10 Reasons to Quit Smoking: Cost, Smell, Wrinkles, and More

10 Reasons to Quit Smoking: Cost, Smell, Wrinkles, and More:

"As many as 75%-80% of smokers say they'd like to quit. But it takes the average smoker five to 10 attempts before successfully quitting.

For some smokers, it's the little things that motivate quitting. Things like the smell it leaves on your clothes, the way people react when they find out you're a smoker, the stains it leaves on your teeth -- everyday aggravations that can add up to a tipping point to kick the habit.

Here are 10 common daily side effects of smoking that often create the incentive to quit."

No matter what spurs you to quit, please do quit.

A Worldwide Day's Worth of Food

A Worldwide Day's Worth of Food

Time has a really cool photo essay of a day's food for people around the world.  Really interesting.  

Day's Worth of Food

BBC News - Chinese archaeologists unearth 2,400-year-old 'soup'

BBC News - Chinese archaeologists unearth 2,400-year-old 'soup':

"Chinese archaeologists have unearthed what they believe is a 2,400-year-old pot of soup, state media report.

The liquid and bones were in a sealed bronze cooking vessel dug up near the ancient capital of Xian - home to the country's famed terracotta warriors."

Quitting smoking improves mood - The Times of India

Quitting smoking improves mood - The Times of India:

" But a new study has shown that quitting makes people happier.

In the new study, researchers tracked the symptoms of depression in people who were trying to quit and found that they were never happier than when they were being successful, for however long that was."

Yet another reason to quit!