are nasty ones. Right there, that's $2,200 a year up in...

Quitting Abruptly May be Better than Gradually

According to one study, it is not a good idea to reduce your cigarettes to half, by replacing them with nicotine gum. The same applies to quitting cold turkey and using tobacco replacements without tapering off on cigarettes. 314 adults were studied by Dr. Jean-Francois Etter at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, on average the subjects smoked 15 cigarettes a day. Half of the smokers were told to use nicotine gum 4...

Anti-Smoking Drug Under Investigation

Pfizer recently put a drug out on the market that is marketed as being an anti-smoking drug. Last year, patients reported having various problems with the drug like blackouts. Now the drug is being investigated by federal regulators. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report last Thursday saying there are nearly 20 medications being investigated at the moment. Side effects of the medication are said to be...

Smoking Rate Takes a Huge Drop in Arizona

The number of smokers in Arizona has taken a large drop. The decline is attributed to a higher cost of cigarettes and laws limiting smoking. Nearly 170,000 adult residents of Arizona kicked their habit from 2007 to 2008 according to a federal study. The number of active smokers in Arizona now stands at 15.9 percent, dropping from 18.9 percent in 2007. This information is said to be "unprecedented" by researchers as...

Using Yoga to Quit Smoking

It is a well known fact that smoking has detrimental effects on an individual's health, some of them lasting for years even after having quit. This is where yoga can be a great benefit — this physical activity targets nearly every organ with various poses. Taking up yoga can be really helpful for those who want to quit because it fights stress and has many other physical benefits. Yoga targets the endocrine system,...

Oregon Seeing a Drop in Cigarette Sales

The Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education Program released a report on Monday showing that the tobacco sales are at the lowest they have ever been in this state. The spokeswoman for the sate Public Health Division, Cathryn Cushing says, "Over this last year, we've seen a decrease in consumption, so that's exciting. We've seen an increase in the number of folks who've quit smoking, and that's...