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FACTS
ABOUT SMOKING
Smoking is an addiction
Tobacco smoke contains nicotine,a drug which is addictive and can
make it very hard but not impossible to quit.Smoking harms not
just the smoker but even the even family members,co-workers and others
who breathe the smoke.Being an addict makes you more dependent than
independent..It leads to addiction,whereby one will spend time trying to
quit,however even when smokers quit they experience
some withdrawal of symptoms e.g headache,nausea,light
headedness,diarrhea and chest pains.
Smoking causes Death
Smoking will lead to increased frequency of colds,especially chest
colds and bronchitis ,asthma,lung cancer ,arthritis
nervousness,cancer of the lip,high blood pressure and heart
disease which may result into a painful death.The smoker is sick
more often, explaining why he misses an average of 7½ work days
per year, usually with a loss of pay, while the non-smoker will miss
only 4½ days. The smoker is sick more often, and misses
most of his work days per year, usually with a loss of pay, while the
non-smoker will miss only very few days. Some people have
died in airline crashes that have been attributed to ashtray and
lighter-fluid fires.
Smokers get into more accidents due to being less alert, having
slower reflexes, and also due to fussing around while driving (lighting
up, etc.).
Too Many Risks
There are to many risks associated with smoking,like Exercising and
participating in sports is imponsible since it makes you short of
breath,making sport and exercise more difficult. if you smoke,It
makes you smell bad ,gives you bad breath,fingers turn yellow,and gives
premature wrinkles before your time,There is nothing mature about
smelling like an ashtray and inhaling grim chemicals
Understandabilty of Behaviour
When a smoker understands his or her behaviour,he will be able to cope
more successfully and select the best quiting approaches.Smoking is very
common among individuals with less education and lower income.Parental
smoking is one of the strongest risk factors for children
and teens beginning to smoke.Passive smoking to non smokers will cause
headaches and lack of concetration,children may try smoking if they see
adults smoking
Women also smoke
Women who smoke have babies that weigh an average of 7 ounce less
than babies of non smoking mothers.Women who smoke are twice likely to
lose there vision even after they quit.If the mother smoked during
pregnancy her baby's pulse will be 30% faster than a non smoker's baby
and there will be withdrawal symptoms in the baby after birth.Premature
birth has been related to smoking by the mother.There is a direct link
between the parent's smoking and children's respiratory disease
Nicotine is a Stimulant
Even though some people believe that smoking helps them relax,they are
not aware that because of nicotine which is a stimulant,it
speeds up your body especially the heart rate.
There is nothing sexy about smoking
Kissing someone with a mouth like an ashtray isnot sexy.Having smoke
blown in your face is not sexy.Lung cancer isnot sexy but buying someone
a gift using the money which you would have used to buy a
cigarrette is sexy.
Cigarrettes donot keep your weight
down
Cigarrettes donot keep your body weight down and can cause
cellulite because some replace cigarrettes with food therefore
when they give up they may put on a few pounds .Two to four cigarettes
increase blood fats 200 to 400%,the average smoker who smokes 30
cigarettes has 4 to 6 times the chance of having heart disease if
he's in the 45-54 year age group
Elasticity of the blood vessels with
lessened blood flow
Blood flow to the extremities is decreased(cold hands and feet).One
puff lowers the temperature in the finguretips 1 degree Farhneheit to 3
degrees Farhneheit in 3 minutes
Nerve Muscles are Affected
Nicotine affects the nerve muscle junctions,causing tremors and
shaking.Nicotine causes narrowing and constriction of the
arteries,adding to the heart's load.It at the same time causes anxiety
and excitement,but the effect wears off often a period of depression
follows whereupon another cigarette is taken.Nicotine makes the blood
more viscous and decreases the available oxygen.It affects the
breathing,sweating,intestinal,and heart actions of our autonomic nervous
system,due to hindering the blood flow to the nerve centers in the brain.
It Narows the Blood Vessels
Smoking causes widespread permanent destruction of alveoli and narrows
the small blood vessels in the lungs, decreasing the oxygen supply,
requiring a higher blood pressure, thus causing extensive circulatory
problems and premature heart attacks. Smokers have difficulty running
and exercising.
Deteriorates the Lung Cleaning
Mechanism
This delicate lung-cleaning mechanism, in a cigarette smoker, will be
paralyzed due to smoking, then will deteriorate, and it will stop
operating, the smoker will resort to coughing as a lung-cleaning
method. This isn't efficient, tar will have accumulated in his
lungs by the time of his premature death. Air pollution (auto exhausts,
industry wastes, etc.) increases the lung cancer rate of the smoker, but
not of the non-smoker.
High Expenditure for A Smoker
The non-smoker has no need to spend money to buy cigarettes, matches,
lighters, holders, ashtrays, or to spendhis energy to go to the store to
buy cigarettes. This is hard-earned, after-tax, money of yours, used to
pay for the above smoking is high. Extra medical expenses alone can be
expected to eventually use up all of a smoker's hard-earned savings,
already depleted by the high cost of smoking. By the time non-smokers
get sick, they have no money to foot their medical bills.
The Desire to Have more Sleep and
Much Food
The smoker's bodywill require more sleep every night. This extra
sleep must come from his spare time. Besides needing more sleep, smokers
sometimes may fail to sleep as well.A smoker needs much more food
and sleep since nicotine makes his body work harder and less efficiently
and his heart beat faster, thus using more fuel and energy.
Loss of Taste by Smokers
Foods will taste much better to non-smokers than smokers. Many subtle
flavors and aromas will be savored if your nasal and oral senses are
freed of the effects of harsh cigarette smoke. How long has it been
since you've experienced the smell of fresh-cut grass or good fried
food.The smoker loses much of his appetite and his taste for food,
explains why smokers have less trouble keeping their weight down. When
one quits smoking, it's IMPERATIVE that the intake of food is
drastically reduced in order to keep the body weight normal. Having to
eat less is of course an additional saving of time and money.
It makes Life Un Comfortable
You must always carry cigarettes and matches; your pockets bulge - or
there's less space in your purse; smelly breath; smelly house; smelly
clothes; messy rugs and furniture, often burned; cigarettes lying around
for children to smoke (and matches to light); this becomes a bad
influence on kids; people will hold you in low esteem
,children,friends,even your smoking friends , the inside of your
home will need cleaning more often; death or property loss due to
smoking in bed.
Different Moods
may develop if you are a smoker
Smoking makes a person irritable and argumentative, partially due to a
subconscious knowledge of all of the above facts. Smoking has been
related to brain damage and premature senility.
Note
These are some of the facts about smoking please read this page
thoughly because it may be useful to you in the near feature when you
try to quit smoking.In order to quit smoking you must first face the
facts and accept that smoking is affecting you
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