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Tobacco smoking is the process of burning the tobacco plant (one or more of leaves, stems and roots) and inhaling the resulting particles within the smoke.  It’s been estimated that tobacco smoking began as long ago as 5000 BC in South America, but wasn’t exported to Eurasia until the 16th century.  Tobacco has been used in […]

Cessation Resources There are numerous cessation resources available to help smokers to quit smoking, reduce tobacco and cigarette use, and deal with the addiction of nicotine.  For the many millions of smokers in the U.S. and globally who want to quit smoking, below is a sampling of the resources available. We support a comprehensive effort to […]

There are many organizations, both within governmental agencies, and within non-governmental organizations, that just like Sentiens, have an interest or focus on dealing with addictions. Listed below is a representative sampling of the most significant organizations in general and for each addiction area. GENERAL U.S. Food and Drug Administration – www.fda.gov National Institute of Health […]

Physically addictive, more accurately physically dependent, is when your body begins to depend on the presence of a particular substance for its physical well being. It’s begun compensating its normal processes to adjust for the new artificial normal. The sudden absence of that substance won’t allow enough time for the body to compensate without the […]

There are various organizations and entities available that together form a rich resource of information.  Listed below are some that we found to be particularly beneficial: TOBACCO American Lung Association www.lung.org American Heart Association www.heart.org America Cancer Society  www.cancer.org American Association for Cancer Research www.aacr.org Online Guide to Quit Smoking www.smokefree.gov World Lung Foundation  www.worldlungfoundation.org World Tobacco Atlas  www.tobaccoatlas.org Society for Research […]