STOP SMOKE

Why Quit?

• Quitting smoking makes a difference right away - you can taste and smell food better. Your breath smells better. Your cough g oes away. This happens for men and women of all ages, even those who are older. It happens for healthy people as well as those who already have a disease or condition caused by smoking.
  
  
• Quitting smoking cuts the risk of lung cancer, many other

  

  cancers, heart disease, stroke, other lung diseases, and other respiratory illnesses.
  

  

  
  
• Ex-smokers have better health than current smokers. Ex-smokers have fewer days of illness, fewer health complaints, and less bronchitis and pneumonia than current smokers.
  
  
• Quitting smoking saves money. A pack-a-day smoker, who pays $2 per pack can, expect to save more than $700 per year. It appears that the price of cigarettes will continue to rise in coming years, as will the financial rewards of quitting.

A new study adds

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study adds to the previously reported evidence that cigarette smoking protects against Parkinson's disease. Specifically, the new research shows a temporal relationship between smoking and reduced risk of Parkinson's disease. That is, the protective effect wanes after smokers quit.

"It is not our intent to promote smoking as a protective measure against Parkinson's disease," Evan L. Thacker from Harvard School of Public Health emphasized in comments to Reuters Health. "Obviously smoking has a multitude of negative consequences. Rather, we did this study to try to encourage other scientists...to consider the possibility that neuroprotective chemicals may be present in tobacco leaves."

Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in such nations as. Cigars manufactured in Cuba have historically been considered to be without peer, though today many aficionados consider the relative quality of Cuban cigars to be diminished because of the Cuban government’s mismanagement of cigar production

Tour this rich and luxurious land

With courses and resorts lining its Pacific Coast, Costa Rica is turning into a haven for golf enthusiasts from around the world. At the same time, Costa Rica is developing a cigar culture all its own. Tour this rich and luxurious land; sample its golf, its vistas and most importantly, its cigars.