What a fun, hectic, crazy event all rolled into one! The crowd turned out to be so much more than the numbers who placed their RSVP with us on our Facebook Event Page. Thank you for coming down even if it means dropping by for a while, hope you got some lovely loot from our bazaar. Thank you for supporting this valuable social cause and taking up a pledge with us! Thank you to the vendors for making your way down and joining us!

We hope you’ve had as much crazy fun as we did.

Photos are uploaded on our Facebook Event Page. Spot yourselves and tag!

So, have you got it?

Alright ladies, heressome breaking news for you….

The one small piece of good news that women more often survive.

“They are more likely to get it but less likely to die of it,” Henschke says.

Still lung cancer will kill 73,000 American women this year — more than will die from breast and ovarian cancer combined. Those statistics are well known to Marie and Rose Anne Salvaggio, mother and daughter, who own the Via Oreto restaurant in New York.

Marie managed to quit smoking 15 years ago after she suffered a lung collapse that she thought was cancer.

“You have to get a good fright in you to quit smoking,” Marie Salvaggio says.

Rose Anne still struggles to stop.

“It’s such a lousy, horrible, horrendous habit,” she says.

Scientists do not know why women are affected differently by cigarette smoke. It appears the cells in women’s lungs respond differently to the toxins in cigarettes. But the public health message is clear.

“Young women need to understand that they are more likely to get lung cancer, so they really should not start smoking,” Henschke says.

So they don’t join the millions like Marie and Rose Anne Salvaggio who struggle to overcome the habit before it is too late.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13819766/

Just a little tidbit to let you know more about the people running the show! (We know it’s an excuse to, you know, take photos of ourselves but we’re never camera-shy anyway!)

Smoking is bad not only for your health, but also for your beauty. It decreases the flow of blood to the skin, leaving your complexion dull, promotes wrinkles and fine lines, deprives your skin of oxygen and robs your body of essential vitamins. That’s why smokers in their 30s have as many wrinkles as non-smokers in their 50s. Those who smoke every day get more wrinkles all over their face because of the nicotine that it constructs the tiny capillaries that nourish the skin. Smoking ages skin faster than anything else apart from sun damage. Smoking contracts your blood vessels and therefore doesn’t allow enough oxygen to reach the skin’s surface, resulting in dull-looking skin.

The effects of smoking are significant:

• bad breath
• dull complexion
• wrinkles appearance
• yellow teeth
• weak hair
• enlarged pores
• broken capillaries
• premature aging
• coarse skin all over your body
• reduction of the collagen
• smoking thins the skin
• alter your body shape
• smoking reduces the body’s store of vitamins
• loss of elasticity
• prolonged smoking causes dry skin

Vitamin C, pine-apple, brewer??�s yeast
The grayish color of the skin is among the many problems of the smokers. If you want to look fresh, “attack“ the problem internally. Eat fruits rich in vitamin C and foods containing zinc. They stimulate the formation of collagen which is important for the skin. Eat wheat, oat flakes and fish ??� they are the main source of zinc. The pine-apple contains the substance called “ bromeline“ – it deprives your body of the toxins. To replenish the lack of vitamin A eat lettuce and carrots. Vitamin E is “responsible“ for the youth of your skin.

Exfoliating ??� removes the dead skin cells that make your complexion dull. When exfoliating you remove the clogged dirt in the pores, improve the blood circulation and stimulate the production of new skin cells.
Facial ??� it will return the glow and the freshness of your skin.
Hydrating cream ??� it regulates the moisture balance and avert the evaporation of the moisture
Cocktail of vitamins ??� it will increase the protection of the skin and will saturate it with oxygen. Vitamin A is important for the renovation of the skin and the decrease of the wrinkles. Vitamin C ??� for the free radicals, Vitamin E ??� for the immune system.
Night cream ??� corrects the damage while you are sleeping.
Nourishing nail oil - smoking causes discolouration of the fingers and nails on the hand used to hold the cigarette.

Tips:

• consume a daily diet of healthy food
• eat many fresh vegetables and fruits
• eat fish and chicken
• take vitamin C daily
• drink at least 1.5 liter mineral water daily
• limit the alcohol and caffeine intake
• exercise regularly
• apply nourishing creams every day and use a night cream
• your skin care products should contain retinol, vitamins and antioxidant.

Maybe now is the right time to quit smoking ??� imagine how you will look after 5 years. If you quit smoking you will stop your skin ageing any faster that it normally would.
Try:
Patches ??� they give a constant supply of nicotine. You should follow a stepped programme to help reduce gradually the amount of nicotine.
Gum- lets you control when and how much nicotine you want
Lozenges- help you if you need varying amounts of nicotine
Inhalators ??� they are small plastic tubes that allow you to suck nicotine.

http://www.beauty-advices.com/the-effects-of-smoking-on-the-skin/

A woman is a symbol of beauty, brains, power, skill and fortune. She is the ultimate picture of love, care and compassion. Now, have a look at this picture of the new-age women who flaunts a cigarette as an accessory and blows away smoke as she would blow away any other problem. She takes to flaunting it initially as a fashion statement and thinks herself to be ‘cool’.

Smoking women, at the onset think themselves as trendy and at par with their male counterparts. They consider that a woman with a cigarette in her hand reflects her audacity, assertiveness, poise and states her damn-care attitude. They initially take to smoking as a stress-reliever for a short-term but they ignore the fact that- ‘once an addiction, always an addiction’. To quit smoking might seem like an easy option but not, once you are addicted to it.

Smoking is a vice that starts of as a fashion and ends in addiction. Research shows that a woman’s physiology is much more sensitive to tobacco smoking than her male counterpart. But the sad part is that, women addicted to smoking tend to overlook or prefer to turn a blind eye to the inherent ill-effects…

• A woman smoker is also more prone to breathing problems like asthma more than a man.
• She is at a greater risk of being affected by lung cancer, breast cancer, hypertension and heart diseases post menopause.
• Moreover, the worst affected is a smoking pregnant woman. Smoking, be it active or passive may lead to growth retardation to an unborn child and also other complications like miscarriages, birth defects and pre-termed labour.

Smoking tobacco is addiction to nicotine and has similar impact in the brain as any other narcotic drug. So with prolonged smoking, your brain craves for more and makes quitting difficult with the brain dictating withdrawal symptoms. But to quit smoking is not impossible with a combine of doctor’s help and a strong will-power. The most effective way to quit smoking is to let it go off at one go instead of in intervals. And to assist you in your efforts are counseling sessions, anti-smoking pills and also anti-depressants to combat withdrawal symptoms.

Smoking tobacco is detrimental for the body and soul. And women being intuitive by nature are sure to realize the dreadful effects of smoking before it’s too late. She needs to understand that smoking does not signify power and fun, nor does it represent femininity.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/smoking-beauty-dont-compliment-each-other.html

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She’s Got It! is an empowering campaign embracing a smoke-free lifestyle for women. In this space, we would be posting articles and interesting stories that we hope would strike a nerve and serve as a wake up call to you, young women smokers out there. Stop lighting up, and join us in this valuable social cause. Take a pledge with us.

And what’s a more worthwhile alternative instead of spending all that money on those cigarette sticks?

Shopping!

A cause-related bazaar coming your way in the heart of Singapore Polytechnic this month, watch this space.

P/S You might have also noticed our big, red posters screaming out for attention on noticeboards all over school! Hurrah for shameless publicity!

Cheers,

She’s Got It! Team.