Posted by Tiggy on May 31, 2001 at 20:05:43:
In Reply to: Smoking Cigarettes posted by Megan on May 30, 2001 at 17:33:20:
Nicotine has over 2000 different poisons in it, including rat poison.
Far from calming your nerves it actually makes them worse by it's chemicals.
More and more illnesses are proving to be smoking related or worse for those who have them if they are smokers. It has recently been found that faractures heal more slowly and less easily in smokers. Also that smokers respond less well to various forms of treatment including many you would not connect such as spine fluid injections. It leads to damaged sperm in men and miscarriage in women, as well as premature births. It causes lung cancer, various other types of cancer, emphysema, cardiac arrest, narrowing of the arteries leading to various conditions, shortness of breath, loss of taste, hypertension.
Nicorette patches are good as is hypnosis. think of all the books you could buy with the money.