Simple Ways To Quit Smoking

Things to Remember
1. A cigarette is the only available consumer product which when used as directed kills its own consumer.

2. What is a Cigarette: A fire at one end, a fool at the other, and a bit of tobacco in between.

3. Cigarettes are the killers that travel in packs.

4. Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them.

5. The only safer cigarette is your last one.

6. Smoke your pipe and be silent; there’s only wind and smoke in the world.

7. My smoking might be bothering you, but it’s killing me.

It is known that smoking is a psychological addiction which ruins our health.
The primary reasons people are opting to quit cigarette smoking is largely because of health concerns.

Smoking causes various respiratory tract disorders eg. lung cancers, chronic bronchitis emphysema etc. It also aggravates the risks of various other diseases as cancer of mouth, throat, esophagus, and colon.

Reasons to Quit Smoking:
1. Respiratory Ailments: Cigarette smoking increases the chances of occurrence of various respiratory ailments such as lung cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, etc. These ailments in turn may prove to be lethal and may result in untimely deaths.

2. Risk of Heart Attack: Smokers are more prone to suffer from heart attack as compared to non-smokers.

3. Premature Wrinkling of Skin: The smokers are also seen to have premature wrinkling of skin, halitosis, and yellow fingernails.

4. Female Smokers: Smoking in pregnancy is associated with miscarriages or babies with low birth weight.

5. Life Expectancy: Smoking also has direct effect on a person’s longevity. Statistics show that an adult male smoker loses 13 years of life while an adult female smoker loses 14 years of productive life due to this monster addiction.

Effective Ways to Quit Smoking:
The important effective ways to help quit smoking are listed as :

1. Try to Cut Down In the beginning, try to cut down the number of your cigarettes. It is psychologically proven that if you know you will have a cigarette in future it will be possible for you to avoid it for long.

2. How to Cut Down You should fix periods when to smoke and when not to. The number of smoking sessions and non-smoking sessions as well. This will definitely prove to be very effective.

3. Try Chewing Gums Chewing gums will suppress your urge to have a cigarette to some extent.

4. Avoid Stress It is commonly seen that stress is an important cause of smoking. Try to be in cool calm and composed atmosphere. Listen to music, read spiritual literature etc.

5. Give a Thought Is smoking your companion? Your prompt answer would be no. The why suffer for something who is not your best buddy. Rather it’s your most fatal enemy.

6. Waste of Money Are you slogging day and night to waste money on smoke and derive momentary pleasure? Obviously no. Then take a stand and quit smoking.

7. Think about your loved ones Your loved ones need you. You deserve to be in their warm surroundings and have dinner together.

8. Pamper yourself with delicacies Because of smoking you have lost the taste of many good food items. Quit smoking. Enjoy and dine in the best possible way.

9. Try to Make Smoking Unpleasant Smoke outdoors so as to make it unpleasant for you .

This is just a summarization of the ways which will help an individual to quit smoking. But the ultimate responsibility is that of the individual in question.

It’s upto the person concerned to choose the method best for him. Life is too beautiful to be wasted on smoking. Isn't it?