Trustworthy, up-to-date reading on quitting smoking — our own guides plus summaries of research and news from health organisations around the world.
We all know that smoking causes cancer, lung and heart disease, and stroke. What you may not know is that women that smoke are exposed to additional gender based health risks. Smoking causes the following health probl...
Read more →August is Mental Illness Awareness Month, a month dedicated to increasing awareness of mental illness. Mental illness and the stigma attached to it is a major concern for South Africa and prevents many people from see...
Read more →June is Men’s Health Month and the purpose of Men’s Health Month is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. Research shows th...
Read more →There is no better time to commit to giving up smoking than on World No Tobacco Day – a whole day dedicated to quitting smoking and better health. One of the hardest things people who are trying to quit smoking face a...
Read more →With over five million people dying each year from smoking-related diseases, it’s no wonder that WHO (The World Health Organization) has set aside a day dedicated to encouraging more people to quit smoking. It is not ...
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Results from the Cochrane Review show that stop smoking programmes, such as GoSmokeFree, can more than triple your success rate [see bar graph] when compared to trying to quit smoking “cold turkey”. Best Way to Stop S...
Read more →Passive smoking kills 600 000 people per year including 168 000 children. These smoking facts were published in the January issue of Lancet 2011 and were based on a retrospective analysis of data from 192 countries. F...
Read more →You know that the effects of smoking are bad for your body and you also know that the longer you smoke the worse it is for your body. What you may not know is how good it is for your body to stop smoking and that the ...
Read more →Your pack-a-day habit isn’t just destroying your lungs, it is burning a hole in your wallet too. Most smokers know that smoking is expensive but few actually realise the true costs of the habit and the savings that ca...
Read more →A new study has shown that patients who continue to smoke after a heart attack are more likely to suffer from angina (chest pain) and to experience mental and physical health problems which negatively impacts their qu...
Read more →Cancer: Spotlight on preventable premature deaths was the Cape Argus headline on Tuesday 10th February 2015 in an article by Dr HC Volmink. The article reported that “almost one in every five South Africans is at risk...
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