Good News and Bad News - Fewer Americans Smoking

WebMD has just reported that, according to a new Gallup Poll on smoking, 21% of Americans currently smoke cigarettes. That is the lowest percentage since Gallup started polling smoking in 1944. That is the good news. The bad news is that WebMD reports that smoking is increasing among young adults age 18 - 24.

Helping Others to Quit Smoking

I had intended to post at least several times a week, but "life" got in the way! One thing worth mentioning to those of you who are still smoking and want to quit, there is a fairly new prescription drug called Chantix that seems to be very effective. I do not have personal knowledge of it, but a support group I belong to has quite a few members who have successfully quit without too much "pain".

I would really like to hear other people's stories of how they quit - their successes as well as their failures. Smoking cessation is such an important subject - I don't want to be preachy about it but you never know whose story will inspire someone else to quit.