http://quitsmoking.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-13T06:49:35Z Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:49:35 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/16/e-cigarette-accident.htm <p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/quitsmoking/1/0/F/G/electronic_cigarette.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="5" width="170" height="123" align="right" />A Florida man suffered the loss of all of his teeth and part of his tongue when the electronic cigarette he was smoking on Monday blew up in his mouth, ABC News reports.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/16/e-cigarette-accident.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/16/e-cigarette-accident.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:34:24 +0000 2012-02-16T06:34:24Z http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/13/wings-of-freedom-5-years-smoke-free.htm <p>Members of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&#038;webtag=ab-quitsmoking">support forum</a> here at About.com Smoking Cessation use graphic symbols to signify smoke-free time.&#160; Dots represent weeks, stars, months, and keys are used when a year smoke-free has been reached. At five years smoke-free, wings illustrate the freedom from addiction we've achieved.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/13/wings-of-freedom-5-years-smoke-free.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/13/wings-of-freedom-5-years-smoke-free.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:49:35 +0000 2012-02-13T06:49:35Z http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/09/tobacco-in-the-news-70.htm <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=661445">Smoking May be Especially Tough on Men's Brains</a> - Healthday<br /> Smoking appears to speed declines in memory, thinking, learning and processing information in men, but not in women, new research suggests.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/09/tobacco-in-the-news-70.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/09/tobacco-in-the-news-70.htm Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:37:35 +0000 2012-02-09T05:37:35Z http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/05/the-smoker-in-our-heads.htm <p><a href="http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/healingthemind/a/The-Smoker-In-Our-Heads.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/quitsmoking/1/G/l/H/Kevin-harley1.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="5" width="170" height="159" align="right" /></a> Regardless of how much we might want to stop smoking, early cessation brings on an internal battle with the smoker in our heads.&#160; We think about smoking seemingly nonstop, trying to rationalize why having <em>just one</em> cigarette or smoking <em>just for tonight</em> is okay.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/05/the-smoker-in-our-heads.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/02/05/the-smoker-in-our-heads.htm Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:48 +0000 2012-02-05T18:15:48Z http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/30/reader-tips-and-hints-for-smoking-cessatio.htm <p><strong>Listening to the Voice of Experience....<em>YOU</em></strong></p> <p><a href="http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/afteryouquitsmoking/tp/Quitting-Smoking-Your-Tips-And-Hints.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/quitsmoking/1/0/L/H/group.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="5" width="200" height="160" align="right" /></a></p> <p>There is nothing more powerful than hearing from those who have been through the challenges we face during the process of recovery from nicotine addiction.</p> <p>Here at About.com Smoking Cessation, readers can share&#160; tips and stories about how they've successfully navigated their quit programs.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/30/reader-tips-and-hints-for-smoking-cessatio.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/30/reader-tips-and-hints-for-smoking-cessatio.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:09:19 +0000 2012-01-30T06:09:19Z http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/27/dont-settle-for-less-in-your-life-3.htm <h3>Nicotine addiction taught me a lot of things...none of them good.</h3> <p><a href="http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/whyquitsmoking/a/dontsettle.htm"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/quitsmoking/1/0/E/8/scales.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="5" width="170" height="136" align="right" /></a>Smoking changes us, and those changes happen gradually, over a long period of time.</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/whyquitsmoking/a/dontsettle.htm">Don't Settle for Less in Your Life</a></strong></li> </ul> <p>In fact, the personality shifts we experience due to nicotine addiction are so subtle; most of us don't realize our cigarettes are responsible for them.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/27/dont-settle-for-less-in-your-life-3.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/27/dont-settle-for-less-in-your-life-3.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:29:05 +0000 2012-01-27T05:29:05Z http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/23/10-years-full-circle.htm <p><a href="http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/longtermcessation/a/10-Years-Full-Circle.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/quitsmoking/1/G/q/E/Mic2009.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="5" width="160" height="160" align="right" /></a>At 10 years smoke-free, Michelle has plenty to say about how she quit, and the benefits she's enjoyed since doing so.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/longtermcessation/a/10-Years-Full-Circle.htm">10 Years - Full Circle</a></strong></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/23/10-years-full-circle.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/23/10-years-full-circle.htm Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:35:50 +0000 2012-01-23T06:35:50Z http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/17/smoking-relapse-prevention-2.htm <p><a href="http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/relapse/ss/roadtorelapse.htm"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/quitsmoking/1/0/G/9/justonecig.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="5" width="97" height="170" align="right" /></a>When we're aware of the kinds of faulty thought patterns that can throw a quit program off track ahead of time, we have the advantage of being able to create a plan of action to deal with them.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/17/smoking-relapse-prevention-2.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/17/smoking-relapse-prevention-2.htm Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:34:30 +0000 2012-01-17T09:34:30Z http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/14/all-about-emphysema-3.htm <p><strong>When you can't breathe, nothing else matters...</strong></p> <p><a href="http://adam.about.net/encyclopedia/17055.htm"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/quitsmoking/1/0/D/4/emphysema.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="5" width="170" height="136" align="right" /></a>According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), emphysema affects over 2 million Americans, the majority of whom are 50 years old and over.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/14/all-about-emphysema-3.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/14/all-about-emphysema-3.htm Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:17:15 +0000 2012-01-14T23:17:15Z http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/10/nrts-not-useful-as-a-quit-smoking-aid.htm <p>According to study results published January 9, 2012 in an advance online edition of <em>Tobacco Control</em>, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and UMass Boston have found that nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) appears to have a relapse rate of about one-third for ex-smokers who use them.<!--more--></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/10/nrts-not-useful-as-a-quit-smoking-aid.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/2012/01/10/nrts-not-useful-as-a-quit-smoking-aid.htm Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:27:48 +0000 2012-01-10T13:27:48Z