http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Peter+Howells Wellness, Fitness and Diet Peter Howells Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=166612&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet One of the greatest concerns smokers cite about quitting is the fear of gaining weight. As such understanding how to quit smoking without weight gain is an important message to understand for any would be quitter. Luckily, there are several ways you improve your chances to quit smoking without weigh... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Peter Howells Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=166366&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet We are of course all aware of the well known (and often expensive) quit smoking solutions such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or zyban or chantix/champix. However, no two smokers are alike and what works for some may not work for others. I have been researching again and found some pretty out... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Peter Howells Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=166098&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet It is thought that over 85% of smokers want to quit smoking. The main reason given by smokers for wanting to quit is that they know that they are damaging their health. Financial concerns come in second place to health concerns. Most smokers will cite fear of lung cancer as their main health concern... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Peter Howells Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=165397&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Tobacco was brought to Europe from the Americas at the end of the 15th century when it was thought to have medicinal qualities. Indeed, as late as the 1940s, tobacco companies used medical personnel such as doctors in advertisements to promote their particular brands of cigarettes. It was not until... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Peter Howells Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=165579&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet 1) Why is there a new smoking ban in England? The government has identified that second-hand smoke is a threat to health in non-smokers exposed to it. As such, they have decided to protect non-smokers from the negative effects of 'environmental tobacco smoke in enclosed spaces. 2) When does the new... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Peter Howells Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=165717&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet There are many quit smoking benefits – and obviously health benefits are the main reason why most people want to quit smoking. Secondly, money plays a part in quitting smoking and the benefit to the average smoker is in excess of $1500 per year, so that is a good quit smoking benefit! Thirdly, the w... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Peter Howells Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=165404&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Smokers are all aware of the damage they are doing to themselves by smoking. Every day they are bombarded with more information about how much damage they are doing to their health. But this is just a depressing message that achieves nothing for the smoker. The health warnings only serve to provide... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Peter Howells Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=62671&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet It is well documented that smoking causes cancer and more specifically lung cancer. Indeed, smoking is responsible for lung cancer in 80% of female cases and 90% in male cases in western society. Alarmingly, 25% of all smokers who die prematurely from their smoking induced illness will die from lung... Society Peter Howells Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=62672&ca=Society There is known evidence that smoking when young, whether directly or passively, has a much more significant impact on future health than starting when a young adult. However, there is a major health risk associated with smoking irrespective of when smokers' start and half of all smokers will die pre... Society Peter Howells Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=62673&ca=Society Passive smoking is the involuntary inhalation of cigarette smoke of other people's cigarettes. Passive smoking, secondary smoke, second hand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke all relate to the same thing – that being the involuntary inhalation of tobacco smoke. Cigarette smoke is generally define...