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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Smoking Cigarettes

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Smoking and Marijuana: How to Fight Multiple Addictions, Part III

By Anne Mitchell Health Expert

Can people successfully quit smoking cigarettes if they continue to smoke marijuana? There are some reports that indicate marijuana may actually help alleviate the withdrawal symptoms of quitting cigarettes. But the act of getting high can interfere with the process of learning how to live free from cigarettes.

When we smoke cigarettes, we are feeding many different needs, both physical and psychological. By smoking, we feed our nicotine craving, our need for excitement and escape, and our need f...

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Expert & Community Posts

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Second-hand Smoke
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...the age of about 6 or 7.  Two of the adults were smoking cigarettes and the windows were all... Read more »

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"If You Have Crohn's Disease, Don't Smoke"
By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert

...Crohn's Disease worse is because of the nicotine in the cigarettes. However, this is a question... Read more »

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Cigarette Taxes: Do They Cut Down on Smoking?
By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert

...cigarette companies can succeed in producing more cigarettes, which I could then tax.In fact,... Read more »

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Smoking Causes Sleep Deprivation
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...testimony to the addictive and habit forming potential of cigarettes. Here was a man whose... Read more »

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Third-Hand Tobacco Smoke: What's Left After The Tobacco Smoke Clears?
By James Thompson, MD , Health Expert

...about 3,000 teenagers try and then regularly smoke cigarettes on a daily basis. It's been well... Read more »

Health Guide

A Matter of Heart
...smoking," says Rosenberg.Concerned about all the negative press surrounding oral contraceptives and smoking cigarettes, Logan stopped taking the pill 18 years ago and cut back from smoking two... Read more »
Smoking Increases Osteoporosis Risk
A joint US-China study concluded that exposure to second-hand smoke increased the risk of osteoporosis in pre-menopausal women by a factor of three. The results of the trial, which were presented at... Read more »
Smoking and smokeless tobacco
Second-hand smoke; Cigarette smoking; Cigar smoking; Pipe smoking; Smokeless snuff; Tobacco use References Metz CN. Metabolism and biochemical effects of nicotine... Read more »
Stop Smoking: Breaking the Emotional Addiction
...break up the day and to divert me from boredom. It was woven into literally every aspect of my life.Cigarettes had become such an intrinsic part of my emotional being that dealing with the... Read more »
Stop Smoking Medications to Help You Stay Quit
...All of the NRT formulations are associated with slower onset and much lower nicotine levels than are cigarettes and of course they do not produce carbon monoxide, toxins, and carcinogens.  The... Read more »

Medications

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...you quit smoking by replacing the nicotine in cigarettes. The nicotine in tobacco is an... Read more »

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...you quit smoking by replacing the nicotine in cigarettes. The nicotine in tobacco is an... Read more »

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...you quit smoking by replacing the nicotine in cigarettes. The nicotine in tobacco is an... Read more »

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...This medication is used in combination with a stop-smoking program (e.g., education materials,... Read more »

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...This medication is used in combination with a stop-smoking program (e.g., education materials,... Read more »

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Get Aggressive to Beat Smoking
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Doctors who really want to help their patients kick the habit need to get aggressive. That's the take home message from two... Read summary »