by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
Quitting smoking on your own without help requires tremendous willpower, which comes with a very high sense of motivation. The success rate of stopping smoking in such a fashion on your own is 2% to 5%. This implies it isn’t easy. Certain stop smoking aids are... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
According to groundbreaking new research, smokers who quit tobacco smoking before age 40 years enjoy a lifespan just about as much as people who never smoked. Smoking reduces your life by ten years, but if you quit before 40, you regain all the lost years. Former... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
Quitting smoking works best when you have abruptly and suddenly given up smoking. When you do it on your own without help or aids, it is called the “cold turkey” method. Gradually reducing cigarettes or buying fewer cigarettes or buying cigarettes of... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
As explained in the post on why people smoke, cigarette smoke or tobacco smoking is very addictive due to its nicotine content. If you suddenly stop smoking, it leads to withdrawal symptoms, which makes it very difficult, though not impossible, to give up smoking. The... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
Secondhand smoke (SHS) is the smoke that is exhaled by the smoker and the smoke that emanates from burning tobacco such as a burning cigarette, a burning cigar or a burning pipe. It is also referred to as the environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Effects of secondhand... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
Secondhand smoke (SHS), also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke is a mixture of two forms of smoke that comes from burning tobacco: Mainstream smoke is smoke that is exhaled by a smoker Sidestream smoke is smoke that comes from the burning end... 