Smoking has been portrayed by its sellers as a manly, masculine habit, linked to health, happiness,fitness, wealth, power and sexual success. In reality, it leads to sickness, premature death and sexual problems. Almost one billion men in the world smoke – about 35 percent of men in developed countries and 50 percent of men in [...]

Support for smoking restrictions in public places has been increasing according to a survey report* published by National Statistics. Since 1996, the percentage in favour of restrictions at work rose from 81 per cent to 86 per cent in 2000,in restaurants, from 85 per cent to 88 per cent, in pubs, from 48 per [...]

There are many problems with using cigarettes as a way to cope with stress or other unpleasant feelings:
• The relief only lasts a short time. Soon your stress will return and you will need to smoke another cigarette.
• Smoking does not solve your problem; it only hides it. The cause of your problem [...]