Šalje: QuitSmokingTips [bwprice@quitsmokingsupport.com] Poslano: 24. siječanj 2001 2:08 Prima: List Member Predmet: QuitSmokingTips QuitSmokingTips - http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... January 23, 2001 *** Volume 3 Number 4 *** ..................................................................... ...IN THIS ISSUE... 1 What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com 2. Ways to reduce your tobacco intake. 3. 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This powerful interactive guide shadows you throughout the day, initially assessing your habit, then advising you, monitoring your progress, supporting and inspiring you, until you reach your ultimate goal of being a non-smoker. Visit: http://www.SmokerSaver.com for more information! ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 1. What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com Thinking about quitting smoking? Get some of the most interactive online support available at: http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/76750 Visit our Amazon.com bookstore at: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/amazon.htm Over 15 excellent quitting smoking books to help you to quit smoking! Add your name to our growing list of over 2,800 ex-smokers at: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/feedback.htm ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 2. Ways to reduce your tobacco intake. Ways to Reduce Your Tobacco Use: This involves gradually reducing your daily intake of tobacco and nicotine to a level that will produce minimal-to-no-withdrawal symptoms and that will reduce health risks. It can be done with, or without, a nicotine-replacement therapy. You can reduce your tobacco use and/or nicotine dependency without producing withdrawal symptoms by: ˇUsing less tobacco per day. ˇUsing less tobacco each time. ˇBreaking your brand identification by frequently switching brands of tobacco products. ˇTaking fewer drags/inhales per cigarette. ˇInhaling less deeply. ˇReducing to less than 10 cigarettes, or a quarter a can of dip, per day to prevent nicotine dependency. ˇReducing to two to five cigarettes, or a fifth of a can of dip, per day to reduce health risks. ˇSwitching to a lower tar/nicotine/carbon monoxide content tobacco product. A self-administered nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can be helpful for tobacco reduction. The self-administered NRTs include gum, inhalers and nasal sprays. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 3. Questions about smoking and your health. Is cigarette smoking really addictive? Yes. The nicotine in cigarette smoke is what causes an addiction to smoking. Nicotine is a drug which is addicting just like heroin and cocaine for three main reasons. First, when taken in small amounts, nicotine produces pleasurable feelings that make the smoker want to smoke more. Second, smokers usually become dependent on nicotine and suffer both physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms when they stop smoking. These symptoms include nervousness, headaches, irritability, and difficulty in sleeping. Third, because nicotine affects the chemistry of the brain and central nervous system, it can affect the mood and temperament of the smoker. Who is most likely to become addicted? Anyone who starts smoking is at risk of becoming addicted to nicotine. Studies show that among addictive behaviors such as the use of alcohol and other drugs, cigarette smoking is most likely to become an established habit during adolescence. Therefore, when young people become cigarette smokers they are more likely to become addicted and more likely to suffer from the variety of health problems caused by cigarette smoking. What does nicotine do? Nicotine is a poison and taken in large doses could kill a person by paralyzing breathing muscles. Smokers usually take it in small amounts that the body can quickly break down and get rid of, which is why the nicotine does not kill instantly. The first dose of nicotine causes a person to feel awake and alert, while later doses result in a calm, relaxed feeling. Nicotine can make new smokers, and regular smokers who get too much of it, feel dizzy or nauseous. The resting heart rate for young smokers increases 2 to 3 beats per minute. It also lowers skin temperature and reduces blood flow in the legs and feet. Evidence shows that nicotine plays an important role in increasing smokers' risk of heart disease and stroke. Does smoking cause cancer? Yes. Tobacco smoke contains at least 43 carcinogenic (cancer-causing) substances. Smoking causes many kinds of cancer, not just lung cancer. Tobacco use accounts for 30%, or one in three, of all cancer deaths in the United States. Smoking is responsible for almost 90% of lung cancers among men and more than 70% among women, about 83% overall. Cancer of the mouth, larynx, pharynx, esophagus, kidney, bladder, pancreas, and uterine cervix also have in common cigarette smoking as a major cause. How does cigarette smoke affect the lungs? Cigarette smoking causes several lung diseases that can be just as dangerous as lung cancer. Chronic bronchitis - a disease where the airways produce excess mucus, which forces the smoker to cough frequently - is a common ailment for smokers. Cigarette smoking is also the major cause of emphysema - a disease that slowly destroys a person's ability to breathe. In order for oxygen to reach the blood, it must move across large surfaces in the lungs. Normally, thousands of tiny sacs make up about 100 square yards of surface area in the lungs. When emphysema occurs, the walls between the sacs break down and create larger but fewer sacs, significantly decreasing the amount of oxygen reaching the blood. Eventually, the lung surface area can become so small that a person with emphysema has to spend most of the time gasping for breath, with an oxygen bottle near by or with oxygen tubes inserted into the nasal cavity. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, kills about 81,000 people each year; cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 65,000 of these deaths. What in cigarette smoke is harmful? Cigarette smoke is a complex mixture of organic and inorganic compounds generated by the combustion (burning) of tobacco and additives. Cigarette smoke contains tar, which is made up of over 4,000 chemicals, including the 43 known to cause cancer. Some of these substances cause heart and respiratory diseases, all of which are disabling and can cause death. You might be surprised to know some of the chemicals found in cigarette smoke. They include: cyanide, benzene, formaldehyde, methanol (wood alcohol), acetylene (the fuel used in torches), and ammonia. It also contains the poisonous gases nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide. Its main active ingredient is nicotine, an addictive drug. Does cigarette smoking affect the heart? Yes. Smoking cigarettes increases the risk of heart disease, which is America's number one killer. Almost 180,000 Americans die each year from cardiovascular disease caused by smoking. Smoking, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and lack of exercise are all risk factors for heart disease, but smoking alone doubles the risk of heart disease. Also, for smokers and non-smokers who have had a heart attack, smokers are more likely to have another. What are some of the short- and long-term effects of smoking cigarettes? Smoking causes cancer, which may not develop for years. Regardless of how many smokers are lucky enough to escape cancer, the truth is inescapable: cigarette smokers die younger than nonsmokers. In fact, smoking decreases a person's life expectancy by 10 - 12 years. Smokers between the ages of 35 and 70 have death rates three times higher than those who have never smoked. There are many more short-term effects of smoking. A major consequence of smoking is decreased lung function which is why smokers often suffer from shortness of breath, nagging coughing, or tiring easily during strenuous physical activity. Smoking also diminishes the ability to smell and taste and causes premature aging of skin. Courtesy of American Cancer Society Internet: www.cancer.org ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The contents of this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the opinions of QuitSmokingSupport.com. We want this newsletter to be the best one around. If you have suggestions, ideas, or feedback about this newsletter, feel free to email us at support@quitsmokingsupport.com Please feel free to pass this newsletter along to anyone you know who may benefit from it! To unsubscribe to this newsletter, please go to http://www.listbot.com/ (c) Copyright 1995-2001 QuitSmokingSupport.com Take care and have a great week! Blair support@quitsmokingsupport.com QuitSmokingSupport.com http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to quitsmokingtips-unsubscribe@listbot.com