• Do You Know What’s in Your Cigarette?

    Updated: 2012-06-26 11:15:36
    After manufacturing, a cigarette contains 20% expanded tobacco (tobacco puffed with carbon dioxide to be used as a filler), tobacco leaf stems, and reclaimed tobacco. 30% is made of reconstituted tobacco. The remaining 50% is tobacco treated with sugar to help cover up nicotine’s bitter taste, and to help enhance the absorption of the nicotine [...]

  • It's Never Too Late to Quit Smoking

    Updated: 2012-06-13 18:07:39
    Giving up cigarettes has benefits even for older people, according to a meta-analysis of 17 studies that looked at the risk of all-cause mortality in smokers 60 or older.

  • Men are not better at quitting smoking than women according to new study

    Updated: 2012-05-31 20:16:16
    There is “no convincing evidence” that men are better than women at quitting smoking, finds research published online in Tobacco Control. ...

  • Odds of quitting smoking affected by genetics

    Updated: 2012-05-31 12:14:01
    NIH-funded research shows genetics can predict success of smoking cessation and need for medications ...

  • Quitting Smoking and Lung Detoxification – Video

    Updated: 2012-05-30 05:58:10
    Another video article for those who prefer multimedia! This one is on quitting smoking and its importance, as well as how this dovetails into lung detoxification.  Did that make sense to you? Feel free to comment if you agree, have questions – or disagree! ...

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