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So many people smoke in China it is hard to avoid it when you travel around.

Giving up smoking? Good idea, because cigarettes are full of poisons..
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First published at Qondio:

Electronic cigarettes also called E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that are being used as alternatives too smoking. E-cigarettes contain nicotine, flavoring and chemicals.

I know I am strange character - while I smoked cigarettes eons ago, I have never smoked cannabis. I've never "done drugs". Apart from the fact that it is illegal, I've never wanted to. My sister did, my children did - but me, no never. Perhaps I have been around people who were smoking it, but apart from nursing patients who were high on drugs in a psychiatric hospital years ago, I haven't really come close to it that I know.

I still remember the first time I smoked. It was 3 years ago when I went to Baguio, it was my first time to go there. The climate there was really different, it was so cold that I almost chill all the time. I find ways to keep myself feel warm. I wore two sweaters at the same time, but still I shivered. My senior technician told me that, he smoke when he feels the same way I do. At first I thought it was just a joke, then I tried to do it hoping that it might work. Because of curiosity, I tried to smoke a single cigarette stick. To my surprise, it really makes me feel warm. I am not a chain smoker, don’t get me wrong. I just do it every time I feel cold.

The following is not normally associated with smoking - you would expect the reverse to be true.

Research has found teenage girls who smoke more than ten cigarettes a day double their chances of becoming obese in adulthood.

Below, some tips to help you quit smoking are listed. First and foremost, set a quit date and quit COMPLETELY on that day. To prepare for that day:

* Identify the times you are most likely to smoke. For example, do you tend to smoke when feeling stressed? When you are out at night with friends? While you are drinking coffee? When you are bored? While you are driving?

Asthma is a chronic respiratory ailment that causes wheezing, coughing, chest congestion, shortness of breath and often tremendous anxiety about being unable to breath. Asthma is a horrible disease that effects many people. More then 4,000 people die each year from complications of serious asthma attacks. In recent years asthma cases have been increasing possible from increased air pollution.

RISK FACTORS:

Nulliparity: Means not bearing any kids.

Late Child Birth

Family History

No Breastfeeding: Breastfeeding leads to hormonal changes that act as a deterrent.

In a California town, an ordinance has been passed requiring 80% of it’s apartment buildings to be smoke free by 2012. Under this ordinance if a landlord receives two complaints from separate residents, the smoker could be subject to eviction at the landlord’s discretion.