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Jun 24, 2010
A Pack of Cigarette Costs Eleven Dollars in New York
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 the financial hardships but on the... read more
Jun 21, 2010
How to Prevent Weight Gain When Quitting Smoking
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. Although there are many reasons or... read more
Jun 12, 2010
Two Year Old from Indonesia Smokes 40 Cigarettes a Day
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 bangs his head on the wall. This is... read more
May 21, 2010
Why I Slipped Twice and Started Smoking Again
If you will recall my smoking career (read the about me page) I slipped twice and smoked again. I would like to share with you my experience in the hope that you would be able to fill the gap and succeed where I slipped. Although I slipped twice and smoked only for a short period of time, it made me feel stupid, fortunately I was able to remove the fallacies and lies about smoking in my mind when I first... read more
May 10, 2010
WordPress Login Redirects to Malware Site – Godaddy Solution
This blog was attacked or hacked, I really don’t know the correct term, but I could not log on properly to this blog for two days because first, every time I try to type the URL to log in, it was directed to another site that contains malware or trojan and my antivirus aborts the connection immediately. Then after trying to log in again, this time successfully, the admin panel looks entirely different,... read more
