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It’s Time to Quit: Let’s Get Together

Are you a smoker? Do you want to quit? I know that may sound like a stupid question because I don’t know many smokers who don’t want to quit, but they avoid it because honestly it seems impossible. Who wants to go through the jitters, the frustration and the pacing? I’ve tried quitting before, in fact, just a couple of months ago, I made another attempt at quitting and actually made it a few weeks, but that’s not enough – what I need to do is to quit all together. I need to be a non-smoker. Not a former smoker. … Continue reading →

Financial Reasons to Quit Smoking

Maybe you don’t think your continued good health is a good enough reason to quit smoking. Let’s look at some of the financial costs that come with smoking! Job security. Some rather large companies are starting to think twice about hiring smokers. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, more than six thousand companies across the nation are refusing to hire smokers. Among the smoke free companies: Alaska Airlines and the Union Pacific. Higher insurance costs. Expect to pay at least twice as much as a non-smoker if you’re looking for life insurance. For health insurance, the difference isn’t as … Continue reading →

Great American Smokeout 2009: Measuring Success

I read a very interesting thing on the American Cancer Society website about quitting smoking and how you measure success. Many people look at the success rates of a particular quitting smoking program before they decide whether or not to try it. But the ACS points out a few problems with that. For one thing: not all programs define success in the same way. Some may measure a “success” as a person not smoking for six months, while another may call reaching the one year mark a “success”. So before you even start, you need to figure out how YOU … Continue reading →

Today Is the Great American Smokeout!

The day is here! The Great American Smokeout is going on — are you kicking the habit for the day? If you are taking part in the Great American Smokeout, sound off in the comments to this blog. Let the whole world know that you are giving up cigarettes for today. It isn’t easy to quit smoking. After today, you may decide to go back to smoking — and that’s okay. But you may also decide that if you made it one day, you can make it one more day. And one more after that. I would love it if … Continue reading →

Seven Hundred Dollars in Your Wallet

Are you a smoker? Quitting smoking means an extra seven hundred dollars — or more — in your wallet in the next year. The average American smoker spends more than seven hundred dollars each year on tobacco products according to a study from Ohio State University. That same study looked at smoking and wealth in people born between 1957 and 1964. Why? That is the first generation that was warned against smoking and tobacco use by the U.S. Surgeon General. Non-smokers had a much higher net worth — almost fifty percent higher — than people who smoke less than a … Continue reading →

Great Myths: Smokers Like to Smoke

You know one of the greatest myths and fallacies about smoking that are labeled on smokers is that we like to smoke. I’ve even espoused this belief myself. But the truth is – I don’t like to smoke, sometimes I wonder why I even bother and then I reach for the cigarette and I just light it. Am I doomed? Sometimes I think so. There are other myths out there, myths that we are told or that we believe or that we have accepted as true because we’ve not found another way to look at it or to think about. … Continue reading →

Smoke Break – Back in the Saddle

Many of you were here a few weeks ago when I made an attempt to stop smoking. I lasted only a few weeks and then fell promptly off the wagon. I can attribute the cause to a number of things including my husband’s hospitalization, but the truth is – I didn’t make it. Well, don’t let it be said that I’m giving up. In an effort to quit smoking again – I’ve gone back to the drawing board and I’ve started researching stop smoking methods, inspirations and more. One of the first places I found with tons of information is … Continue reading →

Step Outside and Save Your Children from Preventable Illnesses

There’s that one thing you know you should quit: smoking. You know it’s bad for you and everyone in your home. Nicotine is a highly addictive drug, but it is possible to quit. If you can’t go outside, quit! Your children will most likely suffer from a variety of illnesses if you don’t. Some of them include: 1. Asthma 2. Allergies 3. Ear Infections 4. Bronchitis 5. Pneumonia 6. Coughing 7. Wheezing 8. Middle Ear Problems As many as 300,000 children from infants up to eighteen years old suffer from these illnesses and problems each year. You have probably experienced … Continue reading →