• Is Enough, Enough Already with Anti-Smoking Campaigns?

    Is Enough, Enough Already with Anti-Smoking Campaigns?

    Smoking is bad for you. If any generation knows that, our generation does. We’re the ant-smoking campaign generation. We’re the ones who saw the pictures of the lungs before and after someone spent their lives smoking. We’re the kids who were told not to cave to peer pressure.

  • Would You Rather…

    Would You Rather…

    Would You Rather be forced to pick up an unhealthy habit you hate (smoking, eating fast food for every meal, giving up exercising) OR give up your absolute favorite activity?

  • I Hate You, Resolutioners

    I Hate You, Resolutioners

    I don’t make resolutions for the new year. Not only do I know I will not keep them, but I also know that anything important enough to give up on December 31st should probably be given up on any other day. I tried to give up cake once – what a disaster. Just knowing the 31st was coming and that I would soon be without my beloved buttercream sent me on a downward spiral that resulted with me, a fork and a missing Costco sheet cake.

  • Duke It Out: Should Universities Ban Smoking?

    Duke It Out: Should Universities Ban Smoking?

    “Do you have a lighter or a cigarette?” That is the question that I am usually greeted with when I walk out of the building where I take most of my classes in my college. For some reason, that is the “smokers’ hang out spot” where the smokers gather to share a cigarette and basically fry their lungs while the rest of the non-smoking population is forced to breathe in their second-hand smoke.

  • Kickin’ My Habit: The Smokers Diary 2009

    Kickin’ My Habit: The Smokers Diary 2009

    I know I’ve taken a mini-hiatus for the holidays on my no smoking resolution, but let me fill you i…

  • The CC Weekly Weigh In: Our New Year’s Resolutions

    The CC Weekly Weigh In: Our New Year’s Resolutions

    Hello, 2009!
    We didn’t start the year off in the best way (laying on the couch, chugging wa…

  • Holiday Cheer or Bah Humbug? Pros and Cons of Winter

    Holiday Cheer or Bah Humbug? Pros and Cons of Winter

    I can’t believe Christmas has already passed. Is this year flying by or what? New Year…

  • Kickin’ my Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 8

    Kickin’ my Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 8

    Well, if you remember correctly, I was fed up with my smoking-only-when-drinking rule, so last…

  • Kickin’ my Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 7

    Kickin’ my Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 7

    I have come to the conclusion that I will never actually stop smoking if I continue to let myself s…

  • Kickin’ My Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 6

    Kickin’ My Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 6

    So, I know I’ve been gone for a little bit, but that doesn’t mean I have given up on my quest to quit s…

  • Kickin’ My Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 2

    Kickin’ My Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 2

    [Our writer, Kelly, has made it her goal to quit smoking and share her experiences with you. We ha…

  • Kickin’ My Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 1

    Kickin’ My Habit: The Smokers Diary Week 1

    Well, we all – even the smokers like myself – know smoking is a bad habit. I have been smoking on and…