Archive for February, 2008
New report on global tobacco control efforts
February 24th, 2008
Dr Paul wrote an interesting post today on
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The World Health Organization has released a new report on global tobacco control efforts.
“…not a single country fully implements all key tobacco control measures, and outlined an approach that governments can adopt to prevent tens of millions of premature deaths by the middle of this century.”
In this report the WHO finds that only 5% of the worlds population lives in a country which fully protect their population with any one of the key measures that reduce smoking rates. These statistics are quite surprising. To find out more read the news release on the WHO site.
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Smoking Deaths An Epidemic In India
February 21st, 2008
Dr Paul wrote an interesting post today on
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Smoking related deaths in India are approaching epidemic proportions. New research by Canadian, British and Indian researchers suggests that the country will soon have more than 1 million smoking related deaths annually.
To find out more read the article from the Smoking Deaths An Epidemic In India.
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Who Will You Listen To?
February 16th, 2008
Jason wrote an interesting post today on
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Now that you have been removed from smoking for some time, you may think about smoking only once in a while. I’ve found it strange the timing of the thoughts and how random they seem when they do come. You could bend over to tie your shoes, and the next thing you know, you are thinking about taking a puff.
I was watching my favorite cartoon, “Tom & Jerry”, with my 4-year-old son and was reminded of those moments you have when you think about smoking. Tom was trying very hard to be a good cat, but he had this little Red Devil on his shoulder reminding him of how much he wanted to eat Jerry Mouse. And the minute he started to take action on his “evil” thoughts, he was quickly reminded of his goals by a little White Angel on his other shoulder.
Poor Tom the Cat struggled the whole episode [...]
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Decide to Quit Smoking
February 13th, 2008
admin wrote an interesting post today on
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- Nenad Molerovic
Once again I want to welcome you, and congratulate you for reading and searching for answers.
I suppose that you want to stop smoking and you want to know how. In this post I want to remind you of your power, the power of decision, the power of action and the power of your focus. Also I want to assure you that you know how to quit, you were born as a nonsmoker, right?
The real problem is the decision process. That’s right, it’s a process. It’s not a simple decision. It’s a decision that you want to change your state and your behavior. How will you replace something you’ve enjoyed doing with absolute nothing? The process for becoming a smoker is the same. That’s the main reason why some people eat like crazy, when they quit. They miss the behavior, the everyday routine. Maybe you were never in [...]
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