Our Experiences

OBSTACLES

1) Initially we had tried to write about how people who were smoking see them self in medication and community view. What they think and what is their opinion on smoking lifestyle. So we choose our friends to interview But we found out later that they can't give the full cooperation.

2) We concern on how the scientific sentences effect the readings. So it was a challenge to us to interpret and change the complicated words, meaning of the scientific names, into the Easy UNDERSTANDING READING SENTENCES.

3) While was seeking the facts, we knew to PROVE it, we also have to Relate with the Stories and Logical Opinions.

OPINIONS

1) Out of many facts we got, our priority is to choose the most important facts to be expose to the community, realizing the community to aware about the danger of smokers, smoking, smokes.

2) This blog is represent the student's ideas and opinions due to perspective of Influence and Impacts of Smoking to the community's Life, Health, Money and Time.

3) We noticed and realized that it is our responsibility to reduce amount of SMOKERS for a SAFE and BETTER Community Life in the future and prepare a Free CIGARETTE Environment for next generation.

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Detrimental effect of Pregnant Women Smoking

Pregnant woman smoking is risky her own life and the life of her offspring. Smokes from tobacco will deteriorates the mother and baby health. The offspring is made to suffer due to the mother's fault. As far as the pregnant woman is realized the effects and considered, the damages will take place instantaneously due to the vulnerability of her body. The poisons which can be found in babies’ saliva and urine are nicotine, carbon monoxide and various chemicals. The more the mother smokes, the greater the amounts of these poisons are found in their babies. The mothers who smoked two packs a day lowered their blood flow to their babies. The developing babies had less oxygen, which could harm development. An unborn baby’s organs, such as its heart and lungs, are immature and smaller in a pregnant woman who smokes. So the poisons from tobacco smoke probably stay in the baby’s body longer than in the mother’s.

These problems could result:

1) Her pregnancy could end in a miscarriage or stillbirth( the baby is dead at birth).
2) Her baby could be born too soon or too small. Babies born too small may have breathing and other health problems. Studies show that the more the woman smokes during pregnancy, the greater the reduction in birth weight.
3) Her baby could have learning and behavior problems. Many of these problems cannot be reversed.
4) Her baby or child has a higher chance of developinf leukemia (cancer of the blood).

Mothers, How Could you treated your babies like this??

5 Things to Avoid When You Quit Smoking - (Negativity)

Fifth: Negativity

Start paying attention to your thoughts, and banish those that don't serve your best interests. Be kind to yourself and stop lamenting the things you can't change, such as the years you spent smoking. Look at past quit attempts not as failures, but as experiences you can learn from. Think about all of the positive changes you're creating in your life by quitting tobacco now, and remember to use the value of today to your advantage. Successful long-term cessation always starts with our thoughts. Keep your eyes on the prize and develop an attitude of gratitude. We have a way of believing what we tell ourselves over and over, so don't feed you negatives. Affirm the changes you are working to create in your life, and action will follow more easily.

5 Things to Avoid When You Quit Smoking - (Taking Yourself Too Seriously)

Forth: Taking Yourself Too Seriously

You will have bad days. Expect and accept that. Such is smoking cessation, and such is life. On those off days, vow to put yourself in "ignore mode." In other words, don't focus on the negative atmosphere of your thoughts. Instead, do what you can to distract and ignore your bad mood. Sometimes the best thing we can do is get out of our own way. Our minds can make small issues big and create drama out of every little thing when our moods are out of whack. When you have a bad day, use it as an excuse to pamper yourself a little. If all else fails, call it a day earlier than usual and go to bed. Nine times out of ten you'll wake up feeling 100% better the next day, and when you do, you'll be grateful to still be smoke-free.

5 Things to Avoid When You Quit Smoking - (Neglecting Yourself)

Third: Neglecting Yourself

Early smoking cessation is a time when you should be taking extra care to make sure all of your physical needs are met. The following list of tips will help you weather nicotine withdrawal more comfortably:

• Eat a well-balanced diet
• Get more rest
• Drink water
• Exercise daily
• Take a daily multi-vitamin

Taking care of your body, especially as you move through early cessation, will help you minimize the discomforts of nicotine withdrawal. And remember, while nicotine withdrawal may not be a pain-free experience; it is a temporary phase of recovery that we all have to go through to get through.

5 Things to Avoid When You Quit Smoking - (Worrying About the Future)

Second: Worrying About the Future

If you find yourself feeling panicked about your smoke-free future, pull out of it by focusing your attention only on the day you have in front of you. It takes practice and patience to stay in the here and now, but it can be done, and it is a great way to maintain control over your quit program. It is the truth that today is where your power to affect change in your life is, and always will be. You can't do a thing about what happened yesterday or about what is yet to come tomorrow, but you sure can control today.

5 Things to Avoid When You Quit Smoking - (Impatience)

Today, we would like to share with all of you about how to control ourselves when we quit smoking.

First: Impatience

It is a natural tendency to quit smoking and expect to be over it within a month. That would be nice (very nice!), but it doesn't work that way. Smoking cessation is a process, not an event. When we quit smoking, we're letting go of a habit that most of us have carried for many years, if not all of our adult lives. It's only fair to expect that breaking down the old associations that tied us to smoking and replacing them with new, healthier habits will take some time. Sit back, relax, and think of time as one of your best quit buddies. The more of it you put between you and that last cigarette you smoked, the stronger you'll become. Have patience with yourself, and with the process.

Last Tips to Quit Smoking

1. It is recommended for you to drink lots of water. Water is good for you anyway and most people don't get enough of it. It will help flush the nicotine and other chemicals out of your body, plus it can help reduce cravings by fulfilling the "oral desires" that you may have.
2. Keep a picture of your family or someone very important to you with you at all times. On a piece of paper, write the words "I'm quitting for myself and for you". Tape your written message to the picture. Whenever you have the urge to smoke, look at the picture and read the message.
3. Whenever you have a craving for a cigarette, instead of lighting up, write down your feelings and whatever it is on your mind. Keep this "journal" with you at all times.
4. Find something to hold in your hand and mouth to replace cigarettes. Consider drinking straws or you might try an artificial cigarette. Final say from me, good luck in your efforts to quit smoking. It's worth it!

Next Tips to Quit Smoking

BE STRONG MATE!1) You can ask the advises and tips with your doctor about how to quit smoking. Support and guidance from a physician is a PROVEN WAY to improve your chances to quit.

DO'S

1.1) Involves in an exercise program.

Exercise can relieves stress and also helps your body to recover from years of damage from cigarettes. Start slowly, with a short walk once or twice per day. Build up to 30 to 40 minutes of heavy painstaking activity, 3 or 4 times per week. Also ask your family and friends to support your decision to quit. Ask them to be completely supportive.

1.2) Try to cut back on cigarettes gradually and SET a quit date.

Ways to cut back the smoking can be by planning by:

• Take action seriously on how you want to decrease as many cigarettes you will smoke each day until you quit.
• Buy only one pack at a time.
• Change brands so you do not enjoy smoking as much.
  
• Give your cigarettes to someone else, so that you have to ask for them each time you want to smoke.

2) You should know what triggers that influence your desire to a cigarette, such as stress, the end of a meal, arrival at work, entering a bar, etc.
Avoid these triggers or if that's impossible, plan some alternative ways to deal with the triggers.

Fatwa. Strictly NO Compromise.

Conversely, there’re many instances where the Qur'an gives us general guidelines, and calls upon us to use our reason and intelligence, and seek guidance from Allah s.w.t. about what is right and wrong. Islamic scholars use their knowledge and judgment to make new legal rulings (fatwa). In the Qur'an, Allah s.w.t says,

“...he [the Prophet] commands them what is just, and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good, and prohibits them from what is bad..." (Qur'an 7:157).

Dangers of tobacco use have come to be proven beyond any doubt, scholars have become more unanimous in pronouncing tobacco use clearly HARAM to believers. They now use the strongest terms to condemn this habit. In view of the harm caused by tobacco, growing, trading in and smoking of tobacco are judged to be haram (forbidden).

The Prophet s.a.w, is reported to have said,
'Do not harm yourselves or others.'

Furthermore, tobacco is unwholesome, and God says in the Qur'an that the Prophet, peace be upon him, 'enjoins upon them that which is good and pure, and forbids them that which is unwholesome'
(Permanent Committee of Academic Research and Fatwa, Saudi Arabia)

Is smoking Permitted in Islam?

Islamic scholars have been historically had mixed views about tobacco, and until now, there has not been a clear, unanimous fatwa (legal opinion) which to allow or forbid cigarette smoking.

Those mixed views on the subject came about because cigarettes are a more recent invention and did not exist at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an in the 7th century A.D. Therefore, one can’t find a verse of Qur'an, or words of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w (peace be upon him), saying clearly that "cigarette smoking is forbidden."

Tips to Quit Smoking

Neglect CIGARETTES, Be Passionate to be Healthier without SMOKING!!

1) Believe in yourself. Believe that you can quit. Think about some of the most difficult things you have done in your life and realize that you have the guts and determination to quit smoking.

2) Write down the BENEFITS why you want to quit like you may live longer, feel better, for your family, save money, smell better, find a mate more easily. You know what's bad about smoking and you know what you'll get by quitting. Put it on paper and read it daily.

3) You must set a quit date. Decide what day you will quit smoking cigarettes forever. Write it down and plan for it. Prepare your mind for the "first day of the rest of your life".

The story that MAY influence YOUR DETERMINATION:

- You might even hold a small ceremony if you want so, when you smoke you last cigarette or on the morning of the quit date. After you quit, plan to celebrate the milestones in your journey to becoming a non-smoker. After two weeks of being smoke-free, see a movie. After a month, go to a fancy restaurant just be sure to sit in the non-smoking section. After three months, go for a long weekend to a favorite get-away. After six months, buy yourself something frivolous. After a year, have a party for yourself. Invite your family and friends to your "birthday" party and celebrate your new chance at a long, healthy life.

ACTS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE :)
Loving your LIFE always...

Nicotine Gum?

Nicotine gum is a type of chewing gum that delivers nicotine to the body. It is used as an aid in smoking cessation and in quitting smokeless tobacco. The nicotine is delivered to the bloodstream via absorption by the tissues of the mouth. It is currently available over-the-counter in Europe, the US and elsewhere. The pieces are usually available in individual foil packages and come in various flavors including orange, and mint. Each piece typically contains 2 or 4 mg of nicotine, roughly the nicotine content of 1 or 2 cigarettes, with the appropriate dosage depending on the smoking habits of the user. Popular brands include Nicoderm/Nicorette and Nicotinell. Alternative nicotine replacement products include the nicotine patch, nicotine pastilles/lozenges and the nicotine inhaler.

An Option?

If you are angry that so many things have been added to the cigarettes you enjoy so much, you should be. Many of these chemicals were added to make you more able to tolerate with the toxic amounts of cigarette smoke. They were added without regard to your health and with the intention to keep you addicted. As the tobacco industry saying goes, "An addicted customer is a customer for life, no matter how short that life is". Remember this, just make sure that you have the last laugh. Regardless of the countless chemicals in your cigarettes, quitting is always an option.

Toilet Bowl Cleaner?

As you all knows, most people prefer to use ammonia for things such as cleaning windows and toilet bowls. You may be surprised to learn that the tobacco industry has found some additional uses for this household product. By adding ammonia to your cigarettes, nicotine in its vapor form can be absorbed through your lungs more quickly. This, in turn, means your brain can get a higher dose of nicotine with each puff. The complete list of chemicals added to your cigarettes is too long to list here. Here are some examples that will surprise you:

• Fungicides and pesticides -- Cause many types of cancers and birth defects.
• Cadmium -- Linked to lung and prostate cancer.
• Benzene -- Linked to leukemia.
• Formaldehyde -- Linked to lung cancer.
• Nickel -- Causes increased susceptibility to lung infections.

Filters Don't Work

Actually filters do not remove enough tar to make the cigarettes less dangerous. They are just a marketing ploy to trick you into thinking that you are smoking a safer cigarette. The solution to the bitter-taste cigarette was easy. Just have some chemists add taste-improving chemicals to the tobacco. Unfortunately, some of these chemicals also cause cancer and not all of the chemicals in your cigarettes are there for taste enhancement. For example, a chemical very similar to rocket fuel helps keep the tip of the cigarette burning at an extremely hot temperature. This allows the nicotine to turn into a vapor so your lungs can absorb it more easily.

What Is In a Cigarette?

Cigarette contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins. These include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT. Nicotine is highly addictive. When this nicotine is inhaled into the lungs, the nicotine reach the brain in just six seconds. Nicotine in small doses is a stimulant to the brain. In large doses, it's a depressant by blocking the signals between nerve cells. In even larger doses, it's a lethal poison, affecting the heart, blood vessels, and hormones. Nicotine in the cigarette will make the smoker feel calm. As a cigarette is smoked, the amount of tar inhaled into the lungs increases, and the last puff contains more than twice as much tar as the first puff. Carbon monoxide makes it harder for red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. Tar is a mixture of substances that will form a sticky mass in the lungs after sometime. Most of the chemicals in cigarette smoke stay in the lungs. Remember, the more you inhale, the better it feels and the greater the damage to your lungs.

Who is Cigarette?

A cigarette is a disposable smoke delivery device consisting of a small cylinder of shredded tobacco leaves wrapped in paper. Commonly the standard size for a cigarette in Malaysia is less than 10cm in length and 10mm in diameter which is ignited to inhales its smoke. The Malaysians has their own history of cigarettes. For example, some smokers roll their own cigarettes by wrapping tobacco in paper. Nowadays, machine-made cigarettes are sold in a small cardboard packages of 20 cigarettes. Commercial cigarettes usually contain a cellulose acetate or cotton filter through which the smoker inhales the smoke. The filter will serves to cool and somewhat clean the smoke.