Of course, it is difficult to stop smoking. Who can forget the inimitable smell of cigarettes that fill up the lungs, and make you feel satisfied when you take that one drag off the white tube of death? But have you ever considered why so many people are breaking the habit of smoking? Why are people coming out of the vicious circle of cigarette smoking with a vengeance? Here are but a few reasons to do so.
Well, the most important reason to quit smoking is probably because it is one of the most obvious causes of lung cancer. But apart from lung cancer, there are other forms of cancer, like breast cancer for which smoking is either diametrically responsible, or indirectly encouraging. Women who are pregnant are advised by their doctors to immediately quit smoking because that way the unborn baby would not end up with nicotine withdrawal. They would not be susceptible more to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and would have a better immunity system overall. By promising to quit smoke you promise to present them with a better set of lungs and respiratory system as well. And you would be around to see this when you grow old, as every cigarette take away seven minutes of your life.
So quit smoking, because not only is it bad for you, it is also wasting a lot of money. If you calculate, you would find out a staggering amount of money wasted on cigarettes. When saved, they would bring in a tidy sum which can be used on other things, like the new Xbox you adored, or a tour that you coveted.
Apart from this, cigarettes consist of not just nicotine, but tar and carbon monoxide, which can adversely affect the digestive system, and kill off your taste buds and sense of smell. Smoking also adversely affects the system and affects potency for both men and women.
As smoking is becoming a major problem worldwide, affecting not just the smokers but the ones who are innocent bystanders, steps are being taken to help people get out of this vicious circle. Cigarette smoking also induces bad breath, and wherever you smoke, the place reeks of the smoke, which is pretty much of a turn-off for many people.
So quit smoking, because it is not just unhealthy, it is just plain bad for you, and once you quit, you would notice the difference immediately.
Author writes for Stop Smoking and Champix.
