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Zoft Halt Gum to reduce the addiction of Nicotine

Posted on July 4, 2011 by
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Zoft Halt Gum is used to reduce the addiction to nicotine. Thus it controls habit of smoking. It is found that nicotine is widely considered as an addictive as heroin and methamphetamines. A smoker not only become physically addicted to tobacco but also gets psychologically addicted to it as well. This difficulty in giving up smoking has increased the wide spread use of the nicotine gum. So this can play an important role in reducing the affinity towards the habit of smoking.
But it’s found that the excessive use this gum may cause serious problems. In certain cases it’s observed that the gum itself becomes an addictive. This is because it contains some amount of nicotine as well. Even though it has certain side effects, the Zoft Halt Gum is widely used by people to quit smoking. It fights against nicotine carvings. It also uses ingredients which are used to promote health and wellness.
The nicotine gum is made by blending mainly four herbs which are of traditional use especially for tribes. These herbs may include substances like:
1) Calcium carbonate-It’s mainly intended to increase the calcium intake in the daily diet. Calcium is one of the important nutrients which are needed by our body and it plays an important role in the formation strong and healthy teethes, bones and muscles.
2) Ashwagandha (also called as Indian ginseng)-This herb is used as an ayurvedic medicine and it helps to reduce tension and anxiety. It also helps to lessen the use tobacco.
3) Passion flower (Ziziphus)-It is a plant and has many medicinal application. It’s mainly used in China. It’s rich in nutrients like potassium, calcium, phosphorous and manganese. It also contains vitamin C, zinc, iron and thiamine. It is also helpful in treating cancer.
These ingredients not only works together to quit smoking but also helps in withdrawal of nicotine and thus releasing the stress. Zoft Halt gums uses natural sweeteners thus to make it easy to consume.
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How Cigarette smoking causes Lung cancer?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by
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Cigarette smoking is the main cause of lung cancer. Lung cancer is mainly caused due to uncontrolled growth of cells in tissues of the lung. This uncontrolled growth may lead to metastasis.Metastsis is a disease which spreads from one organ to another organ or to adjacent organs. Majority of lung cancers are carcinomas which are derived from epithelial cells. Most of the cancer related deaths happening around the world are due to lung cancer. Recent survey shows that about 1.3 million people die due to lung cancer.
The two main types of lung cancer are small cell lung carcinoma and non small cell lung carcinoma. They are classified on the basis of treatment. The non small cell lung carcinoma is treated with the help of surgery and small cell carcinoma is treated by chemotherapy and radiation. A prolonged exposure to tobacco can cause lung cancer. Lung cancer may sometimes occur in non smokers as well. This may be due to genetic factors or exposure to radon gas, asbestos or sometimes may due to air pollution which may include second hand smoking as well.
Lung cancer can be viewed by methods like chest radiograph and computed tomography (CT )scan. A biopsy is used to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment and prognosis depends on the type of cancer, performance status of the patient and the stage of the disease. The various treatments given to a patient with lung cancer may include radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery. The person may or may not survive and it depends on the stage of the disease, overall health and some other factors. But it is found that five year survival rate for a people with lung cancer is found to be only 14%.
Some of the common symptoms of lung cancer are shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, chest pain or pain in abdomen, loss of appetite, coughing up blood difficulty in swallowing and weight loss.

To save yourself quit smoking at the earliest.

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How to quit smoking step by step?

Posted on June 14, 2011 by
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Smoking is extremely dangerous to our health and it proves highly fatal. Once you get addicted to this habit it may take some time and effort to get rid of this. If you are so determined to tolerate the temptations when not smoking for a period, then gradually it will become easier to overcome this habit.

Once getting addicted to smoking never means that it cannot be stopped. But it requires a strong determination. This can developed if you have the support of your parents, friends, relatives….It’s important to note that a smoker may die 10-20 years earlier than he/she would have leaved if not a smoker. This is a hard fact if you value your health.

During smoking, nicotine present in cigarettes may get absorbed and enters blood through lungs. Nicotine is toxic substance. It has a calming effect and it makes it difficult for smokers give up the use of cigars. Each time when you smoke the more addicted you become.

There are lots of tips available to smokers to get rid of smoking. Some of them are hypnotherapy, NLP, counseling, smoking patches, controlling the day to day habits etc.

  • Hypnotherapy is a widely used tool to fight against smoking. It has provided the ability to give up the taste for nicotine.
  • NLP (Neuro linguistic Programming) is a method which mainly uses reframing techniques which helps to give up smoking.
  • Counseling-It’s another important method in which one seeks advice from a counselor who has a greater experience in this area.
  • Smoking Patches- Some people often visit doctor for assistance. These patches may be useful for them especially for a few weeks.

Never lose years of life for this habit; instead you beat this addiction with strong determination. Because it’s possible to give up if you are doing it for the right reason “that is for you and not for others”.

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Smoking and its effects in teens

Posted on June 7, 2011 by
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Do you know that Even A Cigarette a day can cause harm?

Most of the people, especially teens are not aware about the ill effects of smoking. A recent study on smoking have revealed a groundbreaking statement, that is tobacco smoking can result in wide spread brain abnormalities.

It’s known that cerebral cortex is responsible for many higher order functions and these may include functions like information processing, language, and memory. Cortical thickness is closely associated with normal aging. As age increase cortical thickness decreases. This may result in reduced intelligence, and impaired cognition. Recent studies highlighted the impact of smoking on cortical thickness. Cortical thinning in leftmost medial orbitofrontal cortex was observed in smokers. This cortical thinning is proportional to number of cigarettes smoked a day. So heavier smoking results in thinning of cortical tissue. This cortical thinning also results in elevated risk of addiction to smoking.

A study conducted by researchers of University of Montreal revealed the fact that large number of teenagers are trying hard to get rid of smoking, but not able to succeed. A survey conducted on 319 Montreal teenagers showed that, incapability in giving up smoking have lead to lowering their confidence.Dr.Loughlin on of the researcher found that teen smokers will make their first serious attempt after 3 months of smoking and after smoking for 21 months they will find it difficult to quit smoking. So it is really a hectic task to make teens to quit smoke even if they have the desire to do so.

So steps must be taken as to prompt these teenagers to quit smoking. Methods like increasing the cost of cigarettes may reduce the number of smokers as cheap cigarettes discourage them to quit smoking. According to the survey taken by the Canadian Tobacco monitoring (statistics Canada) about 15 percent of the teenagers smoke daily or occasionally. Montreal investigation showed that within nine months teenagers become monthly smokers and in 19 months they become weekly smokers and within 23 months they become daily smokers.

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