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... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
Secondhand smoke is also described as passive smoke or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).Though most of us, the ignorant lot, ignore it, you should know that it is dangerous and constant exposure to it can cause diseases and in extreme cases, even death. Having said... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Pregnancy
Experts from Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology readily agree that smoking cigarettes by the mother during pregnancy is probably the No. 1 cause of adverse outcomes for babies. Smoking when pregnant is strictly unacceptable because the effects of this can be... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
All effects of cigarette smoking are vastly enhanced if you have been smoking from childhood or adolescence. The addiction sets in very firmly in such cases and it becomes extremely difficult for the young smoker to give up later. Smoking increases the risk of adverse... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
Smoking cuts at least 10 years of your life expectancy. One cigarette smoked reduces your life by 11 minutes. Very few smokers reach the age of 80 years. All effects of cigarette or tobacco smoking are vastly enhanced if you have been smoking from childhood or... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
The effect of tobacco smoking on health is very adverse to the extent of smoking being called the biggest killer mankind has known. If you have read the prevalence of smoking, you will know how widespread it is and how many people smoking kills per year. There is this... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
Smoking ranks number one as the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. 438,000: That’s the number of people who die every year due to tobacco smoking in America. There are facts about tobacco smoking you should know: the good and the bad ones and... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
Smoking tobacco statistics discussed here are those of the whole world, the United States, and England. They give the statistics among the adult population and teenagers and the statistics of deaths caused by smoking. Though the figures look quite discouraging to the... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
Tobacco smoking or cigarette smoking (as it is more commonly referred to as) is resorted to by a third of the male population in the world. You can smoke tobacco either in the form of a beedi, a cigarette, a cigar, a hookah or a pipe. In many countries, tobacco is... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
What is Smoking? Definition According to the Oxford Dictionary, Smoking is “The action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug”. It is mostly the tobacco form that is smoked and colloquially referred to as “smoking”.... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Mental health
Psychotherapy, also referred to as therapy, is the branch of medicine that doesn’t make use of medicines though medication is frequently used along with it. In mild cases of mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, it works wonders when used alone. In moderate... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Drugs and Supplements
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) were among the first antidepressants to be developed for treating depression and other mental disorders like Parkinsonism. They were hugely popular in the late fifties, sixties and the seventies. Their popularity began to wane when... 