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  How does it feel when you light up a cigarette? Do you feel a rush of conflicting emotions? You may feel calm and happy and at the same time you may also feel frustration and regret. Most smokers are well aware of the negative consequences of their habit. Many are planning to quit, but the temptation of  nicotine can be hard to resist.  Each time you smoke a cigarette, your brain gets a rush of feel-good chemicals known as dopamine. Inevitably, however, these levels drop, and you feel the need to smoke more nicotine to get the rush. This basic cycle defines most types of addiction. What makes smoking especially dangerous, however, is its prevalence and the resulting fatal health complications. You already know that smoking greatly increases your risk of cancer. Unfortunately, most people aren’t aware of just how much smoking can increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease — and that too at an early age. In fact, of all the things that increase your risk of he...

Addiction is a disease that can affect a person's brain and behavior. Some substances, such as alcohol, marijuana and nicotine, induce addiction in a person. When a person becomes addicted to these substances, they cannot resist the urge to keep using them despite knowing the harm they cause. Addiction may be triggered by the use of drugs for self-gratification in a social environment. After which people start using them over and over again. Some people tend to become addicted after taking drugs under peer pressure and then continuing on their own. It is often seen that in the initial phase, a friend or relative urges them to just try it once. How fast one becomes addicted to these drugs depends on individual susceptibility and the kind of drug it is. Certain drugs such as opioids (painkillers) carry a higher risk of addiction and are also the main cause of addiction. With time, they will start wanting more and more doses of these narcotics. Soon this want turns into a need. ...

  Alcohol is the biggest enemy of the body because it damages multiple organs at once. It not only wrecks havoc on the liver, but also adversely affects the brain. According to a recent study, one sip of alcohol is enough to affect your brain in just 30 seconds. Alcohol affects those chemicals and processes, which carry messages from the brain to other parts of the body. Due to this, the brain slows down and its balance is disturbed. Drinking too much alcohol weakens the memory. Health Effects of Alcohol on Women 1.      Heart Disease People who consume alcohol every day are more likely to develop heart diseases. The connection between heart problems and alcohol is a direct one. Women who drink alcohol regularly are more likely to develop heart diseases than men. According to a recent article, excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk of many heart-related problems such as high blood pressure, heart failure, and stroke. Apart from this, drinking a...

  In today’s time, drug abuse has become a major challenge for parents. A large section of the youth have been affected by this. People are ruining their lives by getting addicted to drugs such as cocaine , heroin, opium, marijuana, hashish, cannabis, etc. These substances give the feeling of intoxication for some time, in which the person feels pleasant and blissful, but as soon as the period of intoxication ends, it makes the person want to take it again. Within a few weeks, he gets addicted to these substances. Drugs are being sold secretly in our schools and colleges, which is destroying the future of our youth. Soon after consuming these drugs, the children become addicted to it. After that they become unable to quit the habit even if they want to. There have been reported cases of children using their pocket money to buy drugs. This is ruining the childhoods of thousands of children in India. Drug abuse has become rampant in states such as Punjab and metros like Delhi, Mumbai...

  Smoking is one of the worst addictions there is. The reason is that it does not just affect the smoker but rather the innocent people around them as well. The dangerous effects of secondhand smoking can be clearly seen in children whose parents smoke around them. These children suffer many health problems and have a significantly smaller lifespan. Children who have been exposed to smoking by their parents have several negative health problems. The walls of their blood vessels start thickening which increases their risk of heart attack and stroke in the future. This information has been published in European journals related to the heart.   'Passive smoking' i.e. secondhand smoking causes long-term damage to the blood arteries of children. Apart from this, their blood vessels also develop prematurely. The researchers found in their study that the health of more than 2,000 children between the ages of three and 18 years of age, both of whose parents smoked cigarettes, were at ...

  How many times have you made a promise and intended to quit smoking but gave up after a few days? In fact, many people often fail to quit smoking because they are not fully prepared either mentally and physically to quit. They fail because they are not fully committed to quit smoking. Smoking is definitely not as socially acceptable nowadays as it used to be. It is banned in most workplaces, shopping malls, theaters and stores. But still people continue to smoke. Most people start smoking as teenagers and become addicted to it by the time they grow up. There are a variety of reasons why people smoke, such as stress, pressure from friends, etc. And after a while it becomes very difficult to get rid of this addiction. However, quitting smoking may be difficult but it’s not impossible. All you need is strong will power and a desire to make an effort. Set a quit date Once you have made the decision to quit smoking, it is essential to set a start date. Once you have set a date, ...

  To quit smoking is a very challenging task. Smokers generally need to change their lives completely if they want to quit successfully. Some good habits to develop in order to quit smoking are to see a counselor, find new ways to control stress, and remove negative influences that might tempt you to smoke. This could mean going no contact with some friends or at least staying more in touch with non-smoking friends. It can be easy to have periods of relapse and lose motivation to quit. Seeing regular reminders of the benefits of quitting smoking can help smokers to reach their goal of quitting. If you are having trouble with nicotine addiction, try writing down the reasons you want to quit (like the ones listed below) on your phone or computer background screen. 5 Biggest Reasons Why You Should Stop Smoking 1.      It Makes You Feel Good After the first day of quitting, your blood pressure will go back to normal, healthy levels. The buildup of carbon mon...