Monday December 7, 2009
Confident, Empowered and Thinner!
Weight gain often goes hand-in-hand with smoking cessation, and it puts quitters at risk of relapse -- the feelings of discomfort over clothes getting tighter outweighing the need to free ourselves of nicotine addiction.
Learning to let go enough to love ourselves even when we gain a few quit-related pounds is a part of the recovery process for many of us, and is poignantly reflected in the following quit story from About.com Smoking Cessation support forum member, Dee.
Dee's account offers a unique perspective on the empowerment that cessation offers us, and the valuable lesson of keeping our priorities in place.
Thanks for your contribution, Dee. Your message will help more people than you know.
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Take The Quit Smoking Monday Pledge
Healthy Monday encourages us to think of for ourselves. If you're still smoking, put your cigarettes down and get started on your quit program today.
We all have the ability to quit smoking successfully, and we all deserve a life that is free of addiction. Honor your life by choosing Monday as the day to start and reinforce your quit program.
You can quit smoking ... and we're here to help you, one simple Monday at a time.
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Monday December 7, 2009
Chinese Smoking Deaths Seen Doubling in 10 Years -- Reuters
Smoking deaths in China, home to the world's largest smoking population, will double to two million a year by 2020 if the country does not do more to reduce tobacco use, health experts predict.
Water Pipes No Safer Than Cigarettes -- Healthday News
Water pipes are no safer than cigarettes for smoking tobacco, researchers say. A new study found that people who smoke tobacco with a water pipe inhale carbon monoxide and nicotine, which puts them at risk for heart disease and nicotine addiction.
Reynolds Offers Buyouts to Manufacturing Workers -- Associated Press
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., maker of Camel cigarettes, said Friday it is offering buyouts to about 1,800 workers at its North Carolina factories to cut costs.
Friday December 4, 2009
Most of us feel some degree of stress this time of year, and if you've recently quit smoking, it can be a lot to handle.
About.com has the resources to help you manage the holiday season more comfortably. Listed below are a few holiday help offerings form About.com Guides.
Happy Smoke-Free Holidays!
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Thursday December 3, 2009
Big Tobacco giant, Reynolds American, Inc just sealed a deal to buy a Swedish company that manufactures nicotine replacement products designed to help people quit smoking.
As reported by the Associated Press, the acquisition will allow Reynolds to offer products that can "reduce the risks of diseases and death caused by tobacco use," CEO Susan M. Ivey said in a statement.
Could this mean that Reynolds is committed to helping stem the enormous flow of disease and death that tobacco products cause? Could they be driven by concern for the nearly 5 million lives that are lost on this planet every year because of tobacco use?
Not likely.
Products that reduce the risks is not the same thing as products that reduce dependence...or help people quit.
I think we can safely assume that Reynolds is actively pursuing new avenues to market smokeless tobacco products in light of the downturn in cigarette smoking.
With products like dissolvable tobacco and snus sold under Reynold's Camel brand, it's not hard to see where this is going....and it has nothing to do with protecting public health.
Maker of Camels Buys Cigarette Replacement Seller -- Associated Press
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