King James I and Tobacco


While the whole world was excited about the newly discovered tobacco, there were some people unhappy with it. King James I wrote, “Smoking is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.”
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Smoking for Stress Relief


All people experience stress from time to time and they cope with it differently. For many of them cigarettes are great “helpers” which are claimed to calm down the nerves and to relax. As one of the old-time heavy smokers said, “Cigarettes are just adult pacifiers. You stick ‘em in your mouth when you get stressed.” At the same time Dr. Allen Carr, the author of Easy Way to Stop Smoking, thinks, “Smoking to relieve stress is like drinking alcohol to get sober.”
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Smoking Brings Unbelievable Damage to Women’s Health


From the very beginning smoking was a privilege of men. In the first dacedes of the 20th century there were a few women who tried a cigarette. After some time women started fighting for their rights saying they could do everything men could including jobs, activities and definitely smoking. In 2007, 19.8 million women smoked in the U.S.
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Smoking and Virility


Until just recently smoking was a privilege of men. A woman with a cigarette was not accepted and thought of as a vulgar one. Now things are different and the chances to see a smoking woman are as high as a man-smoker. Recently the researchers started talking about smoking being a reason for breast cancer, child birth defects and other harmful effects of nicotine of woman’s body, but not many people know that smoking affects men’s virility.
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Quit Smoking and Stay Slim (part 2)


As it has been already said, weight gain happens with many ex-smokers, but not all of them. Twenty percent of smokers do not have a problem with extra pounds and many of those who put on weight lose it after six months anyway. However, having weight under control is not hard. Healthy lifestyle leads to good body shape.
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