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Quitting Smoking


It's never too late to quit smoking. According to the American Cancer Society, about half of all smokers who keep smoking will die from a smoking-related disease. Quitting has immediate health benefits.

According to the National Institutes of Health, about 70% of adults in the U.S. who smoke want to quit. About 40% of them make a serious attempt to do so each year, but fewer than 5 percent actually succeed. A June 2006 report published by the NIH says that the available smoking ce...

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Expert & Community Posts

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Are You Wondering, Why Can’t I Lose Weight? Read this...
By Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert

...they take in and overestimate the number of calories burned during exercise.  Do Some Simple... Read more »

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Calories - Is less really best?
By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert

...too low the body's metabolism (the rate at which we burn calories) can become compromised and... Read more »

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Why Skipping Meals Won't Help You Lose Weight
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...you maintain a higher metabolic rate so that you burn more calories, and it helps control your... Read more »

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Boost Your Metabolism for Better Heart Health
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert

...boosting your metabolism you increase the calories your burn throughout each day.  This will... Read more »

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The Calorie Impact of Low Blood Sugars
By Kelsey Bonilla , Health Expert

...enlightening process!  Since I have the advantage of burning an extra 500-600 calories per day... Read more »

Health Guide

The Effects of exercise on Weight
...Research suggests that people who have trained for a long time develop more efficient mechanisms for burning fat and are able to stay leaner.Lifting weights builds muscle, which burns calories... Read more »
Preventing Obesity: Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance
...adverse psychological or physical effects. Repeated dieting also does not impair the body's ability to burn calories efficiently.Weight loss, in any case, should not be the only or even the... Read more »
Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal
...smoking gained about 12 pounds.Smoking uses up calories -- about 200 a day according to one study. Burning calories helps you lose weight. After quitting, the body's metabolism slows down, and... Read more »
Impotence Treatment with Lifestyle Changes
...their testosterone levels by 25% compared to their inactive peers. Another study found that men who burned 200 calories or more a day in physical activity (which can be achieved by 2 miles of... Read more »
Recommended Exercise Methods
...Nearly anyone in reasonable health can engage in some low- to moderate-impact exercise. Brisk walking burns as many calories as jogging for the same distance and poses less risk for injury to... Read more »

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