How to quit smoking
According to a survey around 1.2 billion people smoke either tobacco , weeds or any other form smoke, and around 2K+ people dies each day because of smoking , so if you are smoking just look at the figures and think again the life is a gift and you are spoiling it in each and every smoke , according to a research each cigarette you smoke takes away 15 minutes of your life , so just calculate of your own that how much life you had spoiled because of smoking.
The main problem for the smokers is even if they want to quit smoking , they can't , they try hard but there body does not let them to quit smoking , let me tell you why people cannot quit smoking.
According to doctors , The nicotine in inhaled tobacco smoke moves from the lungs, into the
bloodstream and up to the smoker's brain within 7 to 10 seconds. Once
there, nicotine triggers a number of chemical reactions that create
temporary feelings of pleasure for the smoker, but these sensations are
short-lived, subsiding within minutes. As the nicotine level drops in
the blood, smokers feel edgy and agitated -- the start of nicotine withdrawal.
So, in order to relieve the discomforts, smokers light up another
cigarette...and then another..and another. And so it goes -- the
vicious cycle of nicotine addiction. One cigarette is never enough, a
fact that every smoker knows all too well.
That does not means that you can not quit smoking , you can all you need is a right direction for that ,everytime a person try to quit smoke he chooses the wrong direction and in the end he never quit smoking , before we start here is a small part of side effects of smoking
1. Heart disease
Smokers in their thirties and forties have a heart attack rate that is five times higher than their nonsmoking peers. Cigarette smoking may be directly responsible for at least 20% of all deaths from heart disease, or about 120,000 deaths annually. Smoking cigars may also increase the risk of early death from heart disease, although evidence is much stronger for cigarette smoking.
Its damaging effects on the heart are multifold:
Smoking lowers HDL levels (the so-called good cholesterol) even in adolescents.
It causes deterioration of elastic properties in the aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body, and increases the risk for blood clots. It increases the activity of the sympathetic nervous system (which regulates the heart and blood vessels).
Tobacco smoke may increase cardiovascular disease in women through an effect on hormones that causes estrogen deficiency.
2. Cancer
Smoking is the cause of 85% of all cases of lung cancer in 2000, account for 28% of all cancer deaths. Quitting reduces the risk for lung cancer, even well into middle age.
Smoking and smokeless tobacco also cause between 60% and 93% of cancers of the throat, mouth, and esophagus. Smokers also have higher rates of leukemia and cancers of the kidney, stomach, bladder, and pancreas. About 30% of cervical cancers have been attributed to both active and passive smoking. Lung cancer patients who survive and continue to smoke face a serious risk of developing a second tobacco-related tumor within ten years.
3. Dementia and neurology diseases
People who smoke a pack a day have almost two and a half times the risk of stroke as non-smokers. The best current research suggesting that smoking makes little difference in the risk for Alzheimer's, and if it does, the risk for dementia is slightly higher in smokers. Certainly, smoking can affect blood vessels in the brain as it does in the heart, increasing the risk for dementia from small or major strokes.
4. Lung disease
Smoking is associated with a higher risk for nearly all major lung diseases, including pneumonia, flu, bronchitis, and emphysema. There is also a link between smoking and increased asthma symptoms. Heavy smokers with asthma are also more likely to seek emergency treatment for their condition during times of heavy ozone pollution.
5. Female infertility and pregnancy
Studies have now linked cigarette smoking to many reproductive problems. Women who smoke pose a greater danger not only to their own reproductive health but, if they smoke during pregnancy, to their unborn child. Some of these risks include the following:
Greater risk for infertility in women.
Greater risk for ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage.
Greater risk for stillbirth, prematurity, and low-birth weight.
Smoking reduces folate levels, a B vitamin that is important for preventing birth defects.
Women who smoke may pass genetic mutations that increase cancer risks to their unborn babies.
6. Male sexuality and reproduction
Men's sexual and reproductive health is not immune from the effects of smoking.
Heavy smoking is frequently cited as a contributory factor in impotence because it decreases the amount of blood flowing into the penis.
Smoking also reduces sperm density and their motility, increasing the risk for infertility.
7. Behavioral and Social Problems
Children of smoking mothers are more likely to have more motor control problems, perception impairments, attention disabilities, and social problems than children of non-smoking mothers. Some reasons for these associations have been suggested:
Women who breast feed and smoke pass nicotine by-products to their babies, which may contribute to these problems.
Women smokers tend to be less educated than women non-smokers, which may cause increased stress at home.
Smoking mothers and their children may share certain inherited psychological factors, such as depression, which cause addictive and behavioral problems that are unrelated to smoking itself.
8. Effects on bones and joints
Smoking has many negative effects on bones and joints:
Smoking impairs formation of new bone and women who smoke are at high risk for osteoporosis.
Postmenopausal women who smoke have 17% greater risk for hip fracture at age 60, a 41% greater risk at 70, and a 108% greater risk at age 90.
Smokers are more apt to develop degenerative disorders and injuries in the spine.
Smokers have more trouble recovering from spinal surgery.
Smokers whose jobs involve lifting heavy objects are more likely to develop low back pain than non-smokers.
In women, smoking may also pose a small increased risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis
Tips to quit smoking:-
Well now here are the very simple and easy steps , which will help you to quit smoking , trust me if you follow each and every step you will quit smoking within 2 weeks , it is very easy to follow no exercise or drugs anything just few steps :) , download all the instructions and you will be amazed how easy it was to quit smoking , trust me i was a hardcore smoker before , i had used the tips on my own and within 2 weeks i had quit smoking at all , now i help others to quit smoking , grab this ebook now , its is totally FREE no cost whatsoever , do not pay for anything , why pay when you can quit smoking for free of cost ? so what are you waiting for quit smoking for your health for your family :)
