14th April 2010
You first light up a cigarette when you are in your teens. You would think that you were invincible and knew you could quit the habit any time. Any way, the very first puff tasted awful but there was a certain kick to it; your pulse raced and it took you ...
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22nd March 2010
The human tongue has the ability to determine four basic tastes, namely, sweet, salty, acidic, and bitter. All the rest is a matter of different flavours related to the sense of smell. When testing for the qualities of cigars, only the tastes like sweetne...
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18th March 2010
When it comes down to the real term, the word ‘connoisseur' should not be used lightly. A lot many people confess and say that they are just connoisseurs when they are really stuck somewhere between the positions of a novice and an expert. As with most ...
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09th March 2010
The habit of smoking cigarettes has witnessed an evolution in terms of perception and acceptance. During the early days in the history of tobacco smoking, it was viewed as an aspect that was good for people. How fallacious that tale has turned out to be n...
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02nd March 2010
It has always been stressed that nicotine is bad for a smoker's health and so one must at all cost forsake the use of nicotine, a smoker's partner in his weal and woe. A smoker would have shared some of his private moments with cigarettes. During your str...
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23rd February 2010
Nicotine, in its organic form, is not addictive; but it is the primary factor responsible for releasing dopamine. It is a neurotransmitter associated with the points of pleasure and reinforcements inside the brain; this way it induces addictive tendencies...
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23rd February 2010
Many countries have set up laboratories to study about the different aspects related to smoking at the macro level as well as at the micro level. In the macro level, larger aspects of smoking are taught or studied; aspects such as the effect of a small il...
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23rd February 2010
Smoking depletes a person's body of the vital elements and nutrients. It is the leading causative factor of many kinds of lung and mouth cancers and it also causes emphysema. Nicotine is found in tobacco smoke that goes into the blood stream. The human bo...
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23rd February 2010
Cigarette smoking as well as exposure to second hand tobacco smoke has association with premature death caused due to chronic diseases such as different kinds of cancer, heart diseases and lung diseases. According to the Department of Health and Human Ser...
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22nd February 2010
Nowadays, most of the women are aware of the undesirable health implications of smoking during pregnancy. A majority of them manage to quit smoking altogether at least for this purpose. Ideally, they should never smoke again so that they can enjoy the ext...
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22nd February 2010
A majority of people that want to quit smoking fail to do so even when they are half way through the process of actively quitting the habit. This is because they cannot muster the willpower and courage to carry on till the end. They are just not able to s...
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17th February 2010
Weight gain by people who want to quit smoking is a problem that needs to be addressed. Gaining weight might be a miserable and stressful experience for smokers when combined with nicotine withdrawal symptoms. People who are on some smoking cessation prog...
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17th February 2010
Smoking ban is on, and people are on the look out for some replacement products in order to cope with the nicotine cravings that ensue. Some easy ways and products are available to fight one's nicotine cravings. Smoking bans are there in every conceivable...
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17th February 2010
Smoking is not an automatic ticket to social acceptance, but many people feel it will help modify their perceived image into one of being a cool personality, sophisticated and one on top of their game. But smoking is a bad habit that results in various ki...
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12th February 2010
There are all kinds of bad news awaiting young smokers. As the governments all over the world tighten the rules and noose around smokers by imposing a ban on smoking with the help of legislations, it has become difficult for smokers to steal a puff at pub...
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