My enemy became my closest friend - cigarettes

My first thought of creating this blog is on experimenting whether if I keep posting, it will remind me of my persistent to quit but alas, it never happened. The only benefit I got is the information of how I would end up (but I don't think I would die from it).

Funny! how it became my best friend again during the last few months, I lost count of my consumption per day and I think addiction got worst.

what happened?

A love was lost, not that a person died but my one and only love of my life suddenly, I don't exactly know the right term, maybe faded or lost her love to me. Now I'm sharing her love with some other guy, whom she admitted and I am at lost. Insanity is near, for I don't know what to do. I won't go into details, hell! why should anyone care.

I got so depressed, and I cling on to my prayers and my ever reliable cigarettes, which I thought would eventually kill me but in an instant became my savior.
During those heart smashing, killer pain, and on a brink of insanity and I think death from I don't know how to describe it. my smoking habit worsen but my grinded heart was somehow pampered. I know it's stupid since cigarettes is harmful to our heart but what happened was in reverse.

I still want to quit smoking from what I've known and would still recommend anyone to quit and wish everybody not to have the same fate as mine, but for me, now it gets even harder, since it became my best friend.

Maybe someday I might re-awaken my weak will and re-build again.

Kill smoking - Cold Turkey

What is cold turkey? It is not a leftover turkey meat on your refrigerator! or to kill a turkey and leave it in a cold place. In a cigarette smoking term it is simply a method of quitting to smoke a cigarettes abruptly without any means of help and facing its consequences (head on!). This method takes a huge amount of will power as others say "a superhuman powers". The term holds to all types of addictions.

The derivation is from the idea that cold turkey is a food that requires little preparation in the kitchen. So to quit like cold turkey is to do so suddenly and without preparation. It is also boosted by the image of the pallid flesh of a cold, dead, plucked turkey. In the state of drug withdrawal the addicts blood is directed to the internal organs leaving the skin white and with goose bumps and thus resembling a turkey." (http://www.allexperts.com/previousqv.asp?QuestionID=2633904)

The next question is, "is it successful?". If you have a superhuman will power it is, but judging from a smokers point of view it very difficult but can be done!. The success ratio I think is very small although the term itself is very popular, few individuals are successful in this method. The good thing is that this method is free! and you can try it anytime you want. Tried it once and I failed (need some superpowers , LOL!).

What to expect in this drastic solution:

the withdrawal symptoms - you're cravings will be at highest level!

irritated

can't relax

can't think straight


Here are some ideas to overcome the difficulties:

Do something to make you busy

Chew a gum

Take a walk when craving comes in

Always divert you're attention, when you feel like smoking a cigarette.


It is a simple term but a difficult process. I myself is not ready for this ( I do a gradual decrease method) have more success with it but not yet 100%.
If you got what it takes to quit cigarette smoking with this method then do it now!

Kill smoking health Update

Report Calls High Blood Pressure a 'Neglected Disease' (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Americans eat way too much
salt and cutting down on that consumption should be a cornerstone of new
public health efforts to curb hypertension.

Patients Do Better at Hospitals That Follow Stroke
Guidelines (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke patients taken to
hospitals that follow specific treatment protocols may have a better
chance of surviving than patients taken elsewhere, new research
suggests.
Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 19, 2010 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com:

Obama administration files appeal in tobacco case (Reuters)
Reuters - The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to consider allowing the federal government to force tobacco companies to fund smoking cessation and public education programs, which could cost the industry billions of dollars.

To quit, 'nicotine-free' smokes as good as lozenges

Interesting article.

By Joene Hendry

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Trying to quit smoking? So-called nicotine-free cigarettes may be as helpful as nicotine lozenges, hints a small study.

Smokers who used the nicotine-free cigarettes before quitting were as likely not to be smoking six weeks later as those who used nicotine lozenges, authors report in the journal Addiction. (Such cigarettes actually have a tiny amount of nicotine.)

And nicotine-free cigarettes and the lozenges both beat low-nicotine cigarettes, Dr. Dorothy K Hatsukami, at the University of Minnesota Tobacco Use Research Center in Minneapolis, and colleagues note.

Nicotine-free cigarettes have 0.05 milligrams of nicotine per cigarette, while low-nicotine cigarettes each have 0.3 milligrams. For comparison, light cigarettes have between 0.7 and 1.0 milligrams of nicotine.

While scientists have tried various ways to reduce the amount of nicotine smokers inhale to help them cut down, they have been concerned that smokers may just smoke more cigarettes to make up for what they're missing.

The idea of nicotine-free cigarettes is to make that much less likely, because it would take so many such cigarettes.

Hatsukami's team compared smoking habits and rates of quitting in 165 mostly middle-age men and women who had smoked for an average of about 15 years, reported multiple previous attempts to quit, and appeared highly motivated to try again.

The investigators supplied nicotine-free cigarettes to 53 participants and identical looking low-nicotine cigarettes to another 52. Each group was to solely smoke supplied cigarettes for 6 weeks, then quit. The remaining participants went cold turkey and used nicotine lozenges for 6 weeks.

Urine and lung tests in those who completed the study showed 19 in the nicotine-free group and 12 in the lozenge group abstinent after 6 weeks. Just 7 in the low-nicotine group were not smoking at that point.

Compared with the low-nicotine group, the nicotine-free smokers had lower levels of tobacco-related toxins and symptoms of withdrawal, though both groups reported similar cravings.

As scientists have suspected, low-nicotine cigarette smokers were more likely to compensate their withdrawal by smoking more cigarettes. Nicotine-free cigarette smokers were not.

Although nicotine-free cigarettes "can be used potentially as a cessation tool," the authors note, the results from this one small study aren't enough to suggest that smokers should use nicotine-free cigarettes instead of nicotine lozenges, Hatsukami told Reuters Health by email.

Part of what limits the conclusions scientists can draw from the study is that a third of the smoking group and half the lozenge dropped out during the course of it.

Still, the results are "encouraging," write Mitch Zeller and Saul Shiffman of Pinney Associates, Bethesda, Maryland, in an accompanying editorial, and should be followed up to explore "how nicotine reduction might affect smokers."

Pinney has consulted for GlaxoSmithKline, which has a smoking control division. Members of the study team have served as expert witnesses in lawsuits against tobacco companies, and have consulted for various drug companies.

SOURCE: Addiction, February 2010.

Shooting - Kill the Smokers!

Try this cool game, this time your on the good side.! Enjoy!!!

Kill Smoking - 2010!

It's been a while, I bet most of the cigarette smoker's out there who wishes to Quit Smoking has this " I will stop cigarette smoking smoking!" on one of their New years' resolution list.

Well it's been a month now, what's your status? (lol!). whether you made a progress or none at all last month, having it on your list is a good sign of being health conscious and minding the others. Quitting is hard but not impossible. Since cigarette smoking is serious, why make your goal more serious, 'cause that is the time or moment that you can build your Will to do it. Having a plan is the 2nd phase, make it constructive, you can always plan it on your own phase. but as much as possible make a short plan as possible (you'll never know!).

We can not go through the succeeding phase without the Will and Planning, this makes quitting smoking cigarettes more probable to success. Whenever we fail to achieve our goal, never give up! Lets assess and try it again with more focus. The ultimate goal of Kill cigarette smoking habit, is in each and every ones of us. It may take a few sacrifices but if we are willing to do it , it is achievable. Kill Smoking!!! It is a good year to start!

Holiday smoking can kill

Holidays now come and as far as relaxation due to no work, majority of cigarette smokers tends to increase their consumption of cigarettes. from parties and other forms of socializing. at this time we can almost forgot or even don't count the amount of cigarettes being consumed.

Since it's the season where one would be with his/her family celebrating this holidays, why not give them an additional gift of not smoking or reduce it. It would be certainly beneficial to you and your love ones. Yes! this special gift is free! give it all you like (LOL!) you can brag about it all you want but the best is doing it for yourself (that's a +).

Please don't even try to think to give a cigarette pack to a relative or friend, it promotes health hazard and even death. Let's celebrate the holidays with a clean conscience and healthy as possible. don't want to spoil this holiday by celebrating it in a hospital or even worst (that sucks!).

Remember cigarette smoking kills - Kill cigarette smoking!

"Cigarettes kill," but don't tell smokers

www.chinaview.cn

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Study shows that warnings related to self-esteem were more effective than those indicating "cigarettes kill" in reducing smoking, according to media reports quoting the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Monday.

Psychologists from the U.S., Switzerland and Germany conducted a small study and drew the conclusion that warnings such as "smoking makes you unattractive" or "smoking brings you and the people around you severe damage" do a better job in talking people out of their habit.

This worked especially well when people smoked to boost their self-esteem, such as young people who learned to smoke to become popular or fit in with their peers, the psychologists figured out.

"To succeed with anti-smoking messages on cigarette packs one has to take into account that considering their death may make people smoke," the study said.

A total of 39 psychology students, smokers aged between 17 and 41, participated in the study.

"On the one hand, death-related warnings were not effective and even ironically caused more positive smoking attitudes among smokers who based their self-esteem on smoking," the study said.

"On the other hand, warning messages that were unrelated to death effectively reduced smoking attitudes" among those who smoke for self-esteem.

Editor: Deng Shasha

WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year

World Health Organization New report on smoking - this is the most recent and I guess the data are carefully gathered and verified.

Facts:

5 million people tobacco smoking kill every year.

95 % of global population is unprotected by smoking ban laws.

600,000 people kill on secondhand smoking.
10% of world population is covered by any single measure (protecting people to smoke, ban on tobacco ads and tax raise on tobacco products.)

8 million people kill by 2030 - if developing countries don't take drastic action.

Smoking levels naturally drop off — as they have in Western countries — when populations become richer and better-educated.

read the whole article here.

So educate yourself stop smoking and Kill Smoking habit.

Smoking Kills less

Yes! cigarette smoking kills less if few are actually smoking (duh!)

I've read some good news regarding some significant progress by European countries about lung cancer (mostly cause by cigarette smoking) or death rate related to lung cancer. The article shows improvement on health on those countries stated.

Read the whole article here!

Very simple - Smoking kills!

Nowadays, purely text warning or advisory on stop or quit smoking is commonly ignored. We get used to seeing it, and just don't see them anymore. It is good to see that some health conscious country has the will to save the smokers and non smokers specially the young ones, to keep them out from this addictive vice. and at least dream of having a cigarette free place (too bad for the tobacco company!). I hope this can be soon implemented here in the philippines, where tobacco companies are pretty darn rich!

The image above tells it all, should I say more? Hell yeah! Smoking kills! So kill smoking before it kills! Let us all try to quit cigarette smoking, I mean lets not try lets do it! Having a will is always a good place to start.

Stop smoking or Kill yourself puffing!

You Can Stop Smoking


another informative post on how not to kill yourself and others through cigarette smoking!

by: Catherine Olivia
The facts are clear. There is nothing worse you could do to adversely affect your health. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. Women are three times more likely to develop lung cancer then men. Cancer has now replaced heart disease as the number one killer of Americans aged 85 and younger. 1/3 of all cancer deaths are related to smoking.

Although there has been a huge decrease in the number of smokers between 1965 and 2000, 22f American adults still continue to smoke. The good news is that surveys have shown that 70f active smokers want to quit.

When you quit smoking the benefits are immediate. Blood cells that transport carbon monoxide from cigarette smoke begin to transport healthy oxygen. Even though quitting doesn't completely eliminate the risk of developing lung cancer, the risk of lung cancer starts to decline. One year after quitting smoking your chances of having a heart attack drops by half. The risk of lung cancer continues to decline and drop dramatically five to ten years after quitting. So we know that quitting is essential to enjoying a long and healthy life. The question is how do you pick the right way to stop smoking for you?

The first thing you need to know is that most smokers quit unsuccessfully several times before they quit for good. You will most likely not be successful your first time around - but you must still try! Each time you attempt to quit you come closer to finally quitting for good.

There are many organizations available to help you take control of your health and quit smoking. Most smokers find a greater success rate in groups. Organizations such as SmokEnders have community based seminars and will come to the workplace to counsel smokers. SmokEnders is a gradual stop smoking program that says it's success is based on treating the physical and the psychological aspects of smoking. They offer unlimited toll-free phone counseling.

Some people prefer to try to stop cold turkey. They stop smoking completely with little or no reduction in the number of cigarettes they smoke beforehand. As with any smoker who quits, those who quit cold turkey will experience the withdrawal symptoms of irritability, increased appetite and restlessness. For someone trying to stop smoking cold turkey help can be obtained using medications such as Zyban which lessens withdrawal symptoms. Zyban can only be obtained with a prescription.

Some smokers obtain relief from smoking withdrawal with a nicotine replacement commonly known as a nicotine patch. Patches are used for up to eight weeks. Nicotine patches are available over the counter. It is suggested that you talk to your doctor before trying any over the counter nicotine replacement therapy.

The American Cancer Society and American Lung Association have free information available. The federal government also has free information for smokers available at http://www.smokefree.gov.

About the author:
Article courtesy of http://stop-smoking-4ever.com

kill the urge, kill smoking cigarette habit!

Smoking and Impotence - real Kill

Almost everyone know what impotence is, to describe it clearly it is the inability of a man to to have a stiffness on his thing or erection for sexual purposes. Now that is scary! The most scariest of this is that i've read that Impotence or erectile dysfunction is more twice likely to be more affected on smokers compared to non-smokers. what the ****!

Here are the facts I gathered:

Sexual functioning requires the coordination of several functions in the body. This includes the nervous system (mental stimulation)working in coordination with hormones, and the vascular system which pumps blood into the muscle tissue that maintains the erection.Smoking can affect all these systems, thereby, causing impotence.

Many diseases caused by smoking involve blockage of the arteries,meaning that smoking inhibits the flow of blood throughout thebody. Strokes and heart attacks are one result of severe blood flow blockage. Impotence is another result of arterial blockage.

Long-term smoking causes more physiological damage. In a United States study, healthy men who smoked,with no history of impotence, heart disease or diabetes, were interviewed twice over 8 years. The second interview revealed that although these men still had no heart disease or diabetes,they were twice as likely to experience moderate or severe impotence.

A secondary study indicated that smoking is an independent risk factor contributing to impotence.After considering other risk factors, it was found that current smokers were twice as likely to experience impotence as non-smokers.
Another independent study grouped impotent smokers,according to how many cigarettes they smoked each day.
The study concluded:
heavy smokers (40+ cigarettes/day) had the "softest" night-time erections;
smoking was related to an abnormal decline of blood pressure in the penis.


In case you have some impotency problem due to cigarette smoking, the onli way to cure this if the degree of damages is not yet worst is by simply quitting cigarette smoking. How simple is that! We know its not but let's make sure we are preparing for it, or suffer its consequences.

Cemetery Cigarettes

As a yearly tradition, we visited the cemetery on our Halloween holidays and as expected traffic and a large volume of people will be there. As usual we packed things like candles, flowers and some food and snacks, its like a whole day event where we remember the beloved relatives and friend who past away by lighting a candle, offering prayers and flowers.

During the visit, while we were walking, we past by this unusual headstone. Normally candles are lighted up, but with this one, it was cigarettes. A pack of cigarettes and a box of match was also left infront of the headstone it looks to me as it was an offering instead of the usual flowers.

I got curious and decided to hang around this headstone, there lay (according to the engraving) a 22 year old man who died 2 years ago. when I was about to leave 2 man visited, they light up a cigarette and after some puffs they put the cigarettes in a miniature vase (for flowers) and lay it infront of the headstone. Surely, it was his friends who is visiting him, the mystery is why are they lighting up cigarettes instead of candles. My guess is that the guy probably dies from a cigarette smoking related cause and that they remember him as a happy smoking dude! or maybe they are a bunch of hardcore cigarette smokers who is in a race to die young (he wins! LOL! just kidding!). I may never know but I'm pretty sure I don't want to be remembered ( If I die) as a guy killed by cigarette smoking! STOP SMOKING!

Cigarette really Kills!

In my days of worse cigarette smoking (not even thinking on quitting to smoke). I have once collected cigarette packs of a Marlboro, they have these limited edition of design for their packs, the design was cool and macho. I don't remember what year was that ( I still have them kept in my drawer ), I bet they got a good sale and profit for that and additional death rate!.

I also once saw an AD on a cigarette pack which is anti-smoking AD. It is not a regular all text warning AD (that is almost invisible to read) but a huge horrible image of a smoking related disease, it is really creepy! Since it is an imported pack, I think that some countries has a regulation on cigarette packages. I personally think this works! Philippines don't have this kind of awareness, Hell! even a seven year old kid can buy a cigarette these days.

Searching the web, I viewed some of these type of cigarette packages. some are funny but majority of it is really gruesome! All are image of cigarette related disease to the max! I think it depends on the implementing country on how gruesome it can be. I've posted some on my last post, I'll be posting other images after I have them collected. It will really make you wanna Quit Smoking!

Heart of a cigarette

Quitting or stop of cigarette smoking really do well once your in a brink of dying. the worst case is that smoking is the the reason. there are many side effects, except for the relaxation purpose, may this relax us more (LOL!)

Popular knowledge amongst us is that cigarette smoking affects the heart. To make it more clear the medical term used in any heart problem is cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is defined as diseases and injuries of the heart (any), the blood vessels of the heart, and the system of blood vessels (veins and arteries) throughout the body and within the brain.

The major factor on cardio diseases is that the supply of nutrients and oxygen is being limited or block, for a cigarette smoker, oxygen which is necessary in the circulation is being replace by carbon dioxide and other gases in every cigarette smoke inhalation. We don't need to be a doctor to visualize this, but once it lacks supply of oxygen our heart will then have produce oxygen to compensate the loss, resulting to a faster heart rate.

Also nicotine and other chemicals tends to deposit on the blood vessel and arteries which limits the supply of blood to the heart and a possible clogging. We all know the result of this, a stroke or heart attack.


how's that for a motivation!

One thing is sure and that is cigarette smoking is a risk factor in having a cardiovascular disease. We love our heart so lets Quit Smoking Cigarettes, it has a far greater benefit to all. KILL SMOKING!

Opinions against quit smoking by hypnosis

Smoking is one of the worst habits one may have, being addicted to nicotine is pretty much similar to being addicted to cocaine or heroine. Though many medical and scientific associations have underlined the similitudes between tobacco and cocaine no decisive steps have been made. There are many people eager to try such special methods especially if they are easy to implement. Alternative therapy has come up with quit smoking by hypnosis solutions. To quit smoking by hypnosis is a recent technique very contested by scientists as most doctors and scientists don't accept the idea of influencing the subconscious. Though quit smoking by hypnosis solutions are controversial there are some people that say they feel better, so based on their declarations this new quit smoking by hypnosis treatment gains more and more favorable opinions.

If you run a simple search you will find a multitude of quit smoking by hypnosis solutions over the Internet. Such quit smoking by hypnosis treatments contain a simple mp3 file that must be recorded on a CD or DVD and played several times. There are many people that buy them and say they feel better. However, at the exact opposite pole, there ore others who say they'd rather go to an exorcist than turn to quit smoking by hypnosis. The products are advertised as the extraordinary quit smoking by hypnosis mp3s. Maybe you've seen some shows where people get hypnotized and bark like a dog or any other animal. Those things are real, so be careful to what you listen, I have nothing against those who appeal to such drastic solutions I just say that they don't know to what they expose themselves.

Those who turn to quit smoking by hypnosis usually have tried other untested methods like yoga or any other alternative therapies, it is true that there is a small percentage of people that have an inclination to mysticism but before contacting some therapists that use quit smoking by hypnosis techniques try to find out the side effects of such a quit smoking by hypnosis treatment. The truth that any medic or scientist can confirm is that we know little or nothing at all about mysticism and what it involves. You can search for opinions on the Internet and you will find that many share my opinion underlaying the dangers that can appear if you try quit smoking by hypnosis. However, if you come to work with a true professional, quit smoking by hypnosis may work as it is said to eliminate the desire to smoke from the most inner levels of the subconscious.

Quit smoking - Hypnosis?

Its not a secret that smoking is one of the biggest problems that troubles our modern society as millions people die every year from a smoking caused illness. Free stop smoking hypnosis is one of the most modern methods to fight nicotine. The cause of smoking is different for each individual as there is a variety of emotional and psychological factors involved. A personal problem can make one start smoking just like a very stressful life style. The free stop smoking hypnosis helps you from inside your own mind. If the smoking causes are within each individual doctors say that the cure is also there. So this is why any quit–smoking program comes with a lot of counseling for helping one overcome all the imminent difficulties. Some people are ready to try new free stop smoking hypnosis techniques and are pleased with the results. Let's see the pros and cons of free stop smoking hypnosis methods. This might be for you to quit smoking!

The problem with free stop smoking hypnosis treatments is that you don't really know what it really goes on during the procedure. Basically during free stop smoking hypnosis sessions the nicotine addiction should be eliminated from your subconscious. Maybe you've seen shows where a person is hypnotized and then makes some foolish things, all those happenings are real. About the method, yes, it can be useful, because the mind can simply be programmed to hate cigarettes but I wouldn't trust anyone to play with my mind. Theoretically free stop smoking hypnosis can be successfully applied to some patients and if you surf the Internet for opinions you will find a lot of happy stories as well as some complaints against this method. Presently a large number of free stop smoking hypnosis mp3s exist on various sites.

As I see it the only advantage to stop smoking hypnosis method over the classical treatments is that there are no side effects as those reported in the case of some nicotine-based substitutes. As a common disadvantage of the free stop smoking hypnosis mp3 files that can be found on the Internet is that you'll have to waste a lot of time listening to them. Usually about 6 hours of listening are needed every week so if you have this time to spend, the free stop smoking hypnosis might be the solution for you. However, it would be best to turn to a professional in the field, even if you have to pay for the procedure. Such organized non-free stop smoking hypnosis therapy shows results sooner than the free variants available on the Internet.

This might work for some, as long as this helps anyone who wants to quit smoking can give hypnosis a shot!

Cigarette smoking trivia

Check this out! not really sure if it is up-to-date, one thing is sure it is a fact!

Cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer.

Quitting smoking cuts the risk of lung cancer, many other cancers, heart disease, stroke, other lung diseases, and other respiratory illnesses.

Among infants to 18 months of age, secondhand smoke is associated with 300,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia each year.

About 8.6 million people in the U.S. have at least one serious illness caused by smoking.

Secondhand smoke is classified by the EPA as a known human carcinogen.

In 1908 a law was passed in New York City making it illegal for women to smoke in public.

Smoking is a major factor in coronary heart disease and stroke.

Smoking is responsible for approximately 90 percent of lung cancer deaths.

When inhaled in cigarette smoke nicotine reaches the brain faster than drugs that enter the body intravenously.

If both parents smoke, a teenager is more than twice as likely to smoke than a child whose parents are both non-smokers.

In 17th-century Massachusetts, smoking was legal only at a distance of five miles from any town.

President Lyndon Johnson used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day.

Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to deliver underweight babies.

A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will on average lose two teeth every ten years.

Smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers.

People that smoke have 10 times as many wrinkles as a person that does not smoke.

Three years after a person quits smoking, their chance of having a heart attack falls substantially.

Studies show that couples that smoke during the time of conception have a higher chance of having a girl.

The Cree Indians used smoking pipes as currency.

The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

Smoking in pregnancy accounts for an estimated 20 to 30 percent of low-birth weight babies.

As smoking declines among the White non-Hispanic population, tobacco companies have targeted both African Americans and Hispanics with intensive advertising.

When Sir Walter Raleigh introduced tobacco into England in the early 1600s, King James argued against its use.

More than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year are from smoking-related illnesses.

Cigarette smoking - won't kill me!

At least that's what I think. I know that some doctors might say that a single cigarette consumption is same as a pack, but considering the number of cigarette stick I've reduce consuming per day, is a great feat for me (averaging 5 light cigarette stick daily).

I think it is for almost 2 months now. You might say that "it's nothing compared to...blah", well, that's good enough for me for now. All it takes is to have a control, I don't actually have a full control of it but I think I developed a self discipline on my cigarette smoking (the urge is now less), I hope and would try my best to maintain this and continue improving up to its elimination. The best part is my BP (blood pressure) is now consistently making it to a normal BP of 120/90 ( I have my worst at 160/100). If you are really up to it, then what you can do is think first before lighting a cigarette ( a few seconds would do!), what to think about? here's some:

• think of your health ( I'm pretty sure we're not getting any healthier!)
• think about the person/s surrounding you (specially if there are non-smokers or babies)
• think of the horrible effect of excessive cigarette smoking (I think this one works for me, I can't stand a gruesome picture!)

That's it! you can have your own way on quitting cigarette smoking or have some help (medical 0r natural) but it won't work unless you are really up to it. Always remember that smoking kills, and it could be one of us!