| Quitting smoking is in the minds of most smokers, though it is a task easier said than done. Dangers of smoking are well-known and can have serious harmful effects on the quality of your life besides diseases it can bring. Your decision to quit smoking is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your family. The bad thing about cigarettes is that they may bring disease and death to you at an early age. Bad diseases and death associated with smoking can be prevented if a smoker can quit, now, before it's too late.
Nicotine
Nicotine is a drug found naturally in tobacco that goes to the brain and creates a short term feeling of pleasure. Nicotine can be found in breast milk and even in cervix mucus secretions of smokers. When quitting smoking, nicotine replacement can help reduce many of the physical symptoms of withdrawals. Nicotine is considered one of the most additive substances on the Earth and it takes time to rid the body of its presence and effects. The top three deadliest poisons are, 1 Arsenic, 2 Strychnine, 3 Nicotine.
Reason to stop smoking
Health concerns usually top the list of reasons people give for quitting smoking. Nearly everyone knows that smoking can cause lung cancer, but few people realize it is also a risk factor for many other kinds of cancer which includes cancer of the mouth, voice box (larynx),throat (pharynx), esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, cervix, stomach, and some leukemia's just to name a few. Smoking also causes premature wrinkling of the skin, bad smelling clothes and hair, yellow fingernails and bad breath from smoking.
Risks for Others
Risking one's own health is one thing but risking the health of their family and others is another. Secondhand smoke has been classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a known cause of cancer (Group A carcinogen). Contact with secondhand smoke can cause disease and early deaths in adults and children who do not smoke. Secondhand smoke contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic or carcinogenic, including formaldehyde, benzene, vinyl chloride, arsenic ammonia and hydrogen cyanide. Secondhand smoke causes roughly 3,400 lung cancer deaths and 46,000 heart disease deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year.
Help to Quit
Your desire to quit smoking is very important in determining the success you will have in quitting. Being able to quit smoking is something that many smokers wish for. Information to help people quit smoking is also available through community hospitals, the yellow pages (under "drug abuse and addiction"), public libraries, health maintenance organizations, health fairs, bookstores, and community quit lines. Your decision to quit smoking is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your family. Quitting smoking is not easy, but you can do it. Quitting smoking is not easy, but you can do it. |
