And, in the About.com spirit of offering you a truly uncommon perspective on today's issues,
explore the civil liberties issues around the antismoking movement and the surprisingly
unsuccessful efforts to get antismoking legislation through Congress.  Thinking about quitting for the Smokeout, or have you already quit and want to stay that way? Your Smoking Cessation Guide Christine Rowley is your best source of information and support, annotated links to thousands of websites, and dozens of articles to help, including:
Thyroid disease -- which can cause lifelong weight gain, depression, and even serious eye problems -- affects more than 13 million Americans. Did you know that thyroid disease may be triggered -- or made far worse or more difficult to treat -- by smoking? Find out more from your Thyroid Guide, Mary Shomon. You may think you've heard it before, but there's more to the issue. Take an in-depth look at the relationship between smoking and heart disease, and the truly compelling benefits that quitting smoking has on your heart's health and your life, from Dr. S. Sivasubramanian, M.D., your Guide for Heart Disease. You hear about lung cancer in conjunction with smoking. . . but you might find a few more reasons to quit when you hear about all the OTHER cancers that smoking causes in this report from your Cancer Guide, Barry S. Tepperman, MD. Smoking during pregnancy causes so many problems -- including risks of miscarriage, prematurity, low birthweight, and more -- that pregnant smokers owe it to their babies and themselves to quit. Pregnancy Guide and certified doula Robin Elise Weiss reviews the reasons to quit, several safe and effective ways for pregnant women to stop smoking, and the immediate benefits of quitting for both baby and mother. Does smoking have an impact on your ability to conceive that little bundle of joy? Asbolutely, says Tracy Morris, your Guide for Infertility, who offers some compelling reasons to put away the cigarettes before you start knitting the baby booties. Women smokers face a greater risk of cervical cancer, premature menopause, infertility, osteoporosis, and heart disease. Women's Health Guide, Tracee Cornforth explores the unique health risks encountered by women who smoke. Acupuncture? Herbs? Can They Help You Stop Smoking? Alternative Medicine Guide Terri Ramacus takes you on an exploration of the holistic and alternative ways to help you quit smoking. Second-hand smoke is one thing, but what about when it's your children...and YOU'RE the smoker? Giving you yet another reason to quit smoking, Asthma Guide John Rhoades looks at what happens to asthmatic children of smokers, and asthmatics who smoke themselves. Your Guide to Nursing on the Net, Erika Lowndes, RN, C. takes a compelling personal look at patients she has cared for, before tobacco took them. Parents know how to stop teen smoking. All the Surgeon General had to do was ask them. Denise Witmer, your About.com Guide to Parenting Teens, offers the real story and sound advice on how to keep teens from starting, or help them decide to quit. A thorough review of the Great American Smokeout and related resources, and how and why to quit, from your Family Medicine Guide, Mark E. Abell, BS, PA-C Celebrate your commitment to quit -- and add your best wishes for her November 19th birthday - - with Healing Guide Phylameana lila Desy. Phyl is sponsoring a drawing to give away a free Certified Healing Bear to a lucky "quitter" who enters the contest at her site. Is nicotine as habit-forming as they say it is? Your Substance Abuse Guide, Leslie Franzblau, explores tobacco's addictive nature. In 1997- 1998, of the 88 bills Congress introduced to reduce the use or sale of tobacco products, only 3 made it through Congress to the President. Find out why smoking legislation has such a hard road from Robert Longley, your Guide for US Government Info/Resources They're the Carrie Nations of the '90s, gimlet-eyed puritans with their sights on tobacco and your best interests in mind -- whether you like it or not. Take a look at the antismoking crusade -- and its stop smoking efforts like the current Great American Smokeout -- with J.D. Tucille, your Civil Liberties Guide. |
