The researchers of Qatar University have recently found that shisha smoking or water pipe smoking, increases the risk of heart disease in adults. Shisha, also known as hookah, is a kind of water pipe used for smoking flavored tobacco. It…
Great-grandma ditches 20-a-day smoking habit and buys a convertible with the money she saved
Need a nudge to finally quit smoking? Perhaps a snazzy new car will be enough of an incentive. It certainly was for great-grandma Pauline O’Connor, 70, who has finally ditched the 20-cigarettes-a-day habit she’d stuck to for more than 50…
‘Don’t go cold turkey’ to quit smoking (BBC)
Smokers looking to quit as part of the annual Stoptober campaign are being warned not to go “cold turkey”. Government health officials have said smokers stand a much greater chance of succeeding giving up by using official NHS support or…
The best way to quit smoking, according to science (TIME)
Researchers have long sought for answers on the best way to help people quit smoking. Often, it comes down to two options: quitting cold turkey or gradually tapering a smoking habit. But which one works better? “A lot of people…
