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Our goal is to help people
stop the #1 preventable cause for cancer, heart disease, sickness and
death in the world...cigarette smoking.
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Many smokers simply do not
realize the damage they are doing to their health by smoking, and if
they do, they just don't know how to
quit smoking. Still others are too
addicted to one of the most addictive drugs (and ironically, one of the
few legal drugs) ever discovered, and simply cannot break away.
Please note, we do not advocate
adding more nicotine to your system through delivery systems such as
gums, patches and the like, and you will find no such recommendations in
this site. We believe in dealing with the root of the problem. It is our
opinion that the removal of the drug from the system, and not the
maintenance of it (along with other measures) are the key to freeing
yourself from nicotine addiction.
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NICOTINE IS AN ADDICTIVE DRUG. IT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. Would you give
an alcoholic a shot of whiskey to get him to quit? Would you give an
overweight person box of chocolate bars and a tray of double cheeseburgers to help her
lose weight? Of course not. So why would anyone want to put MORE
nicotine in their bodies when it is the nicotine they're trying to wean
themselves off of to
quit smoking?
The Dangers
Of Smoking Are Absolutely Shocking:
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Cigarette
smokers have more than twice the risk of heart attack as
non-smokers.
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Cigarette
smokers have two to four times the chance of cardiac arrest as
non-smokers.
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390,000 American
people die from the effects of smoking each year.
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A pregnant
smoker increases her baby's chance of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS).
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There are some
4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke and 40 of these chemicals cause
cancer.
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Men are 22 times
more likely to develop lung cancer by smoking and women are 12 times
more likely.
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Smoking
increases your risk of some types of cancer, stroke, heart disease,
emphysema, chronic bronchitis and other lung diseases.
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