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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Tobacco Harm Reduction: Possible With Electronic Cigarettes?

Cutting the number of deaths caused by smoking should be the prime reason our politicians and charities have for getting people to stop smoking. It’s curious then that so many groups with a public voice choose to speak up against the use of electronic cigarettes as a means by which we can easily achieve this [...]

Smoked Fish!

I have been trying to give up puffing on the weed for many years. I was killing myself and I knew it but nothing I tried could get me to stop. I tried cutting down, I tried patches inhalers, gum. I tried acupuncture and yoga and just about everything except being stuck on a desert [...]

Better Plants to Grow than Tobacco

Tobacco cultivation takes up over 4 million hectares of land. Most tobacco cultivation has been moved from North America to China, South America and Africa. Thanks to increased use of pesticides and fertilizers over 7 million metric tons of tobacco was grown in 2000. There is no doubt that tobacco cultivation is damaging vital farm [...]

Take up a Hobby to Quit Smoking

I have had a really torrid time quitting smoking. I’ve tried patches, I’ve tried nicotine gum and I’ve tried these new e cigarettes. I even tried hypnosis. None of it worked. So far the most successful strategy I have found is to take up a hobby. I calculate how much money I have saved by [...]

Tobaccos Financial Cost

Like so many people today a few years ago I found myself in huge debt. The creditors were constantly calling me. My charge cards were maxed out and I could barely pay my mortgage. I saw a credit consultant and the first thing she cut out of my budget was all my tobacco money. You [...]

Growing Up with a Smoker

I grew up with my mother smoking cigarettes around us. When I got a little older, I was hesitant about every time she asked me to hand her the pack of cigarettes. I worried about her health and did not want to be a part of the problem. When I turned 14 she said she [...]

Giving Up Smoking is Just the Start

A new healthier you can be just around the corner. But you have to want it. Simply dreaming of a better life is one thing. Going out and making it happen is something entirely different. This is why wanting to give up smoking is only the beginning. There are all sorts of aids to quiting [...]