A team of experts of University College London finished their extensive work on analyzing possible effects of prolonged smoking on modern men’s health. They worked with the findings of several previous studies and, in particular, teamed up with the employees of the British Civil Service on their individual research. In the end of the ends, they found out that such bad habit as smoking is actually strictly linked to more rapid development of cognitive disorders and cognitive decline in men. The detailed report about this research and other related comments were published this month in a peer-reviewed online medical journal Archives of General Psychiatry. Read the rest of this entry »

“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world.

I know because I’ve done it thousands of times!”

Mark Twain

Smoking is one of the nastiest habits, which, unfortunately, is very common nowadays. It is really hard to give up this habit, and thousands of people, who wanted to quit smoking, tried using many various techniques to reduce cravings and get rid of nicotine addiction once and for all. Usual stop smoking efforts include using a special chewing gum, pills or medications, exercise, meditation, being involved in some entertainment activities, making some substantial changes in the life-style, and many others. However, not many people are aware about the fact that what we eat and drink can actually help to enhance or worsen cigarette taste. Therefore, there are certain foods, which can make us feel bad about cigarette taste, this way help us treat the problem and give up this terrible habit. Read the rest of this entry »

Nicotine addiction is one of the most serious social problems of our times, and a great deal of smokers around the world is constantly making their efforts to quit this terrible habit. They develop special quit smoking plans, join medical stop smoking programs, do special exercises or meditate. However, every time they fail to quit, it becomes harder and harder to go on struggling with this addiction. Read the rest of this entry »