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Sleep Myths: Common Myths About Sleep

Despite all the fascinating research constantly being done about sleep, it remains a fairly mysterious subject. While scientists may be learning new information all the time, the average person's relationship to sleep can seem more predicated on magic or luck than scientific fact. As soon as you've suffered a bout of insomnia or lived with an active sleep-walker, it becomes very easy to see how people came up with the idea that sleep was controlled by spirits or creatures like the Sandman.

Power Nap: Smokers Have More Sleep Problems

So we all know that smoking is the exact opposite of good for you. In addition to being carcinogenic, causing all kinds of lung, skin and heart problems, and taking years off your life for long-time smokers, it's also an extremely smelly and unattractive habit. It seems that there is one more reason why you should think about quitting to add to the pile, however: it can also interfere with your sleep.

Sleep Tricks: Good Sleep Means Better Mornings

The information I am about to reveal to you might seem painfully obvious, and to many of you who have good common sense, it will be. You see, for most of my life I thought I hated mornings. Every day, I would fight with my alarm, hitting snooze as often as I possibly could. Then, once I had to concede that I could delay it no longer and not be late, I would drag myself out of bed. Mornings meant being grumpy and groggy, needing several cups of coffee to feel human, and loudly proclaiming that being forced to do anything before noon was uncivilized.