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Adam Frey

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Surviving lung cancer

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posted 07/01/2008, comments (0)

Adam's Story: Chemo's LAST Fight

Hello, To start, I have been a bit under the weather and very tired for the last week. It was like as soon as the chemo ended, every side-effect came at me in full. The last day was just completely annoying. I was so excited to get out, but it was a bear to get my needle in...again, and after it was finally in, it was in... Read more Chevron

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The Midlife Gals (tm)

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posted 07/01/2008, comments (0)

A Smoker's Crime and Punishment

Smokers used to take a back seat to NO ONE unless that was where the ashtray was. We were first class citizens and all you healthy people were in second class. We could blow smoke right in your face and you were too embarrassed to wave your arm and hold your breath because everyone would think you were RUDE.What was the MATTER with you... Read more Chevron

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The Midlife Gals (tm)

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posted 07/01/2008, comments (0)

A Day in the Life of a Smoker

When I was a smoker, each of my days was divided into cigarette sections. I decided that if I got up, made my coffee and opened the windows, I deserved and could completely enjoy my first cigarette of the day. I would not have my first cigarette until then and that gave me the feeling that I was not as pathetic as those who woke up, leaned over to... Read more Chevron

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Carol Southard

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RN, MSN, Smoking Cessation Consultant

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posted 06/26/2008, comments (0)

Chantix: Do Risks Outweigh Benefits?

Until two years ago, only two classes of smoking cessation drugs were available: nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) with multiple delivery methods (gum, patch, inhaler, spray, lozenge) and the mild antidepressant bupropion. All approximately double the rate of cessation when compared to placebo. Chantix (Varenicline) is the first new agent for... Read more Chevron

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Jim Christopher

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Former smoker, Author & Addiction Specialist

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posted 06/25/2008, comments (0)

Stop Smoking: Self-Empowerment and Old Fashioned Elbow Grease

Acknowledge. Accept. Prioritize. These are tenets of Save Our Selves, also known as Secular Organizations for Sobriety, a self-empowerment addiction recovery group founded over 23 years ago. When I arrested my addiction to alcohol in 1978 and founded SOS in 1985, I had successfully applied these tenets both... Read more Chevron

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