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 Smoking refers to the deliberate inhalation of tobacco smoking. Of many forms of tobacco intake, the most common is cigarette smoking. These days smoking has become a global phenomenon. This habit is not confined to any particular region, country or a group of a group of a people. It is not influenced by climate or economic conditions.

The smokers seem to be a stubborn lot. They do not mind any increase in cigarette price. Someone has very rightly commented. “Cigarette is such a wonderful article that burns fire at one side and a stupid on the other.” The smokers do not care their liabilities towards their families. According to an addict:

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Men who smoke pot daily are four times more likely to have trouble climaxing than men who don't light up, according to the La Trobe University study. The study also found that men who smoke pot are more likely to experience premature ejaculation than other men.

Professor Anthony Smith said despite the effect pot-smoking has on men's sex lives, smokers did not always consider the issues to be "sexual health problems." "The findings suggest that men are self-medicating with cannabis to delay orgasm," said Smith, from the Melbourne-based university's Australian Research Center in Sex, Health and Society. "While many male smokers experienced sexual problems, they also reported more partners than non-smokers."

According to a new study, there is no scientific evidence to corroborate that varenicline (Chantix), the nicotine cessation aid being widely used by people attempting to quit smoking, is linked to severe depression and suicidal thoughts.

Dr. David Gunnell of the University of Bristol, UK, and co-author of the study stated, “There have been recent concerns that varenicline.

A relatively new smoking cessation product, may increase the risk of suicidal behavior and suicide.  “We found no clear evidence of an increased risk of self-harm or depression associated with varenicline.”

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Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms as teenagers, British scientists said on Thursday. Researchers from four British universities studied 6,356 12-year-olds and interviewed them for psychotic-like symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions. Around 19 percent had mothers who smoked during pregnancy.

Just over 11 percent, or 734 of the total group, had suspected or definite symptoms of psychosis. Many previous studies have shown cigarettes can harm the fetuses of mothers who smoke while pregnant. The risks include causing babies to be born smaller and increasing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome or heart defects.

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Thailand's reputation as a Southeast Asian country with strong anti-smoking laws faces a direct challenge from the tobacco multinational companies that are due to gather in the Thai capital in November for a major industry congress and exhibition.

The organizers of the cigarette promotion gathering, TABINFO Asia 2009, are not leaving anything to the imagination as to why Bangkok has been chosen as the venue for the Asia-Pacific region's "own dedicated tobacco show".

"The Asia-Pacific region has not escaped the global credit meltdown. But its cigarette market remains more buoyant than elsewhere," declares the Tobacco Reporter trade publication in ."The region remains one of the world's most promising cigarette markets."

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Steven Block and Patrick Webb, of Tufts University, have revealed that their finding is based on a study conducted in Java, Indonesia.  They say that their findings suggest that the costs of smoking in the developing world go well beyond the immediate health risks.

The researchers surveyed 33,000 households, most of which were poor, and found that the average family with at least one smoker spent 10 percent of its already tight budget on tobacco.  They observed that 68 percent of a smoking family's budget went to food, and 22 percent for non-food, non-tobacco purchases.

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Patients with multiple sclerosis who smoke appear to be at higher risk for the brain lesions linked with the disease and for brain shrinkage, new research suggests.

"Our study is showing that MS is more destructive as seen on MRI in smokers than nonsmokers," said study co-author Dr. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, director of the Baird MS Center and Pediatric MS Center of Excellence at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The study appears in the Aug. 18 issue of Neurology.

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The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer announced that it moved ultraviolet tanning beds to its highest cancer risk category, along with arsenic and cigarettes. "I was checked or screened in February and they found a melanoma on my leg, very common in women, lower legs -- and it was removed," said skin cancer survivor Angela Davis. "It was cancerous."

Davis used to tan years ago. She has since heeded all the warnings. More than 20 new studies on skin cancer in the medical journal Lancet concludes that using tanning beds increases the risk of skin cancer by 75 percent for some people. The culprit is UV radiation coming from tanning lights.

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A new study has revealed that patients with multiple sclerosis who smoke experience a more rapid progression of their disease.  For the study, Brian C.

Healy, Ph.D., of Brigham and Women’’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and colleagues examined 1,465 patients with MS who visited a referral center between February 2006 and August 2007.

Participants had an average age of 42 and had MS for an average of 9.4 years. Their progression was assessed by clinical characteristics as well as by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over an average of 3.29 years.

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Why Should stop Smoking?There are so many reasons, but I would try to be short and sweet here.

1. To Increase your life Span,

2. Keep yourself fit and healthy

3. To save your Money

4. To save your time

5. To save your Family

6. To Save the environment.

And Many More.....

According to NHS:

Why it should be done. Giving up smoking increases your chances of living a longer and healthier life. It instantly reduces your risk of death or serious illness due to smoking-related diseases, such as lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and heart disease.

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