New Study on Smoking and Psoriasis

More bad news for current and past smokers, a article in BBC News says Smokers have a higher risk of developing psoriasis, a study suggests. US researchers found that heavier smokers have a greater risk of the skin condition and this only falls back to normal 20 years after quitting. The study of 79,000 nurses published in the American Journal of Medicine also found that people with psoriasis who smoke had more severe disease. It is thought that toxins in cigarette smoke may affect parts of the immune system associated with psoriasis.

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Smoking Relapse

O.K. it's been about 2 months since I quit smoking. I am sure chantix has helped me a lot so far. I have 2 and 1/2 half months to go for the 6 month period. I still get urges but none that have been uncontrollable like when I have quit previously. I have been thinking about the next step. When I am done with the pills. I came across this site on relapse prevention called Stepping Stone, they are about relapse in alcoholism and drugs. But relapse is relapse and one can pick up good ideas from it.
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Every Cigarette is Doing You Damage

This is not funny but it is impressive I think. Cause it's one of those that make you think about quiting smoking if you haven't and glad you did quit if you did.


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Smoking Humor

Yes, smoking is bad for you. It is part part of our culture so tthere are aspects that can be humorous.
Two old ladies were outside their nursing home, having a smoke when it started to rain. One of the ladies pulled out a condom, cut off the end, put it over her cigarette and continued smoking.

Lady 1: What's that?
Lady 2: A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet.
Lady 1: Where did you get it?
Lady 2: You can get them at any drugstore.

The next day ... Lady 1 hobbles herself into the local drugstore and announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms. The guy looks at her kind of strangely (she is, after all, over 80 years of age), but politely asks what brand she prefers.

Lady 1: It doesn't matter as long as it fits a Camel.
Got any jokes that relate to smoking or quiting smoking ?

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Smokers and Sellers

A very good article by Ailene Sankur that speaks about the intimate relationship one builds with the seller of tobacco how it is similar to to where the alcoholic gets their booze.

Here is a quote "Like any addiction, smoking involves not only a great deal of self-deception, but also a great deal of repetition. Go outside, fumble for a lighter, light up, inhale, exhale, throw the butt in the pile in the planter, go inside, wash your hands, pop in gum, feel less stressed. Do it again. And part of that repetition is seeing someone everyday" Read the whole article at Tencartrain .

I was one of those she referred to as "the most diehard, embattled sort of smoker, the sort with yellowed fingertips and overflowing ashtrays". I went to the same small store to buy my carton every 4-5 days. I wouldn't have to say anything the clerk would just grab a carton. If they were out of full cartons they would refill a open one so I could get the carton price. Now when I go in, after quiting for a month and a half and having saved about $562 in what I would have spent on cigarettes. They ask me how the smoking is going. Which I find a interesting way to phrase it.

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Quit Smoking Story

More and more people are getting free of smoking, especially older ones. There are many more stories like mine of older folks finally hitting the bottom of our nicotine cigarette addiction and wanting to live what is the rest of our life maybe a little better. I came across this story of a lady who smoked for 31 years. She talks about how it was back then. About how she smoked all through her pregnancy and even smoked on the maternity ward after her daughters’ birth. She also talks about the process she used when quiting smoking. Read more

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Smoking and Bar Accordions

The Irish have had a smoking ban in public places since 2004. According to this report from the Science Buzz Blog They have had time to check on the health of inanimate objects like accordions. Apparently the researchers contacted the repair workers for the instruments in the country. They reported that prior to the ban, they’d get a blast of foul odors when opening up the instruments to do repairs. They also found sooty particles in the tubing and chambers of the instrument. Get enough of that gunk in there, and the tones the instrument was putting out could be affected. Well that makes sense to me as another in the vicinity of cigarette smoke gets a nice coating of the yellow residue.
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