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Smoking & Secondhand Smoke: Health Effects & How to Quit
Whether you're a smoker or not, chances are smoking effects your life in some way. Learn how smoking effects your body, the dangers of secondhand smoke, and how to get help if you want to quit smoking.
7 Causes of Aging Skin, and What You Can Do
Learn which health and lifestyle choices cause aging skin, and what you can do to create an anti-aging skin care program.
Smoking: How Smoking Affects You
This fascinating overview of smoking describes the health effects of smoking, how smoking addictions begins, how smokers compare by age, gender, economic factors, psychological factors, and more. Plus, find detailed information about how smoking affects you an any stage of your life.
Advice for Seniors: Am I Too Old to Quit Smoking?
When is it too late to quit smoking? The answer is...never! Benefits start as soon as you stop; look here for information and support.
Quit Smoking Aids & Smoking Cessation Aids: Know Your Choices
According to Terry Martin, About.com Guide to Smoking Cessation, "the best smoking cessation aid on the planet is your own will and determination." If you need a little extra help, she offers recommendations for a variety of products that are designed to help people quit smoking gradually.
Secondhand Smoke and Its Effect on Human Health
Even if you've never been a smoker, you have cause for concern if you spend time around smokers. Larry West, About.com Guide to Environmental Issues, offers interesting and useful advice about secondhand smoke, including the dangers of secondhand smoke and how to protect yourself.
India: Smoking Expected to Kill 1 Million People Annually by 2010
Smoking kills 900,000 people every year in India, and unless corrective action is taken soon that number will increase to 1 million smoking-related deaths annually by 2010 and beyond, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine and conducted by scientists from India, Canada and the UK. Larry West, About.com Guide to Environmental Issues, offers the full story.