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Your Smoking Addiction can be Un-hooked and Un-trapped
Hooked, trapped, desperate âOh these words are so heart wringing. Are those that utter these soul-searing cries being tied up by their thumbs? Or have they fallen down an old mine shaft?nnWell, umm, no, they have⦠well they have made a decision to become hooked, trapped and desperate. nnSee the news blog tumbling out... Scottish smokers, hooked on their smoking addiction have vowed to fight the smoking bans.nnRead the Press Release from the pharmaceutical company announci
July 15, 2007
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Best Quit Smoking Plan
The best quit smoking plan is to use your noggin!nnLucky you if you're quitting smoking and decided not to waste your time and money on drugs, but opted to deal with your psychological habit as well as the physical nicotine addiction.nnIt's a myth that nicotine is the big problemâit is a problem all right, but more a temporary darn nuisance. The best quit smoking plan is to concentrate on overcoming your habitual and emotional addiction, which is the secret to serious and l
July 6, 2007
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Diseases Caused by Smoking Made Sal's Dad Angry
This is Sal's story.nnIt's about diseases caused by smoking, and if you start this story, read it to the end, but don't start if you're squeamish.nnSal's Dad died angry. And guess what? Most smokers die angry, and Sal said not only was her Dad eaten up by cancer, he was eaten up by vitriol against himself and the tobacco companies.nnBefore Sal's Dad got caught with one of the predictable diseases caused by smoking, his favorite saying was, "I'll give up smoking when I'm ready
August 3, 2006
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Smoking's effects have well deserved nicknames
Do smokers weigh up the indisputably bad risks of smoking's effects? What if smoking was named differently, such as 'Diving into shark infested waters?' nnWe had a kitten given to us once. It was a crazy little ball of fluff that skitted across my kitchen floor getting under my feet. I used to say, "Ollick!" which really was an exasperated short version of, "Oh look out," or "Oh look I can't cook with you skitting under my feet"... and so on.nnSo the kitten got to be called O
June 2, 2006
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Smoking Bans - An Opportunity, or Will Things Get Ugly?
Smoking helps soothe anxiety, suppress unwanted emotions, and dumb down the pain of living. It's all to do with the nicotine receptors in the brain and the resultant pleasant hormones like dopamine that are produced.nnSo is roughly 30% of the world going to go raving mad? What is going to happen with all these smoking bans? As well as not getting their nicotine fix, smokers are reacting indignantly - like one smoker huffed on TV, "When you want to do something and you can't d
April 22, 2006