The link between smoking and AMD (age-related macular degeneration) is now as robust as the link between smoking and lung cancer, yet few people are aware of the link or even of AMD. AMD is the UK's leading cause of sight loss - there are around 500,000 people in the UK with AMD - and an estimated 54,000 people have the condition as a result of smoking. Pauline Edwards, … [Read more...] about Link Between Smoking and AMD (Age-Related Macular Degeneration)
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Cigarette Ingredients and Composition
Cigarettes look deceptively simple, consisting of paper tubes containing chopped up tobacco leaf, usually with a filter at the mouth end. In fact, they are highly engineered products, designed to deliver a steady dose of nicotine. Cigarette tobacco is blended from two main leaf varieties: yellowish 'bright', also known as Virginia where it was originally grown, contains … [Read more...] about Cigarette Ingredients and Composition
No Smoke With This Man’s Fire
AS THESE things go, "I'm going to cure the world of smoking" is up there with the world's best catchphrases. These words were uttered by Allen Carr on July 15, 1983, the day when he stubbed out his last cigarette. Convinced he had discovered a method based mainly on the logical reasons smokers need to quit (rather than on the sea of drugs and patches and gums and … [Read more...] about No Smoke With This Man’s Fire
For the Record
In case I've misled anybody in any of my posts... I do not disdain the patch. I quit using the patch. I used it as directed, for all 3 levels. I've been quit 1 Year, 2 Months, 1 Week, 13 hours, 3 minutes and 59 seconds. Thanks to the patch, somewhere in the world there are 4,746 cigarettes that were not smoked by me. I don't see anything wrong with quitting CT if you … [Read more...] about For the Record
The Tie That Binds
If there is a chain to be broken, then there must be links or ties that hold that chain together. My last two days in Texas with my daughter, I had a startling revelation. It'll seem so simple to you, as you sit here and read it. But it was a "No DUH!" moment for me and I don't mind showing how blind a person can be when they're emotionally invested in helping somebody … [Read more...] about The Tie That Binds
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