Quitting Smoking and Motivation Motivation in relation to quitting smoking has many factors, which influence the strength of that motivation. Extrinsic and Intrinsic factors both influence the motivation to stop smoking. Heredity is also thought to play a part in those who can stop smoking and those who cannot. Finally, the environment of smokers is ...
Whether you’ve been smoking for years and know that you need to quit, or you’ve only been at it for a little while and are already starting to feel the pangs of addiction, you already know that giving up smoking once you’re addicted is an extremely difficult thing to do. You may wonder what makes ...
Initially, I wasn’t a fan of snus–the Swedish, smokeless, spitless tobacco product currently enjoying a surge of popularity in the United States. I’ve firmly been in the camp that any tobacco is bad tobacco, and I didn’t really see how this particular form was any better. However, I’ve got a lot of friends who smoke, ...
The government loves to ban any substance that gets you “high”, and if the substance also happens to be dangerous, there’s more fuel for their fire. What about Marijuana, which is proven to have no dangerous side effects? Why isn’t it legalized if it isn’t dangerous then? Let me tell you why it should be ...
How do you know if you are addicted to sugar? Many of us have grown up with sugar all our lives. Sugar is all around us, not only in the form of candy bars, cakes, and cookies; most everything we purchase is loaded down with sugar. Our kids will choose the sweet cereals. My favorite ...
Overcoming a cigarette addiction can be pretty tough, especially due to the addicting nature of nicotine. However, surveys have shown that approximately seventy percent of smokers actually want to stop smoking. Another portion of the survey takers said that they have a strong desire to quit. The reason most people want to finish smoking cigarettes ...
