You are either a smoker or a non-smoker. There is really no in between. Yes, there are those that smoke less and those that smoke more. Yes there are people who are so-called social smokers and those that wake up in the middle because of the need to smoke. But, once you take the decision [...]
For the long term smoker, cigarette consumption is so ingrained in your being that it is often difficult to imagine life any other way. But it is possible to live very happily without the crutch of cigarettes, and indeed longer and in better shape. But I also know, having been there before, that it is [...]
Addiction to cigarettes takes many forms. The most common one, of course, is the physical addiction to nicotine, the active ingredient in cigarettes. The second, and some say most important facet of addiction is behavioral, meaning the habit of having something in your hands, or in your mouth, constantly. Associations of everyday activities with smoking [...]
If you are like most North Americans or Europeans for that matter, you almost certainly spend an inordinate amount of time in your car. When you have just quit smoking, you will find that there are temptations everywhere around you, even in places you least expected. Your strongest temptation may not come with ending a [...]
