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Those who smoke, once in there life time they do desire that they never had started smoking. Why people smoke ? Through my own personal experience from colleagues, friends, family members. People smoke because they want to get through that " Hard Time ". Hard time can be your studies, assignments, night shift job, you want to stay awake, you want a boost in your working, it can be any excuse which makes you to do smoking. According to statistics of smoking, there are nearly seventy percent of all smokers who want to quit smoking. This year 2011 forty percent of total smokers will try to quit smoking, by different methods like using nicotine patches, gums, cold turkey etc.  Smokers know that quit smoking is very difficult because of the cravings that occur which is very intense that can last up to three months, that makes them believe that it's impossible. One thing that you should keep in mind is that quitting depend...

Now a days we see lot's of overweight and at the same time obese individuals in the car's. By over weight I mean that your weight increases to the extent that it posses a threat to your own health/life. Normally the most common method to check if you are overweight or not you use BMI ( Body Mass Index), a tool to check your weight, calculated by dividing your total weight to your height and the result tells you that weather you are over weight or obese. If the index comes to value of 25 or greater than 25 then you are over weight or if it comes to value of 30 or more then you are obese. Obesity is one of the most common factor that contributes to cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, joint pains and diabetes. A person normally gets obese when he/she stops moving, his/her most of the work is done by sitting like computer work, desk work etc and for every day of your house hold work is done by driving to stores to stores then yes individual will make higher chances of ge...

Weight Control and Smoking Those who are thinking to quit smoking or have already done quitting. I can tell you that this is one of the best decisions you have taken to improve your life and your health. But at this point most of us who have quit smoking will be concerned about weight gain. First things first focus all your attention to quit smoking if this goal is achieved then you can focus on your second objective that is improving your health. Risks of smoking If you smoke, smoking substantially increases the likelihood of getting lung cancer, which is a one of the most leading causes of cancer death in United States of America. Different types of cancers like kidney cancer, pancreas, larynx and cervix are related to smoking. Smoking at the same time increases the chances of getting lung disease, heart disease. If you look at the women especially those were pregnant, if they are smokers it can lead to premature birth, if the baby is born there is a chance of low weight babies...