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Health Encyclopedia: Failure To Stop Smoking

Failure to Quit

Biologic, psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors all play a role in nicotine addiction, making smoking one of the hardest addictions to beat. About half of people who quit return to smoking. Even after years of not smoking, some ex-smokers still have occasional cravings for cigarettes.

Some experts suggest that, in addition to depression, there are three major areas responsible for the inability to quit:

Mental performance. Nicotine improves concentration and thinking. Quit...

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Expert & Community Posts

Missed Periods: When Do They Mean Menopause?

By Toni Hurst , Health Expert

...that technically, menopause begins after you have missed periods for 12 months, but of course... Read more »

'Tis The Season: Single During The Holidays

By Miss A , Health Expert

Dear Miss A, My boyfriend broke up with me about a month ago. We'd been dating for... Read more »

Herpes and Your Menstrual Cycle

By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert

...doctor. It is NOT herpes related. In young women, a missed period can be normal or it may be... Read more »

Too Much Exercise? What Every Woman Athlete Should Know About Osteoporosis

By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert

On just about any short list of how to prevent osteoporosis, you are likely to see the importance... Read more »

Want to Quit Smoking? Try Keeping All Your Cigarette Butts

By Jim Christopher , Health Expert

If you've been contemplating quitting smoking of late and you live alone, put cigarette realness in... Read more »

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Health Guide

Menopause: Introduction

The ovaries contain between 200,000 and 400,000 follicles, tiny sacks thatcontain the materials needed to produce mature eggs, or ova. The ovaries produce two major female hormones:... Read more »

Osteoporosis: Risk Factors

Gender. An estimated 10 million adults in the United States have osteoporosis and another 34 million have low bone mass that places them at risk for developing osteoporosis. A 2004 report... Read more »

Endometriosis: Diagnosis

Although endometriosis is the most commonly diagnosed uterine disorder, it is often misdiagnosed or missed altogether. In a study of women with proven endometriosis, more than half of them... Read more »

Home Pregnancy Tests

...minutes and anytime of the day or night. Some tests boast they can detect a pregnancy the first day of a missed period. But how accurate are these tests? Can you really know if you are pregnant... Read more »

Birth Control Options for Women: Oral Contraception

Oral ContraceptionOral contraceptives (OCs) are available only by prescription and come in either a combination of estrogen and progestin or progestin alone. Many brands of each form are available.... Read more »

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