Smoking Effects

SMOKING FACTS.

For anyone who smokes, is planning to stop smoking or even just for general information, it is useful to know the essential smoking facts as obviously the cigarette habit has affected everyone at one time or other, directly or indirectly.

Smoking is today known to be the biggest cause of both preventable and premature death not only in the US, but worldwide. Smoking- related diseases are a cause of over 440,000 deaths in the US annually. In the UK this figure stands at over 105,000 annually.

The life expectancy of the smoker is cut short by 10- 12 years and more than half of all smokers die from smoking-related diseases. The younger the onset of smoking the longer one will most likely smoke and younger one is more likely to die.Smoking is a slow killer, not just to the smoker but to those also around him as they are affected by second- hand smoke.

Comparative smoking facts show that the risk of heart attack is 70% higher among smokers than among non-smokers. The incidence of lung cancer is 10 times greater in smokers than non-smokers and one out of ten of people that smoke will die from this disease. Some 80% of smokers will at one time be diagnosed with heart disease, emphysema or chronic bronchitis.Of the diseases attributable to the tobacco habit, 29% are from lung cancer and 24% are caused by heart disease.

Over and above that,other cancers have also been linked to smoking, including cancer of the throat, mouth, stomach, cervix, breast and pancreas. All this is small wonder as cigarette smoke has been found to contain over 4,000 chemical compounds and toxins, all with very harmful to human health.

The good news is you can make a big difference to your health and these smoking facts can be turned around. It is never too late to stop smoking and greatly benefit your health. And today is a good day to stop.

If you are still puffing, for your own health, now is probably a good time to quit cigarettes. You most probably have thought that way yourself and have wondered how to go about it, or you just keep postponing the decision for one reason or another. Take heart, many have successfully kicked the habit and are living tobacco- free lives. You can too. Read the rest of this entry »

Whichever way we look at it, smoking is self- destructive behaviour that affects many areas of the smoker’s life and well-being. The major area that suffers of course is his health primarily because of the tobacco addiction. Read the rest of this entry »

Simply put, there cannot be said that any smoking effects that are good, not for the smoker, their children, pets or even the environment. Read the rest of this entry »

Smoking is bad for you. It is a cause of fatal
disease and premature death and yet, it is preventable. Moreover for
every smoker, several other people are prone to smoke-related diseases
through second hand smoking. Give smoking up today and save lives,
beginning with your own. Read the rest of this entry »

Most smokers today at one time or other have had that deep desire to kick the habit. Admittedly there is no easy way to do so because of the nature of this addiction. What however might be found helpful is to have a stop smoking plan.

Here are some suggested steps :

1. Make determined commitment to quit.
Write down your personal reasons for wanting to quit and be honest with yourself. Keep referring to this list often as you go along in order to stay reminded  and focused always.

2. Choose a quit day.
This is the day you will stop smoking. Before this day, remove everything to do with the habit from your house, car and office.

3. Get social support.
Tell family, friends and colleagues at work about your plan and get their support and understanding. Even your doctor needs to know in case you need to refer to him to deal with any withdrawal symptoms or weight gain.

4. Develop alternative behaviour in place of smoking
For example if you used to smoke to relax , now try exercise or a massage or yoga. You will be surprised how many things you can do that are even more pleasurable than puffing your health away. Personalise your stop smoking plan  so that it works for you.

5. Be conversant with the use of stop smoking aids in case you may need them. Some people have even been known to buy e cigarettes online rather than use regular tobacco cigarettes. The doctor will give you good advise.

6. Stay away from functions and events and places where smoking is an activity, at least until you are strong enough to resist the temptation and stop feeling like you are missing out on something.

7. Be mentally prepared and know you will find obstacles and challenges to your plan. Stay resolved even if you unfortunately have a ‘ slip ‘. Many smokers have succeeded in stopping and are today happy ex- smokers.

8. Persevere.
A positive  and confident outlook will go a long way in building your self-esteem especially with each passing day that is smoke-free.

Having a stop smoking plan is definitely an important method of finding guidelines with which to work towards your goal. And it will work for you as it has done for many other quitters. Put your mind to it.

Teen smoking is very serious and the trend in statistics and the increased teenage smoking and tobacco use is alarming. Yet, this trend is reversible, and the benefits of quitting smoking for teenagers are immense. Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know that your health does not get any better if you keep smoking? That your health actually does get better by stopping? Did you know that smoking is out of style? Stop smoking now! Read the rest of this entry »

If you have decided to stop smoking, congratulations! You have made a good decision. One of the things you will find useful and available is to get quit smoking support. It definitely increases your chances of stopping. Read the rest of this entry »

Kicking the smoking habit is not at all easy,in fact it is said to be easier to kick the cocaine or heroin habit. So help quit smoking is something the smoker wishing to stop may need in his efforts to quit. This is because nicotine, the active drug found in tobacco is highly addictive and the smoker becomes physically and emotionally dependent on it through repeated and persistent use of cigarettes. Read the rest of this entry »

Do you know that after you quit smoking everything about your health, the health of those around you, the health of your child and your pet begin to improve immediately ? And did you know that there is not one known benefit derived from continuing to smoke? Read the rest of this entry »

by Clarissa Carter

It is now a fact that teenage smoking and tobacco use is a regular habit among the 13-18 year age group. Smoking statistics show in America that, 25% of 12th graders and 28% of high school kids are smoking daily.

Some Smoking And Tobacco Facts. Read the rest of this entry »

There are many programs today to help with cessation smoking. Some cost very little money, others may cost hundreds of dollars. If you want to stop, there is no doubt a quit smoking program that will suit you and will succeed with you. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations on your decision to develop a new habit…not smoking! Having made this important step, it is necessary to enlist all that is available to help quit smoking. One key to successfully being a non-smoker is to follow through with your decision to stay stopped and this calls for you to getting over the urges and cravings for a cigarette that could lead you to smoke. Read the rest of this entry »

There is so much good reason as to why quit smoking is very important to ones health and it can all be summed up as it makes good sense. Health sense for you as the smoker, for others around you and for the environment, and it even makes dollar sense in terms of money and time you make from stopping. Read the rest of this entry »

This may come as a surprise but top of the list of free stop smoking aids is…don’t start! And if you were about to light up your next cigarette, don’t.

Many remedies are available and have been resorted to in various efforts to quit cigarettes. Some are hormonal, medical, hypnotic and so on. The truth is that cessation of smoking can be costly, though definitely not as costly as smoking itself. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes it is true that to give up smoking can be very difficult, maybe even more difficult than giving up cocaine, but it can be done and it has been done. If you are making that decision to quit, you will find immense benefits from recovering health, well-being and psychological freedom that you will not believe you were tied up by just that cigarette and that incredible urge for another puff. Read the rest of this entry »

Smoking lung cancer is one of the major reason you should stop smoking. Smoking statistics show that more than half of lung cancer patients are former smokers. It has been shown that tobacco and its nicotine toxins increase the risk of many types of cancer like cancer of the lungs, mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, and cervix. Read the rest of this entry »

Teenage statistics show that there is a figure of over 4,000 smoking teenagers between ages 12 and 17  who start the tobacco addiction daily in the USA. Most of these kids start this habit as a way of copying what the adults are doing. While others are curious from the many ways the media portrays smoking as a pleasurable habit. Read the rest of this entry »

Cravings are marked by the desperate urge to smoke. Anxiety mounts, wanting the satisfaction of another puff. Even though cravings can be severe they keep lessening in intensity the longer you stay away from the nicotine. They are uncomfortable but they will pass in 3-5 minutes. So just take steps to get beyond these short moments. Read the rest of this entry »

The first few days after quitting smoking are the most difficult and the hardest to get through. Cravings are what most smokers have a problem with when quitting cigarettes. There are also other withdrawal symptoms and side effects after you stop cigarettes. Read the rest of this entry »

It is estimated that there are nearly two million smoking deaths a year in the developed world today, of course with variations from country to country. Of these, about one million are deaths between ages 35-70 years, literally death before old age. Cigarettes smoking inevitably translates to a lower life-expectancy. At this rate, World Health Organization estimates that deaths as a result of smoking could be as high as one billion by 2100, that is, in this century alone. Read the rest of this entry »

The dangers of smoking are myriad. To the smoker, to the family, to the society, to the environment and to the economy.  Shocking smoking statistics reveal that deaths through smoking-related diseases in the US are more than those through alcohol and drugs, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide all put together. And the strange thing is, the smoker is never totally unaware of the many smoking dangers they face! Read the rest of this entry »

There was once a time when smoking was considered cool. After the tobacco industry admitted that smoking caused cancer, the world began a journey to stop smoking. The smoker was instantly offended by the campaigns set in place to inform them and passive smokers about the smoking health risks involved. Read the rest of this entry »

Second hand smoking is a cause of heart disease and lung disease and death. It is a fact that exposure to tobacco smoke increases the chances of dying from smoking related disease by 20 – 30% in non- smokers. This passive smoking also affects the health of children and infants and is a cause of chronic lung cancer and respiratory infections in childhood. Read the rest of this entry »