Can smoking cigarettes make your fingers go yellow?

The answer to this is a definite yes, if you smoke a lot you will notice that because of the filter of the cigarette your finger tips will go yellow. It doesn’t stop there though, if you smoke for any considerable amount of time your skin will have a yellow look to it and also your teeth. If you smoke in your home, over the years you will notice the nicotine tar staining windows and glass lamp shades – which is what it pretty much does to you.

Is it normal for my mouth to swell up and have this real bad taste in it when quitting smoking?

Yes this is normal and sometimes you will find that by drinking water it doesn’t help. A good solution to this is to drink fruit juice or to chew on a fruit pastel type sweet. Anything with nectar seems to help.

I quit cold turkey and now get headaches, is this normal what should I do?

This is normal, even if you quit under certain aids you will get a headache. Just do what you would normally do when you have a headache, take a headache relieve tablet. Also remember to keep yourself hydrated. Drink water and fruit juice. You will find you need to drink a bit more than normal.

What effects are there from quitting cold turkey?

The effects can range and are different from person to person. Anything from the bad taste in your mouth to headaches. You might find you are more anxious and that your body becomes more active. Some people get into bad moods or become really moody but all these symptoms can come from quitting with using a device.

What tips are there on quitting smoking?

There are loads of tips; the best thing is to read about as many as you can so that you don’t ever use just one. The best tip is to practice out of sight equals out of mind. Avoid cigarettes at all costs; even avoid your local corner shop in case you are tempted to buy. Don’t visit your old haunts for a couple of weeks, don’t go out for a smoke at work. Try convincing yourself you never smoked. If you have a craving be spontaneous and do something like take a shower or go for a jog. If a symptom of quitting smoking ever comes up deal with it immediately, have a headache take a tablet. Don’t sit and fret to yourself, seriously you will not die from quitting smoking you are only do your body so much better. If you find quitting cold turkey to difficult go out and get a smoking aid device

What are the benefits of quitting smoking?

There are quite a number of benefits the most important to which you will only realize when you are older is your health. Once you get old and start seeing your friends and family dying of a smoking cancer related disease that’s when it hits home. If you continue to smoke that’s pretty much what will happen to you. Sure some people can live to a hundred and still smoke but seriously do you want to take that chance.

Another benefit is money, sure smokes don’t cost that much but it adds up. Take your daily cigarette count and work out how many boxes you go through a week, then a month, then a year. You might find out why you never have the money for all those extra things. Remember that when you drink you smoke more too, so remember to add that into your equation.

The smell of smoke is disgusting – you will probably only realize this once you have quit for awhile. You always think I could never smell but honestly yes you do. If you go to a bar or club where people have been smoking you can smell it the next day on your clothes on your hair. Same for when you have just finished a cigarette, sure perhaps not all the time you can smell it but once you start getting up to around your fifth smoke, yes it does start to get overpowering.

Second hand tobacco smoke – Yep unfortunately you are harming those around you to. Sure you might not care at the moment but from time to time you might come across someone you offend by your smoking. I’ve witnessed this first hand where someone was smoking while outside, they flicked the ash, as you do and a breeze brought a bit of that into some babies eye. Well I am just glad my bus pitched up so I didn’t have to listen to that wailing.