Benefits of Stopping Smoking. How to Quit smoking

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It’s not easy to stop smoking, especially if you have been smoking for years together. But it’s not impossible to kick that butt either. In fact, you need a positive frame of mind and will power to do what you want, not just stop smoking, but a lot of other things you want to do, but have not been able to. Well, easier said that done, you would say!

You may have seen chain smokers live well into their nineties, or may have heard of a complete non smoker die of a heart attack. But that does not mean you have a clean chit to smoke. Though hard core smokers would swear by these examples and puff on a few more, these are the wrong reasons. There are a lot of good reasons to stop smoking and there is scientific evidence to back the facts.

Benefits of quitting smoking

  1. The chances of a heart attack drops by 50% within a few days of stopping smoking. This is due to the reversal of nicotine’s effects.
  2. Your brain gets nourished better.
  3. You decrease the chances of lung cancer a great deal.
  4. The problems of smokers cough will vanish within a few weeks.
  5. You start feeling fresher, healthier and your productivity improves drastically. You feel like a whole new person after you kick the smoking habit.
  6. If these are not good enough reasons, here’s one more: the cost of a few cigarettes per day can feed a few hungry people in some poor countries. And whats more, you may even save some money over the years!

Are these not good enough reasons and will this not motivate you stop buying and smoking cigarettes?

How can I quit smoking?

  1. If you are thinking of stopping, don’t set a date from when you will stop smoking – do it right now
  2. Ask yourself, whenever you start to light a cigarette, ‘Why am I smoking?’ ‘Why do I need to smoke?’. This will make you wonder and look for reasons and make it that extra bit tough to smoke.
  3. Avoid places, parties, company that smokes – its very easy to relapse
  4. Throw away your ash trays, clean up your teeth from your dentist – to get your teeth looking good again as smoking really spoils and discolors your teeth
  5. Give yourself a substitute - each time you feel like smoking chew a gum or eat a vitamin gummy bear or do something you like – but try and avoid reaching for that cigarette
  6. Don’t buy a pack of cigarettes, just buy 1 when you need one.
  7. Don’t smoke the entire cigarette – smoke a few puffs and throw it away. Reduce your intake – start to hate it!
  8. Keep trying. It’s not easy to stop smoking – but if you do it for even 15 days, you will see the benefits immediately and may not want to smoke again.
  9. You may smoke again after a few days – but that’s ok – keep trying and at one point you will certainly stop smoking – believe in yourself!
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August 24, 2008 | Filed Under Health Advice Live Chat Help 

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