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Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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When you smoke, you not only harm yourself, but also the people around you. Your lungs aren t the only organs affected by tobacco; smoking has lasting effects on the mouth, nasal cavity, stomach, pancreas, kidney, liver, rectum etc. Smoking affects you physical and mental health, and can easily become an addiction.
Smoking increases a person s risk of suffering from many types of cancer including oral cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer etc, as well as the chance of having a stroke or ...more
Smoking increases a person s risk of suffering from many types of cancer including oral cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer etc, as well as the chance of having a stroke or ...more
Last Updated: 9 years ago• Featured Tip
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A good percentage of people who smoke want to quit the habit, few who understand the physical and psychological damage it can do to them and many because they feel that the they are losing control over the habit and its going well beyond the levels at which they want to maintain it and some because it eats into their pocket. They even express the wish to quit which only follows their version of inability to do so and a feeling helplessness. A considerable number of people make plans to quit and ...more
Asked for male, 25 years old from Hassan
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It is great to quit smoking which is a harmful to body. If you cannot suddenly stop, then gradually reduce smoking but make it a point to quit fully in a specified time duration. Engaging mind in higher activities like meditation, yoga and services help a lot to quit smoking. Also drink cow's milk in night before sleep.
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Dear user. I can understand. Tobacco is addictive. Cigarette also contains 4000+ carcinogenic chemicals other than nicotine. Smoking can affect your mouth, throat, lungs, heart, stomach and brain in many ways. Cancer is one among the potential diseases smoking can cause. The best method is to leave it and continue with your will power. There are other methods like Nicotine Replacement therapy and pharmacotherapy combined. Nicotine chewing gums too help as an alternative for cigarettes. But still...more
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Asked for male, 26 years old from Darjeeling
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There is no bad effects of sudden quitting.
Just you may have increased desire for smoking.
And some physical symptoms.
You can consult for the homoeopathic treatment..
Just you may have increased desire for smoking.
And some physical symptoms.
You can consult for the homoeopathic treatment..
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Asked for male, 18 years old from Delhi
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Dear Lybrate user. Smoking is always dangerous for health whether it is one or two it makes no differences. Quit smoking. Take care.
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Your husband has nicotine withdrawal and he needs to drink water whenever he is disturbed, and he can chew nicotine-based gums like Niocotex and engage in mind-stimulating games or activities like playing chess or doing his job-related works, listening to music etc...
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Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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Smoking can have adverse effects on your health that may result in a number of diseases, and also can degrade the overall health condition. Thus, every packet of cigarette comes with the warning Smoking is injurious to health . Yet, for those who are habituated to it, it can be extremely difficult to heed the caution and quit.
If you are one of those smokers contemplating quitting, here are some of the compelling reasons to embark on the road to good health immediately. Read on to know...more
If you are one of those smokers contemplating quitting, here are some of the compelling reasons to embark on the road to good health immediately. Read on to know...more
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You must try and try again. Very few people succeed in their first attempt. Your persistence will eventually pay off. The urge to discontinue is hampered by many factors but the worst of them is the conditioning. In fact these conditions can exist all through the day unlike other addictions. But your desire to want to stop is the most important factor. It is important to find out about the ill-effects of smoking to have a reason that alarms you about continuing in the habit. The information is r...more
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Asked for male, 23 years old from Jabalpur
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Dear Lybrate-user, it is good that you wants to know about smoking, we are destroying our health by smoking normal human takes oxygen into lungs 12 -15 times per minute (12 - 15 breaths) Lungs mixes oxygen in our blood and it purifies our blood, by smoking we are mixing not only oxygen adding and mixing bad elements like Nicotine etc. In Oxygen, that spoils our blood and our body organs like Lungs, Heart, kidney etc…
How to quit: By willingness and willpower" where there is a will there is a...more
How to quit: By willingness and willpower" where there is a will there is a...more
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