#the nicotine habit has been regrettable though

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I have so much love for teens going through "phases." Experimenting with their fashion, expression, and interests. Getting unusual haircuts, making their own clothes, wonky patches, putting pins on everything, turning their wardrobe into a messy patchwork of different subcultures. I really don't care if it's considered weird or cringe. They're figuring out how they see the world and how they want to be seen by the world. Just throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks and it fucking rules

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it is you! I am so happy.

your writing was beautiful as I expected. And I loved all details.

delete what isn’t you and rebirth was is you. I can help since I remember a lot of the topics you wrote essays on.

firstly, we can start slow. Update me on how you are now after these years. Clothing change, music change, hobbies, tv shows, BOOK!!!! I remember you read a lot.

I'm so happy as well.

You flatter what is rusty, however, an admirable flaw of yours.

I'm shocked you remember so much after all these years.

I believe a lot has changed since the pandemic, and if you remember how I was in 2019-latest, then I am almost not the same person you knew. But I'll go in order since I'm not good at talking about myself.

Since the pandemic started, I suppose there has been some highs and lows in regards to changes. Mentally, I feel like maybe we've taken a few steps back, but I think that came from paranoia of being in the house (unwillingly) 24/7. The lock-down was very hard on me, since I enjoy things like morning walks, drinking my coffee outside, and other things.

My attitude also took a left turn for quite sometime, and for a while I was quite mean to both myself and others. It became a plague of a habit, and my bitterness was a projection of my own struggling mental illnesses. For a moment of time, I found myself thinking I was 16 and in a not-so-good environment once again, and me defending myself constantly against nothing affected my relationships with many people.

Though, some of the people I had gotten involved with at this time deserved the way I was acting. And I don't think being in their presence helped this temporary philosophy I was fulfilling. Kill or be killed. But starting 2021, I began to attempt this journey on reclaiming myself, except with my horrible memory on who I once was, the journey was abandoned two months in. I then began this phase of pretending to be other people in hopes that it would remind me of who I once was, I invested in music that was a distant memory for me, or music I had no knowledge of at all.

Rock was a big outlet for this, something about the fogginess of my subconscious mind mingled with the disruptiveness of these songs and stimulated me in a way that made going on day-to-day easier. Or at least, distracted me long enough to not dwell on anything too much. I remember delving back into a band named Bayside, and one of their songs sparked fond memories of be bonding with my mother.

Things were steady with this rediscovery of this stimulation. And eventually it bled into all aspects of my life. The way I dressed always seemed to reflect what I was listening to, I even had a period where I walked around in black-washed jeans (worst decision of my life) and a black biker-looking jacket that said the words 'CREATURE' on the back in these big, bold, green letters.

Someone was an edge-lord.

I then moved onto this Machine Gun Kelly phase of my life, I had discovered one of his songs back in 2020 when I was in a (regrettable) romantic relationship with an individual. The song was 'Bloody Valentine' and the familiarity of the pop-rock Travis Baker (his drummer) was known for itched this stimuli I was seeking at the time. I was like a teething baby in these moments, just sticking anything and everything in my mouth to sooth this gnawing yearn of being me again. The MGK phase remained until recently, and I still find myself appreciating his music every few months but I definitely don't seek it 24/7 like I used to.

My nicotine addiction had come back around this time, and I ruined my sobriety of 2 years with a cigarette after breaking up with that unfortunate situation of an individual. I remember the song I had blasted when taking that first smoke too, and the guilt in my chest when I realized what I was doing. The song was 'Actin' Like That', a collab Yungblud had with MGK at the time. I pathetically looped that songs into the hours of the morning during that break-up, and cringe at that to this day.

More recently, as in early-2023, I got sick of being someone I wasn't and attempted to drop the genre all together. But a part of me was comforted by the loudness in my day-to-day, and I soon realized I have created a dependency with music. I now listen to it almost 24/7, and have broken my Spotify wrapped countless time with how many minutes I put into the damn app. But despite my slight-comfort zone with rock, I dove head first into a genre that I knew nothing about and had no previous connections with.

For a minute, I tried rap, took some suggestions here and there and I remember the first person I listened to was Logic... or maybe Eminem. I only knew these two because I remembered you telling me how you listened to them on your daily runs, and how they kept you going. Yeah, I tried it with a song called 'Homicide'. . .

I didn't get far with that.

But recent, recently, I had remembered an artist you loved and decided to look him up. Три дня дождя. And the first song I listened to, I remember I fell in love with. It was Отпускай, and it was the first time I was fully relaxed and soothed by what I was listening to in a while. Granted, at the time I had no idea what this artist was saying, but over time I did research here and there to get a bare-boned understanding. And now, I find myself listening to his music everyday.

When I started listening to his music more, it reminded me of this brief moment we had where we shared music that reminded us of home. You had shared your music, and me not knowing a lick of Russian was so lost. Though, you were the same way, because for a good amount of time, the majority of the music I listened to was either classical or in French.

I remember you trying to sing in French, comedically horrific.

I've began listening to this songs again, and they've filled something within me that other genre's haven't done. But I'm grateful for exploring, because it's shown me an appreciation for what is out there, and it allows me to connect with others at a deeper level. I do have an artist for you however, when you can, you should pick up a modern composer Joshua Kyan Aalampour. He's magnificent, and I feel like you need music like that in your life other than that screamo you listen to (if you still do).

As for clothing, I think I've found my way back into this academic styling? Well, to be clear, I think the trending term for it now is Dark Academic. I find myself gravitating to browns and muted colors, rather than whites and bold colors like I used to. I don't wish to stand out anymore, it attracts unwanted attention and I find myself liking to keep to me and me only. But that doesn't mean I haven't recently given things like friend groups a try, I do remember you trying to convince me they aren't so bad. They're not... but I like choosing who I speak to instead of letting fate decide where we go, but that might be a defense mechanism. I am open to friends, I just get scared.

I have these black boots I wear almost regularly now, and they add a few inches to me, so instead of being 5'2, I am now 5'4! A big accomplishment if you ask me.

But that's still nothing compared to you since you're 6'2, ahah.

As for books, I no longer read fantasy as much as I used to, or Sci-Fi. I think I've outgrown some of those, but I do read a lot of fiction. That's it, just plain old fiction. I find myself reading a lot of Dostoevsky recently, you would be so happy to hear that I'm sure. Though I might be reaching an end to his books soon, I've read most of them. I might move onto Franz Kafka next, but you know me, I have to finish an author at a time.

Though, I do recommend a small literary sci-fi book called 'This Is How You Lose The Time War'. It's a nice sapphic telling, and it is very heart warming and by far one of my most favorite sci-fi romances. I don't really watch TV anymore, the most recent series of a show I've finished is Wednesday (2022). And that was a joy to watch, you know how much I adore The Addams Family. My taste in movies are still the same, horror movies and ones far before this time are still my go-to.

As for hobbies, I still love ice skating. And I enjoy writing, obviously. I might pick up some different sports, but I'm unsure. I don't think this realm of my life has changed much.

Oh! Before I go, I must tell you something that would shock you. I have pierced my face! Yes, I did it even after I said I would never. I have gotten lip piercings, and I do not regret them one bit. No, sir.

I believe you're caught up now!

Lovingly,

A.

[astrella-writes]

prompt | anonymous asked: Could I get some general relationship headcanons (with some fluff please!) for Chishiya, Arisu, and Kuina 🥺👉👈 let me know if you need a more specific ask! :)

warnings | written with the intention of female pronouns but can be read as gender neutral, very minor suggestive implications, mentions of alcohol, nicotine and eating habits, might be considered kinda cheesy oops, the use of the pet name ‘bunny’.

word count | 1.4K

author’s note | ‘m loving this request. this is written with the intention of it being pre-borderlands. 

Shuntarō Chishiya 

- Frequenting local cafes for routinely study dates. He helps you with topics that you may struggle on and you buy him the bizarre flavored ‘treat of the week’ as a thank you. He jokes around that you’re probably using him as a test subject, because who would order sweet potato brownies with the premise that they would taste good. Much to his surprise, they actually do.

- Visiting a cat cafe once, but not getting around to completing any work. The image of Chishiya cradling a fluffy kitten close to his chest and holding softened eye contact with it is now your permanent lock screen. He has a matching lock screen of you holding a kitten from under the armpits and touching noses with it.

- Learning new skills together. Chishiya is pretty much down for anything that he considers interesting enough. That’s how you ended up frustratingly trying to follow along to a complex origami cat tutorial at 2 in the morning as Chishiya worked quietly with his earbuds in, listening to a different tutorial. Only once he presented you with a perfect paper flower did you smile for the first time in the past hour, the frustration dissipating. That very flower has claimed its indefinite place on your bedside table, something that didn’t go unnoticed by him.

- Doing escape rooms together every so often. It baffles you to some degree how he figures things out so easily, but then again, you’ve known how smart your boyfriend was since the day you met so it shouldn’t really come as a surprise. You just can’t help but admire him, and voice these admirations out loud. Your compliments being the only ones which truly affect him.

- Despite how genius your boyfriend is, you remain concerned about the mental toll college might have on him. If he is stressed, he barely gives it away, but you’ve grown to read through his indifference and pick up when something is wrong - even if he’s attempting to hide it for your disburden. You allow him to de-stress in your arms, playing with the tips of his hair and speaking through what has got him so troubled.

- Late night dates that consist of trips to the corner store where you buy your favourite snacks and walk down to the beach together. It’s a relaxing way to wind down after a stressful week filled with work and college. If it’s not too cold that night, you substitute sitting on your usual bench for a stroll along the sand. If he finds a pretty seashell, Chishiya will give it to you wordlessly.

- He buys you a lot of small things that reminds him of you. A cute keychain he found by chance while buying groceries, splurging his money on a random claw machine because he spotted a plushie character from that show you really like, buying your favourite snacks to calm you down before a big exam that you’ve been studying really hard for. It’s the little things that show how much he really loves you.

Ryōhei Arisu

- Offering him a place to stay for a few days if he needs a break from his family, Arisu will pack up his gaming laptop along with him and you two will game with each other side by side. He anticipates the moment you rest your head on his shoulder and once you do, he rests his own head upon yours with a small: “you tired, bunny?”

- Being extremely supporting and non-judgemental on the topic of him getting a job. You search listings almost daily and send any promising ones through to him, leaving an encouraging message afterwards in hopes he gets the right intention. You care for him deeply and don’t want to see his father eventually kicking him out the house for being unemployed and making the situation ten times more difficult for him.

- Helping him get out more and introducing him to places he quickly grows to love. A quaint coffee shop with a grassy roof hidden deep within the cracks that he never would have found if it weren’t for you. It’s become your usual spot for dates, and Arisu enjoys the tranquility of it all.

- Going on trips to the game store together, even though Arisu usually just buys all his games online, and he’s pretty sure you do too. Regardless, it’s an excuse to meet up and hang out for a few hours after, something he’s found has become more enthralling than gaming. 

- Staying up on video call into the late hours of the night as you both battle it out on some mmorpg. You’re confused when you see his idle avatar and look over at your phone screen to find him staring at you in a trance. It catches you off guard at first, but seeing him snap back to reality upon getting caught and getting all flustered left you replaying the scene over in your head for days later.

- Dates to the arcade, because of course. You two definitely hog a specific game with a line of pouting children waiting impatiently to get their chance. Arisu only agrees to move on when you mention a new game you spotted earlier. There is no new game, you just feel bad for the kids. Once he’s caught on, you merely give his lips a quick peck and you’re instantly forgiven.

- Playing in one of those immersive game machines with the curtains on both sides, only for Arisu to stare at you dumbly, leaving you a flustered and confused mess. This usually leads to a one-sided lean in and a small make out, only for an innocent kid to pull back the curtain and run away mortified. Their screams are the highlight of your boyfriend’s day, and you swear he’s holding some mental record of how many kids he traumatize through doing this.

Hikari Kuina

- Working at the same clothing store and having Kuina intervene whenever you’re faced with a rude customer. She might not be all too friendly if they insulted you, and if getting fired is the cost of standing up for you, then so be it. You’d quit alongside her and find some place new to work.

- Helping tend to her sickly mother in hospital, whom you had made speechless upon your first visit. She was delightfully thrilled upon finally being introduced to her daughter’s significant other, Kuina sharing to you afterwards that she hadn’t seen her mother smiling so brightly in a long time. You always present her mother with gifts upon each visit, whether it be flowers or a small cake. She’s become like your own mother, and so you help pay towards hospital bills as well.

- Comforting Kuina if she ever gets upset about her past (especially her relationship with her father) or her mother’s current poor health. You make her feel so valid; it leaves her a sobbing mess in your arms as you comfort her with soothing strokes and affectionate mumbles. Once her wailing has calmed, you offer to make her favourite - hot chocolate topped with cream.

- Constant sleepovers, which include wearing face masks, ordering takeout, watching some sappy romance before switching it over to an action movie and sipping on some cheap beer. The buzz of the alcohol always makes you more daring as you suggest showering together, and you’re never turned down by your equally audacious girlfriend. 

- Helping her overcome her nicotine addiction and being the initial person to suggest chewing on a dummy cigarette whenever she felt the urge to smoke. Her mother couldn’t thank you enough for getting her into this, expressing her hidden fear of having to watch Kuina smoke herself into ill health or worse, a premature grave. 

- In return, she looks out for your own well-being: reaching out to hold your hand before you both cross the street, showing up with lunch the next day at work if she thinks you haven’t been eating as much lately, keeping headache pills in her bag ever since you complained about a migraine that one time, keeping an extra umbrella in the break room just in case it rains later that day and you’ll need one.

- It’s never a dull moment dating Kuina, always planning fun and exciting dates like getting drunk in a private karaoke room only for it to lead to sloppy make outs. The one time she was so insistent on riding the kiddies train at the amusement park, only for the both of you to fall off once you reached the sharp bend in the tracks. It left you both a giggling mess, but the pain afterwards definitely made the whole situation regrettable. 

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If you've ever tried to quit smoking cigarettes, you've clearly discovered how difficult it may be. The famous American author, Mark Twain once quipped, "to quit smoking is among the easiest things on the planet, I have to did it more than a dozen occasions."

Although it will require much effort and difficult work from you to quit smoking, it can be done. Or possibly you want to think about the alternative that is up to 50 % of individuals that do not quit smoking will die because of health damage that is proportional to smoking. For more information about smoking cessation aids, visit our website today!

Studies have established that most those that smoke wish to quit. Sales of books written to help individuals quit smoking have soared by over 260%.

Despite the fact that we understand that it's tough to quit smoking you should not be frustrated. Keep in mind that countless Americans have provided in the smoking habit for good. And it's also believed that more than 46 million Americans have quit smoking permanently.

Before very long, after you choose to stop smoking, you may be free of smoking forever. You need to keep reminding yourself that it's never far too late to kick your tobacco habit.

You Might Be Wondering In Which You Start to Quit Smoking

Before beginning lower the street of quitting smoking, you have to first consider if you want to stop. If you're able to honestly answer 'yes' for this question, after you are prepared to start your journey towards just as one ex-smoker.

While you start your journey you'll uncover there are a variety of the way to quit smoking and lots of programs around that will help you quit. Bear in mind that there's nobody perfect way to quit smoking but you will see one of the ways or a mix of ways in which are perfect for you.

How you'll be able to deal with stress whenever you quit smoking will profoundly affect your level of comfort as well as your capability to remain an ex-smoker.

To enable you to increase the likelihood of success, you might possibly consider including medication, for example will come in a nicotine substitute therapy program for example. However not everybody who makes the choice to quit smoking will need or want to make use of these certain medications.

However, although a lot of smokers can quit smoking without needing nicotine substitute therapy, it's discovered that most people who make an effort to quit without NRT might not be effective on their own first attempt.

You will notice that there are lots of stop smoking aids that will help you with quitting smoking for example nicotine gum, the nicotine patch, prescription drugs for example Zyban and Chantix, herbal stop smoking products, stop smoking hypnosis, and acupuncture.

Most people who finalise to quit smoking might wish to use a mix of these techniques and we'll discuss a number of them further on.

Dangerous Health Results of Cigarette Smoking

You've probably heard everything before I understand, smoking cigarettes is not a good idea. Should you did not know this you would not be around, right?

But Simply How Bad is Cigarette Smoking?

When requested why they would like to quit smoking, many people mentioned their concerns for his or her health among the main reasons for attempting to stop smoking. Quitting your tobacco habit is singularly probably the most important decisions you may make on your own. Your choice to stop smoking won't get a lean body but the health of individuals surrounding you.

We know that smoking cigarettes can lead to a lot of health issues including cancer of the lung. However what most people don't understand is the fact that smoking cigarettes is really a major risk factor for a lot of other sorts of cancers too. Included in this are cancer from the mouth, larynx, throat, wind pipe, bladder, kidney, cervix, stomach, pancreas, as well as some leukemias.

It's believed that one inch every ten moderate smokers and shut to one inch every five heavy smokers (exceeding 15 cigarettes each day) will die of cancer of the lung.

Regrettably for males smokers, we're 22 occasions more prone to develop cancer of the lung in contrast to women smokers who're 12 occasions more prone to develop cancer of the lung than are non-smokers.

Of individuals smokers that do develop cancer of the lung, men that smoke are 10 occasions more prone to die from cancer of the lung than individuals folks who don't smoke. Also cancer of the lung is really a bigger killer of ladies that's cancer of the breast.

And even though you survive the cancer of the lung for the time being, the surgery to get rid of diseased lung and also the ongoing chemotherapy treatment won't be enjoyable.

And let us we do hope you don't reside in Canada - waiting for for treatment could kill if you're requiring rapid treatment.

However cancer of the lung isn't the greatest killer of the smoker - its circulatory disease.

Smoking plays most in growing your risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, as well as other lung illnesses. Smoking has additionally been found to improve your chance of periodontal disease which leads to inflamed teeth and gums that drop out.

Smoking has additionally been found to improve a person's chance of age-related lack of vision. Smokers have a greater probability of developing the attention disease known as macular degeneration.

Choices general has for many years been reporting around the health problems which are connected with smoking. Choices general concluded in 1990 that quitting smoking has major and immediate help benefits for both women and men of every age group.

Quitting smoking is among the best steps you can take on your own to dramatically enhance your existence and health.

Stop Smoking Medications

Using nicotine substitute therapy for example present in nicotine gum, patches, inhalers, or nasal sprays, can be very useful inside your make an effort to quit smoking. The inhalers and sprays are just available by prescription however the nicotine patch and gum can be found physician and also over-the-counter at pharmacies or online.

The nicotine patch and nicotine gum assistance to decrease the severity and discomfort of nicotine withdrawal signs and symptoms by manipulating the discharge of nicotine to your body. This enables you to cope with the physical element of nicotine addiction and may drastically lower your withdrawal signs and symptoms.

Nicotine gum and the nicotine patch might also allow you to maintain a healthy weight too when you are involved with your smoking cessation program as nicotine functions as diet. This might prevent you from getting to depend on the restrictive diet, hunger controller drugs or weight loss supplement that will help you not put on weight.

The nicotine patch is used just like a Band-Help to the skin and gradually releases a controlled quantity of nicotine to your system during the day. The patch may be used by folks and also require issues with gum because of dental work or might find the gum inconvenient because of school or workplace limitations.

The nicotine gum is chewed gradually to produce nicotine after which placed involving the oral cavity and gum until another nicotine urge arises. Nicotine gum may also replace some dental gratification that cigarettes might have given.

Other Quit smoking aids include Zyban (same active component as Wellbutrin) that is a prescription antidepressant, bupropion hydrochloride, and it is considered to focus on the reward/withdraw receptors inside your brain.

Another prescription stop smoking drug that's been designed solely like a stop smoking aid is Chantix. Chantix isn't an antidepressant same with not susceptible to exactly the same kinds of negative effects.

Several natural natural herbs such as the herbal patch, which fits such as the nicotine patch but uses herbs rather of nicotine and herbal drops that are put into water or perhaps your favorite juice, have proven promise in assisting to ease nicotine withdrawal signs and symptoms, lower your irritability, curb your hunger, and eliminate toxins out of your body.

Hypnosis being an Help to Stop Smoking

Some people discover that hypnosis or hypnosis could be useful to assist them to stop smoking. Hypnosis is really a suggestion for your subconscious while your mind and body have been in an in-depth condition of relaxation.

Research appears to point out that stop smoking hypnosis could be effective in assisting folks to quit smoking and when going to a hypnotherapist appears a little inconvenient, self-hypnosis tapes and audio CDs can be found online.

The Medical Hypnosis and Counseling Center believes that although not really a remedy, hypnosis can enjoy a lengthy-term role to keep folks from cigarettes.

Support for Smokers Who Want To Become Non-Smokers

Most people who've been effective at quitting smoking result in the suggestion that you simply create a network of support from buddies and family. Research which has emerge lately appears to point out that ongoing support in addition to encouragement from buddies, family, and medical service providers could be very useful.

Studies also claim that individuals will find greater success using their quit smoking efforts when they combine several stop smoking supports. For example, gettting aboard having a support group in addition to possibly using the nicotine patch or gum can be very effective. To discover organizations or perhaps a stop smoking helpline, you might like to seek advice from the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345. Want to know more about quit smoking aids? Visit our website today!

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If you've ever tried to quit smoking cigarettes, you've clearly discovered how difficult it may be. The famous American author, Mark Twain once quipped, "to quit smoking is among the easiest things on the planet, I have to did it more than a dozen occasions."

Although it will require much effort and difficult work from you to quit smoking, it can be done. Or possibly you want to think about the alternative that is up to 50 % of individuals that do not quit smoking will die because of health damage that is proportional to smoking. For more information about smoking cessation aids, visit our website today!

Studies have established that most those that smoke wish to quit. Sales of books written to help individuals quit smoking have soared by over 260%.

Despite the fact that we understand that it's tough to quit smoking you should not be frustrated. Keep in mind that countless Americans have provided in the smoking habit for good. And it's also believed that more than 46 million Americans have quit smoking permanently.

Before very long, after you choose to stop smoking, you may be free of smoking forever. You need to keep reminding yourself that it's never far too late to kick your tobacco habit.

You Might Be Wondering In Which You Start to Quit Smoking

Before beginning lower the street of quitting smoking, you have to first consider if you want to stop. If you're able to honestly answer 'yes' for this question, after you are prepared to start your journey towards just as one ex-smoker.

While you start your journey you'll uncover there are a variety of the way to quit smoking and lots of programs around that will help you quit. Bear in mind that there's nobody perfect way to quit smoking but you will see one of the ways or a mix of ways in which are perfect for you.

How you'll be able to deal with stress whenever you quit smoking will profoundly affect your level of comfort as well as your capability to remain an ex-smoker.

To enable you to increase the likelihood of success, you might possibly consider including medication, for example will come in a nicotine substitute therapy program for example. However not everybody who makes the choice to quit smoking will need or want to make use of these certain medications.

However, although a lot of smokers can quit smoking without needing nicotine substitute therapy, it's discovered that most people who make an effort to quit without NRT might not be effective on their own first attempt.

You will notice that there are lots of stop smoking aids that will help you with quitting smoking for example nicotine gum, the nicotine patch, prescription drugs for example Zyban and Chantix, herbal stop smoking products, stop smoking hypnosis, and acupuncture.

Most people who finalise to quit smoking might wish to use a mix of these techniques and we'll discuss a number of them further on.

Dangerous Health Results of Cigarette Smoking

You've probably heard everything before I understand, smoking cigarettes is not a good idea. Should you did not know this you would not be around, right?

But Simply How Bad is Cigarette Smoking?

When requested why they would like to quit smoking, many people mentioned their concerns for his or her health among the main reasons for attempting to stop smoking. Quitting your tobacco habit is singularly probably the most important decisions you may make on your own. Your choice to stop smoking won't get a lean body but the health of individuals surrounding you.

We know that smoking cigarettes can lead to a lot of health issues including cancer of the lung. However what most people don't understand is the fact that smoking cigarettes is really a major risk factor for a lot of other sorts of cancers too. Included in this are cancer from the mouth, larynx, throat, wind pipe, bladder, kidney, cervix, stomach, pancreas, as well as some leukemias.

It's believed that one inch every ten moderate smokers and shut to one inch every five heavy smokers (exceeding 15 cigarettes each day) will die of cancer of the lung.

Regrettably for males smokers, we're 22 occasions more prone to develop cancer of the lung in contrast to women smokers who're 12 occasions more prone to develop cancer of the lung than are non-smokers.

Of individuals smokers that do develop cancer of the lung, men that smoke are 10 occasions more prone to die from cancer of the lung than individuals folks who don't smoke. Also cancer of the lung is really a bigger killer of ladies that's cancer of the breast.

And even though you survive the cancer of the lung for the time being, the surgery to get rid of diseased lung and also the ongoing chemotherapy treatment won't be enjoyable.

And let us we do hope you don't reside in Canada - waiting for for treatment could kill if you're requiring rapid treatment.

However cancer of the lung isn't the greatest killer of the smoker - its circulatory disease.

Smoking plays most in growing your risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, as well as other lung illnesses. Smoking has additionally been found to improve your chance of periodontal disease which leads to inflamed teeth and gums that drop out.

Smoking has additionally been found to improve a person's chance of age-related lack of vision. Smokers have a greater probability of developing the attention disease known as macular degeneration.

Choices general has for many years been reporting around the health problems which are connected with smoking. Choices general concluded in 1990 that quitting smoking has major and immediate help benefits for both women and men of every age group.

Quitting smoking is among the best steps you can take on your own to dramatically enhance your existence and health.

Stop Smoking Medications

Using nicotine substitute therapy for example present in nicotine gum, patches, inhalers, or nasal sprays, can be very useful inside your make an effort to quit smoking. The inhalers and sprays are just available by prescription however the nicotine patch and gum can be found physician and also over-the-counter at pharmacies or online.

The nicotine patch and nicotine gum assistance to decrease the severity and discomfort of nicotine withdrawal signs and symptoms by manipulating the discharge of nicotine to your body. This enables you to cope with the physical element of nicotine addiction and may drastically lower your withdrawal signs and symptoms.

Nicotine gum and the nicotine patch might also allow you to maintain a healthy weight too when you are involved with your smoking cessation program as nicotine functions as diet. This might prevent you from getting to depend on the restrictive diet, hunger controller drugs or weight loss supplement that will help you not put on weight.

The nicotine patch is used just like a Band-Help to the skin and gradually releases a controlled quantity of nicotine to your system during the day. The patch may be used by folks and also require issues with gum because of dental work or might find the gum inconvenient because of school or workplace limitations.

The nicotine gum is chewed gradually to produce nicotine after which placed involving the oral cavity and gum until another nicotine urge arises. Nicotine gum may also replace some dental gratification that cigarettes might have given.

Other Quit smoking aids include Zyban (same active component as Wellbutrin) that is a prescription antidepressant, bupropion hydrochloride, and it is considered to focus on the reward/withdraw receptors inside your brain.

Another prescription stop smoking drug that's been designed solely like a stop smoking aid is Chantix. Chantix isn't an antidepressant same with not susceptible to exactly the same kinds of negative effects.

Several natural natural herbs such as the herbal patch, which fits such as the nicotine patch but uses herbs rather of nicotine and herbal drops that are put into water or perhaps your favorite juice, have proven promise in assisting to ease nicotine withdrawal signs and symptoms, lower your irritability, curb your hunger, and eliminate toxins out of your body.

Hypnosis being an Help to Stop Smoking

Some people discover that hypnosis or hypnosis could be useful to assist them to stop smoking. Hypnosis is really a suggestion for your subconscious while your mind and body have been in an in-depth condition of relaxation.

Research appears to point out that stop smoking hypnosis could be effective in assisting folks to quit smoking and when going to a hypnotherapist appears a little inconvenient, self-hypnosis tapes and audio CDs can be found online.

The Medical Hypnosis and Counseling Center believes that although not really a remedy, hypnosis can enjoy a lengthy-term role to keep folks from cigarettes.

Support for Smokers Who Want To Become Non-Smokers

Most people who've been effective at quitting smoking result in the suggestion that you simply create a network of support from buddies and family. Research which has emerge lately appears to point out that ongoing support in addition to encouragement from buddies, family, and medical service providers could be very useful.

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Vape News in Brief – July 5th, 2017 Edition

Vape News in Brief – July 5th, 2017 Edition   Greetings, and happy Fourth of July weekend! Time once again for our weekly roundup of all things vape, as seen through the lens of the global media. With no further ado:   A new study finds that 113 pets in the UK were poisoned by e-liquid last year. That's certainly regrettable, and it offers us another moment to remind everyone out there to make sure that your liquid supply and vaping gear is secured and firmly out of reach of both children and animals, who might be attracted to sweet smells and ignorant to the danger of nicotine. Keeping things in perspective, however, e-cig poisoning cases were outnumbered by chocolate (579), rat poison (759), artificial sweeteners (253), and even vitamin D tablets (148).   More from the Big Tobacco front: British American Tobacco is publicizing a new study that suggests that, unlike tobacco smoke, vapor has little effect on the body's ability to heal small cuts and scratch wounds. Exposure to tobacco smoke 20% of the time, the company says, is enough to entirely prevent such wounds from healing. On the other hand, even 100% exposure to vapor, even when that vapor contains more nicotine than its tobacco counterpart, no difference was noted in the body's healing ability as compared to complete non-exposure.   Keep Austin Normal – the otherwise quirky Texas city's council has voted for a complete and total ban on vapor products everywhere tobacco is banned. That's pretty much every public space in town. Unfortunately, despite Austin's claimed penchant for the "weird," it's just following in the footsteps of many other US municipalities clamoring to "de-normalize" personal vaporizer use.   Canada, meanwhile, is moving toward a legislative framework that will place restrictions on the sale and promotion of vapor products while recognizing them as a significant harm-reduction tool that offers benefits to current smokers. Instead of fighting wrong-headed bans left and right, we can only hope for a time legislators stateside will give vapers a seat at the table to craft sensible laws to ensure consumer safety (including youth sales restrictions) while being frank about the science at the same time.   Hooray for science! Here's more on that wound study, along with a debunking of previously-spread suggestions that vaping leads to blood vessel damage and heart disease. There is, however, a nod to the contested study linking e-cigs to DNA alteration, and a troubling-yet-seemingly-legitimate study linking some chemicals in vapor to bladder cancer – the same ones are present in tobacco smoke, but a risk is a risk.   More science – dual users, or people who continue to smoke while partially converting to vaping, are less likely to consider themselves smokers, and therefore don't believe their behavior is as risky as it is. The evidence shows, though, that continuing to smoke even when replacing the majority of one's cigarettes with vaping means that there's little or no health benefit whatsoever from vaping. Nearly all of us started out as dual users, taking weeks or months to wean ourselves off cigarettes entirely – but completing your quit is an absolute must if you want to reap the health benefits of switching.   Boo, fake "science!" – yet another new study suggests that teens who try vaping are three times likelier to try smoking as those who don't. The study admits that it didn't attempt to identify the reason why vaping teens would experiment with tobacco, which is a critical flaw – most smokers take up the habit in their teens, evidence has long shown. Some people are inclined to experiment with nicotine and a host of other substances, others aren't (good for them!). Common sense, though, suggests that a willingness to experiment with one product (vaporizers) would naturally represent a greater willingness to experiment with another (cigarettes). Without giving this factor any consideration, and without considering that teen smoking rates are at all-time lows (which suggests at least some potential smokers are either solely vaping or returning to vaping after their tobacco experiments), findings like these have to be dismissed as what they are: junk "science."   As warned, vape shops across Pennsylvania are closing their doors following the imposition of a 40 percent state tax on vapor products. The move was intended to close a budget gap on the backs of those attempting to quit smoking, but many have predicted it'll backfire as shop closings lead to lower overall tax revenue and increased unemployment.   Down under: This editorial sagely advises Australian lawmakers, who are considering legalizing vapor products (they've existed in a grey area with liquid nicotine verboten until now), to set aside arguments in favor of demonizing smokers. It makes more sense, the *Sydney Morning Herald* says, to focus on getting as many people as possible to voluntarily quit smoking, even if it's by switching to a harm-reduction alternative like vaping rather than by using other nicotine replacement therapies or quitting cold turkey. After all, the easier it is to quit, and the more people are encouraged to do so, the better off we'll all be – right?   Duncan Hunter Jr., the semi-famous vaping congressman from El Cajon, CA (a San Diego suburb) is at it again, puffing away during a legislative session to illustrate what he found to be a nonsensical new regulation to ban nicotine-containing e-cigs on planes that doesn't address the legal treatment of devices containing nicotine-free liquid. We can't say whether or not this helps the cause, but it's amusing nonetheless.   Remember those findings a few notes up about vaping leading to teen smoking? They're already being debunked. Click through, if for nothing else, to look at the chart of numbers released directly by the US government showing that even as teen vaping was on the rise (it's now in decline, thanks to tighter age-restriction laws), cigarette use was declining.   Here's an "exploding e-cigarette" story that actually gets the facts right. Unfortunately, the irresponsible vaper at its heart is blaming Sony for the fact that he chose to carry a spare battery in his pocket without attempting to place it in a carrying case, which allowed it to come into contact with loose change and keys, leading the cell to discharge at a dangerously rapid rate. We can't stress the importance of battery safety enough – please check out our blogs for more on this issue and NEVER carry your batteries unless they're safely secured.   Remember that Pennsylvania tax that's killing the vape industry? Californians have it even worse, with the tax on e-liquids containing nicotine rising twice in the last six months. The tax rate is now more than 65% of the wholesale cost of a bottle of liquid.   Whew, it's been a busy week! Tune in next Sunday, where there's sure to be even more that, as a responsible and well-informed vaper, you need to know… https://breazy.com/blogs/updates/vape-news-in-brief-july-5th-2017-edition?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr #vape #vaping #breazy

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Vape News in Brief: May 2nd Edition

Vape News in Brief: May 2nd Edition As the month begins we put a focus on bringing you the latest and (hopefully) greatest developments in the world of vaping. Here we go…   Let's start with an excellent opinion piece from *The Hill*, which points out to those not "in the know" that Big Tobacco has had little to do with the rise of vaping. While they indeed control 60% of the vaping market when you consider products sold at gas stations and convenience stores, seasoned vapers know you don't buy liquid or hardware from these vendors. Factoring in brick-and-mortar vape shops and online sales, tobacco companies control less than a quarter of a market that's now worth billions annually. What's more, rather than innovating most of the cigarette companies' e-cig" developments" are nothing more than polish put on devices originally developed by dedicated vaping entrepreneurs.   Kentucky vapers are pushing back against a proposed law that would add vapor as a type of "smoke" subject to Louisville bans on smoking indoors. Vape advocates are looking for a carve-out to the rule for vape shops, where they say a customer's ability to sample e-liquids before purchase is a critical component of the shopping process there. No vaping in vape shops means no sampling, which in turn means customers would flock from the brick-and-mortars to online vendors, where liquid is generally much more affordable.   Another week, another exploding e-cigarette story. This one is unique because it identifies the device (a Caravela, a mechanical tube mod popular in the early 2010s), and makes extensive note of "acid burns" suffered by the victim. Note, however, that e-cigs contain no acid – but batteries do. Let this be your weekly reminder to learn about proper battery safety if you haven't already, and to *never* use a mechanical mod unless you have a working understanding of battery chemistry and Ohm's Law (check our Learn blog for plenty on both of these topics).   In another move that could be good news for the ongoing backlash against the FDA's burdensome deeming regulations former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been removed from his post. Murthy was responsible for penning several statements demonizing vaping, and his ouster clears the way for the ascension of a new top doctor who we hope will choose instead to focus on vaping's vast possibilities for harm reduction.   According to this economics blog post, vaping bans might actually create more health problems than they solve. The logic is pretty straightforward – as governments from the community to the federal level make it harder to vape, there are more nicotine users who revert to smoking than elect to give up nicotine consumption entirely. Similar connections have been drawn to youth and smoking – while teen e-cigarette use is regrettably rising, youth smoking rates are plummeting to lower levels than have ever been recorded.   According to this opinion piece, the go-to stereotype when it comes to vapers is "guys in beanies bragging about blowing fat clouds." That's unfortunate, but the following commentary that attempts to de-stigmatize vaping isn't.   So, where can vapers go to congregate and avoid social stigmatization? Bowling alleys, like this one in Winnepeg, Canada. It may seem weird, but we've witnessed vape-friendly lanes in Southern California (an anti-smoking hotbed, if there ever was one), and have heard reports of others across the country. Who'd have thought?   Rural San Diego's vaping congresscritter, Rep. Duncan Hunter, has introduced a bill that removes vaping from the FDA's purview entirely, overturning the deeming regulations. We'll see how this pans out, with cautious optimism – the congressman is currently under investigation for a host of purported ethics violations, including an alleged plane ticket purchased with campaign funds for a pet rabbit.   "Fake news" has been a bit of a thing lately. This piece does an excellent job of examining what that means for those of us in the vape world, though if you've been around this blog for a while you're probably already well aware that combating it occupies a significant portion of our time. Another new study suggests that the vast majority of vapers are former smokers, contradicting a popular narrative that non-smokers are often lured into acquiring an otherwise-absent nicotine habit. The findings are drawn from an online poll, so take them with a grain of salt, but some of the other particulars make for an interesting read.   That'll do for now, but look for News in Brief to transition to a regular feature running Wednesdays and Sundays (or something like that) starting next week – there's no shortage of stories to share, and we'll keep the best ones coming! https://breazy.com/blogs/updates/vape-news-in-brief-may-2nd-edition?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr #vape #vaping #breazy