For those who have gone through life shying away from anything involving numbers, the demonstration of the principle of compound interest is usually an eye-opening revelation. It's quite simply, actually. Money set aside today accrues interest, if it is wisely invested. But so does the interest on what you set aside yesterday. Over a longtime span, this snowballing of … [Read more...] about Patrick Barkey: Smoking and the Economy
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Allen Carr Dies From Lung Cancer
Allen Carr who founded The Easyway in 1983, died of lung cancer today. Mr. Carr's main objective in life was to "Cure the World of Smoking." Scandal"™ is the book that the pharmaceuticals, the Department of Health, the NHS, ASH and QUIT will not want you to read! Excerpt from Scandal: "The truth is that we've failed even to prevent our children and grand-children from … [Read more...] about Allen Carr Dies From Lung Cancer
Over The Bridge and Through the Woods
To big tobacco's house we go? Quitting smoking involves a major life change and does strange things to the human psyche. We can convince ourselves of almost anything if we truly grasp onto a belief in our minds. Thinking that you cannot quit smoking is one such belief that will literally kill you! As a very young child, I thought that I would never be able to tie … [Read more...] about Over The Bridge and Through the Woods
Peripheral Arterial Disease and Smoking
"About 80% of the patients whose legs or extremities I have to amputate are current smokers. If they are not current smokers, then they almost certainly used to smoke. If patients presenting with PAD have never smoked, I have cause to doubt whether they have the disease at all." -Mr. Daryll Baker, Consultant vascular surgeon, Royal Free Hospital. The most common cause of … [Read more...] about Peripheral Arterial Disease and Smoking
Just Don’t Smoke!
At 2.6 years quit I rarely think of smoking anymore. If I do entertain the concept of smoking I almost always cancel out the thought instantly. The most important aspect of the quit process is to become educated about what smoking does to the human body. As a young quit I forced myself to watch a Lung Bronchoscopy of a patient with lung cancer. He was a 57 year old … [Read more...] about Just Don’t Smoke!
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