cigarettes and smoking

cigarette addiction is the worse and is just as dangerous if not more so than any other drug. I have struggled with trying to stop for years, however my addiction isn’t as bad as some. Beating smoking is tough to do when you are doing it alone, especially when you are living in a house with other smokers.

But think about all the hundreds of dollars you save a month if you stopped. I was in the store the other day and saw that a pack of cigarettes were going for almost $9.00 a pack, and some of my friends smoke 2 packs a day, that’s $18 plus tax a day. Like I said I have struggled with smoking since I was a teen. But I am a social smoker and only smoke on average 1 or 2 packs a year. There are many great treatment options out there ranging from homeopathic to over the counter or medications that your doctor can prescribe to you. I recently did a search for “beating a smoking addiction” and came across the website aptly named www.beatingsmoking.com. So I clicked on it and found some really wonderful resources on how to stop smoking, online support groups, and more. So I have bookmarked it and even printed out some materials to give to a friend of mine who is struggling with smoking too.

Remember its only up to you if you want to stop smoking but think of all the benefits of it, more money and improved health.

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SHOCKING: MARIJUANA USE MAY POSITIVELY IMPACT LUNGS

The federal government claims that marijuana has ‘no accepted medical use’ and continues to classify it in the same category as heroin, MDMA, and PCP. This claim is made by the government despite countless studies existing which highlight its many industrial and medicinal uses. One very recent study sheds light not only on how the plant could be beneficial, but how casual marijuana use doesn’t even lead to lung damage.

Marijuana Use May Actually Impact Lungs Positively

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined 5,115 men and women over the course of two decades – between March 26, 1985 and August 19, 2006. The data also showed that high-use of the plant, about one joint every day for 7 years, had little to no negative impact on lung air flow rates or lung volume. What’s shocking is that there is evidence pointing to slight increases in lung air flow rates as well as enhancements in lung volume from occasional marijuana use. According to one of the study’s co-authors, Stefan Kertesz:

“With marijuana use increasing and large numbers of people who have been and continue to be exposed, knowing whether it causes lasting damage to lung function is important for public-health messaging and medical use of marijuana…at levels of marijuana exposure commonly seen in Americans, occasional marijuana use was associated with increases in lung air flow rates and increases in lung capacity.”

Yet this is only one more finding to compliment the many past findings regarding the lack of danger and positive aspects of cannabis. Studies have found marijuana use to be beneficial in treating multiple sclerosis, Tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, brachial plexus neuropathies, insomnia, memory disorders, anxiety disorders, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and many more conditions. Most notably, the plant possesses a significant painkilling effect as well as noticeable improvements in sleep.

Some cannabis activists actually state that certain properties of marijuana can act as a “cure-all” in the right forms. Marijuana low in THC, the active ingredient responsible for psychoactive effects, and high in CBD (cannabidiol), offer the health promoting aspects of cannabis while avoiding the “high”. Although both THC and CBD are considered cannabinoids, CBD acts as a neutralizer and blocks the psychoactive effects of THC. Hemp is a perfect example of a plant containing low or no THC levels and high CBD levels, yet it is still illegal to grow within the United States.

Whether individuals choose to use marijuana or hemp should be their choice. There is plenty of information available portraying the positive aspects of these plants, but government censorship still persists.

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