Why Stop Smoking? Is It Really Only About Health?

May 13, 2008

by David Smythe

The majority of smokers want to quit smoking to lead a healthier life. But is this all there is to it? We can analyse some of the hidden advantages of kicking this habit.

If you are a smoker, you must have thought at least a thousand times till now that you should seriously give up the habit. Everyone around you - your family and close friends especially - must be goading you on to kick the butt. With all these pressures, it is no wonder that you might be seriously considering saying adieu to your cigarettes forever. But at the same time, something deters you. It is the question - ‘Many people have tried and failed. So why should I succeed?’

If that is what has been eating your mind out, then, this article sure will help you. It is quite true that many people have tried doing that, and failed, but, you must understand that they never really wanted to leave the habit. The nicotine kick that every guy gets after taking the smoke in, is unbelievably strong. When the person is addicted to nicotine, their health issues will be really menial in front of the kick that they get off the nicotine. Many people believe that they will not die because of smoking, such is the optimism.

This is the reason why health threats fail to dissuade a passionate smoker from smoking. While smoking - although every single fag kills them a bit - they will never even think about the ill effects this habit has on their health. At that moment, diseases such as emphysema and lung cancer are nothing but terms on a medical journal, distant as these have not yet come to pass.

Warning a smoker about the adverse health effects of smoking is like banging your head against a brick wall - there is absolutely no effect. This is best exemplified by the fact that although every pack of cigarettes contains a statutory warning, not one smoker has thought twice before lighting up.

This is when the whole issue is got to be tackled in a different manner. Leave alone the health hazards that you will face in the future, come to the present, just answer yourself if you are what you wanted to be.

You cannot even run a mile without breathing hard like the big bad wolf. In case you have run before smoking, and you are now running after smoking, you sure will be able to feel the difference. You will not be able to smell even the roses with all the smell of the smoke around you.

Then, have a closer look at yourself in the mirror. See those premature wrinkles on your face? Those darkened lips? And, God bless you if there really are, spots on your tongue and ulcers in your mouth? Smoking causes all of these and more. Smoking may make you look macho (what an erroneous notion!), but it will take away all your good looks and your youth too.

Even if these do not affect you, think of your kids. You just cannot overlook them. If you are going continue fagging , even the kids might not like you the way they have to. You will always be stinking of tobacco. Many smokers have actually quit smoking because of this.

Try to convince your conscience that what you are doing is right, for your body and mind. This way, it will stop you from doing so, even before you light your next cigarette.

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