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Harold Gifford

90 Years of Helping People...and More to Come! By Phil Berbig Recently, we at Breathe Freedom from Nicotine received an unexpected phone call from Harold Gifford. Harold Gifford Mr. Gifford, a man in his 90’s, had made up his mind he wanted to do whatever he could to help people...

Powerful men…Powerful habits

Presidents Day having recently past (or you can also think of it as coming up…just not for a long time) we were thinking about the history of tobacco use by American Presidents.

Is stress associated with addiction? Why yes, yes it is!

One of the main reasons people turn to drugs, alcohol, nicotine or other self-destructive behavior is…wait for it…Stress! According to Shahram Heshmat Ph.D. in an article in Psychology Today, May, 2017, stressful life events combined with poor coping skills can impact the risk of addiction increasing impulsive behavior and self-medication....

“it’s just water vapor…it can’t harm you”

As a quit coach/technician at Breathe – Freedom from Nicotine, I have been asked a number of times if e-cigs and vaping are safer than tobacco. To be honest, the whole concept of vaping is new to us all, and a couple of years ago, the only sincere answer I...