What indeed is smoking?
Wikipedia describes smoking as a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. Smoking refers to the inhalation and exhalation of fumes from burning tobacco in cigars, cigarettes and pipes....
Effects on Health
Do you have any idea which smoking-related disease is the number one cause of death among smokers? If you're thinking it's lung cancer or COPD/emphysema, you're wrong. While both of these smoking-related diseases do claim a lot of lives, it is heart disease that that holds the top slot in the list of diseases that kill smokers....
Facts and Figures
This chapter discusses many of the "not-so-glamorous" facts about cigarette smoking. This is mainly an informational chapter. Many of you will have already heard about a lot of the facts and figures here. But this chapter serves an important purpose....
How to Quit
This guides you from thinking about stopping through actually doing it - from the day you quit to quitting for keeps. It gives tips on fighting temptation - and what to do if you give in - and on avoiding weight gain. By telling you what to expect, it can help you through the day-to-day process of becoming and remaining a nonsmoker....