Ditch Tobacco For Good

If you’ve tried to quit before, you’re not alone. A Gallup poll showed that 85 percent of smokers have tried to quit at least once, and 45 percent have tried at least three times.

One serving is a cup of raw, leafy vegetables or a medium fruit the size of a baseball. Just a half cup of raw or cooked veggies or fruit counts, too, as does half a cup of vegetable or fruit juice.

Get inventive, especially if you have children. Make it a point to try a new fruit or vegetable every week or so. Grocery stores often have recipes featuring ways to enjoy unusual produce. African

There’s a very good reason it’s so hard to give up tobacco, and it’s called nicotine. This chemical naturally found in tobacco has more people under its addictive hold than any other drug in America.

Smoking can shorten your life by as much as 14 years, not to mention the cost of tobacco itself and related health problems.

Although some people manage to quit cold turkey, this doesn’t work for the majority. The following treatments/methods have been proven e ective for people who want to quit using tobacco:

• Counseling (telephone, individual or group)

• Advice from health care professionals

• Treatment and support via cell phone

• Behavioral therapies

• Nicotine replacement products (patch, gum, lozenge, inhaler and nasal spray)

• Non-nicotine prescription medication