Benefits Of Quitting Smoking

Campaigns against smoking have been the focus of many organizations around the world. To effectively put this message across, display of very graphic visuals of smoking side effects is the most popular method being used to illustrate how dangerous smoking is. Since the ’scary tactic’ is now working well enough as expected, it is time to focus on the positive side. Below are two great benefits of quitting smoking.

Reason #1. Personal benefits: This can be divided into 3 - physical, emotional, and psychological. On the physical aspect, if you quit smoking, you will notice that you will be rid of the nasty cigarette smell that clings to your body; you will not have bad breath or any oral problems; your eyes becomes clearer, not yellowish or discolored; skin looks healthier, organs and tissues are intact and healthy, and you just seem to glow inside out.

Of course, if you see that your body and your face are glowing, you will feel good about yourself. You will have high self-esteem and confidence. All these good feelings just radiate, making you feel happier and more optimistic - a sign of healthy emotional state. If everything is in order, you feel good; and when one feels good, one is motivated. A motivated person is productive and accomplished. Moreover, the benefits of quitting smoking give one the chance to improve self-image because confidence is regained.

Reason #2. Social benefits: Naturally, if you feel good, you look good, and you view yourself in a positive way. This gives you an I-am-the-king-of-the-world-attitude as you go out with friends and enjoy all the best things that life has to offer, one of which is living your life to the fullest.

And, of course, among the benefits of quitting smoking is also that fact that you won’t have to step outside to have a butt any more and once the cravings are gone, you won’t be distracted from what you are doing by the constant pull of the nicotine addiction.

The 3 Most Dangerous Smoking Side Effects

Smoking kills. Yet, this fact doesn’t seem to do much to prevent people from lighting up. What are other smoking side effects that could lead people to think twice before they light another stick? Here are 3 scariest smoking side effects.

1. Buergers Disease. This disease is characterized by insufficient blood flow in the veins starting from the fingertips or toes. When there is not enough blood flow, tissues will die resulting to the discoloration and numbness of the affected area, akin to gangrene. When this happens, it will slowly spread throughout the body. What is the best remedy for this? Cut the affected part. This means that you could have your legs and arms cut-off overtime.

2. Cancer. This is, of course, the scariest of the smoking side effects and includes all sorts of cancer, actually. Cancer patients do not only suffer health-wise but they also suffer emotionally and financially - including their families.

3. Smoking deposits fats in the aorta. What is an aorta? It is the largest artery in the body, which is located in the heart. If your aorta is clogged-up with fats, blood cannot circulate causing heart problems.

Ultimately, smoking leads you to a slow and painful death. You can always say, “My doctor can always do something about it.” True, but the most that your doctor can do is to lengthen your life for another day; and if you only got a day to live, would it not be great if you can spend that day in some place amazing with the people you love and not on your death bed? In whatever way you look at it, you will never win against these smoking side effects if you do not quit smoking.

Sad Facts On Teenage Smoking

Decades ago, kids began to smoke at the age of 12. In recent years, we learn of smokers as young as 9 years old; and these kids cannot seem to stop until such time that they have buried themselves deep into smoking addiction, and health problems begin to arise. Here are 5 reasons for teenage smoking:

1. Kids echo what they see around them. If a child sees adults smoke, they begin to think that smoking is okay.

2. Parents are role models. If a parent smokes, the likelihood of the child to become a smoker is great.

3. In movies, cool villains smoke; the bullies in school smoke; anybody who is somebody smokes - so why should I not? Those influence kids. Teenagers want to be special or want to project an image of being dangerous. The simplest way they can express these feelings is by smoking.

4. Teenage smoking promotes a sense of belongingness. If teens want to become part of a group or be accepted in a particular teenage culture, smoking is necessary. Every teenager wants to belong; to have a group they can call their own. If one is in a group, one has friends. He can take pleasure in conversations and companionship, as well as enjoy other exciting social contacts.

5. Peer pressure. Teens like to try new things and experiment. Trying new things, particularly something forbidden, make the temptation all the more difficult to resist. Also, smoking with friends makes school more interesting.

Sadly, teenage smoking is still increasing up to this day despite the efforts and testimonies of smokers who just quit or are suffering from the extensive effects of smoking.

Harsh Facts On Smoking

Perhaps, all you know about the dangers of smoking is that it can lead to numerous health problems and death. Everybody agrees that smoking is synonymous to poisoning one’s self but how much do you really know about it? Take a closer look at these facts on smoking.

1. Cigarette is the poison itself, literally! A cigarette stick has 17 different substances that are dangerous to men. These substances are used as solvents, rocket fuel, moth repellent, herbicide and insecticide, industrial solvent, radioactive element, lethal poison, and detergent.

2. Smoking is absolutely hazardous. An estimate of 159,600 people developed cancers; caused 970 house fires; 142,600 suffered heart diseases; and caused the deaths of 970 fetus and infants.

3. Smokers still affect non-smokers a great deal because of what is known as secondary smoking. Secondhand smoking gave 38,000 people cancers and heart diseases. Infants exposed to secondhand smoking will have inhaled approximately 102 cigarette packs by age 5.

4. Smoking kills 440,000 people annually in America alone, as it takes a smoker’s life every 8 seconds.

5. A cigarette’s smoke alone contains 69 carcinogenic chemicals from its total number of over 4,800.

6. Smoking leads to impotency, as well as inferior sexual performance. Some guys do not worry about not having kids; however, all guys worry about having a limp Johnny Jr. Smoking decreases blood flow to the penis preventing erection.

7. Infants take in nicotine everytime they are breastfed by their smoker moms.
Clearly, in all perspectives, facts on smoking send only 1 message: that a smoker is always on the losing end.

The Danger Of Smoking

Smoking kills people, but this does not seem to be much of a concern for those who smoke. Death may not be a frightening consequence of smoking. However, the following are the 3 most alarming dangers of smoking:

1. One danger of smoking is that it is of 2 types - primary and secondary smoking. If you smoke, it is primary smoking; if you smoke around children, the children become secondary smokers. Did you know that everytime you smoke around infants you make them inhale a total of 102 cigarette packs by their 5th birthday?

2. Smoking destroys vital organs in the body and causes complications to existing health problems. It takes the life of a person every 8 seconds totaling to 440,000 deaths a year. This significant number sends a message that people do not value life anymore, which is very sad because life is in fact, priceless. The reason why? There are no spare souls sold in stores.

3. More and more children suffer due to the loss of a parent from smoking. The best gift parents can give their children is to keep themselves healthy, because nothing compares to the love and attention real parents can give. Having just one parent is good enough, but why should you settle for something that is only good enough when you could always have the best - a mom and a dad?

The danger of smoking primarily lies on each of us. If you want to unleash these dangers, then smoke. But why opt for that when we always have the power to make the world a better and safer place for everyone?

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