Did You Know?

Each day, more than 3,600 people under 18 smoke their first cigarette, and over 900 people start smoking on a daily basis

443,000 deaths a year caused by smoking cigarettes, including almost 50,000 deaths from people that are exposed to secondhand smoke

HATE CRIME IN TOBACCO ADS?

Tobacco ad symbolizing the nature of Africa

What do you think about this tobacco ad?

Does this ad seem racist to you?

South Korea's largest tobacco company, KP&G promoted a new cigarette that featured pictures of monkeys, declaring "Africa is coming."

Cut Nicotine Altogether

Although alternatives like the patch and the electronic cigarette are very effective at helping you kick the habit, these alternatives do still contain levels of nicotine in them. If your looking to quit the most addicting part of smoking, nicotine, livestrong.com has given some natural substitutes for nicotine!

A new approach! Magnetic brain stimulation may helps smokers quit

Researches indicates that heavy smokers who regularly smoked more than one packet of cigarettes each day cut down or quit for half a year after their brains were stimulated with magnets. This noninvasive technique is called repeated high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation, it sends electric impulses to the brain. Sometimes it is used to treat depression.

Give the Gift of Life!

If your anything like me you wait until the last minute to do your holiday shopping. Think ahead of time this year and give your loved ones the chance to live longer!

Beverly Hills Debate on Ecigs usage in public

Should Ecigs usage in public be banned?

The ordinances (banning Ecigs in Beverly Hills) did not pass!!  It's great for vapors (Ecigs smokers) in Beverly Hills.
Many public speakers shared their personal stories of quitting smoking thanks to Ecigs.
They argued Ecigs are the first technology that reduce the suffering caused by quitting smoking.
Ecigs are great, it's safer and cheaper, and there is no reason to rush a decision now.
Not now, but maybe in the future.