Smoking relapse is a term wherein an ex-smoker after quitting for a period of time, let’s say several months or several years, once again succumbs to the addiction of nicotine and becomes again a smoker. So what really causes this smoking relapse or slipping thing? Many studies have been made and the corresponding results and recommendations have not helped much....

This is a guest pot submitted by Jennifer Froggatt. Addiction can come in many forms, smoking being one of the most common. Around 70% of all smokers want to stop smoking but feel they are unable to. You may of tried quitting before but didn’t quite manage it, but don’t let that stop you trying again. It may take a few attempts but as a smoker giving up...

Autosuggestion also known as self-suggestion has been debated throughout the years if you could really change your life and become what you want to become by using thoughts and repeated actions. Questions have been raised if it works or not but based on my research, people whom I have spoken to, articles and books I’ve read, I guess the system of autosuggestion...

This is a guest post submitted by Paul Brickhill. If you’re considering quitting smoking, one little way we can help ourselves is to define the benefits before we quit. This enables us to know what we can look forward to and to experience in order to help the overall process in stopping and to help facilitate the process of getting through any cravings or...

You may be wondering, what happens when you quit smoking permanently? Well, there are many benefits you will reap as soon as you quit smoking. Some of these benefits will affect your health and finances while others will positively affect your social being and your relationship with the community or society. Despite the fact that you know some of the common...

Testimonial – this is a contributed article from Susie… I quit for seven years between 1996 and 2003.  I had a baby in Jan 2006 (I did not smoke during pregnancy).  In May 2006 I started smoking again.  With the help of patches I quit in Feb 2007, but started again in May 2007.  With the help of pastilles I quit between Oct 2008 and May 2009.  Finally I...

A new law was enacted to raise the prices of cigarettes to $11.00 in New York and will be effective July 1. Fortunately I already kicked that habit, but for those nicotine addicts in New York, if they won’t decide to quit smoking, well they will be a lot poorer trying to maintain their kick of nicotine. Unless of course if the smoker is filthy rich, he might escape...

Some people I know who successfully stop smoking gained weight after living a life free from nicotine and I always get two (2) common answers if I ask them the reason why they gained weight. First, the food has never tasted better and their appetite has increase dramatically and controlling the urge to eat is very difficult, resulting in obesity and weight problems....

I received an email the other day from a friend and I was really shocked to see a two year old boy from Indonesia smoking 40 cigarettes a day. His name is Ardi Rizal, puffing away 40 cigarettes which his parents supply him. According to Ardi’s mother, if they don’t give him any cigarette, the child gives the wildest tantrums you could imagine, he screams and...

There came a time when I was smoking heavily that I couldn’t imagine life without cigarettes. I was totally hooked and after failing to quit several times, I thought I was going to be chained to this misery forever. I was smoking a pack a day and you could just imagine the money I was throwing away (to make tobacco companies rich) and the carbon monoxide and tar...