Most of us quit smoking thinking we’ll fail. Nicotine addiction has a way of stealing our will to try before we’ve even given it a shot. It’s important to make sure that you’re ready to quit smoking and that it’s a decision you’ve come to on your own.
Sometimes, we’re balancing on the fence, so to speak, when trying to make the choice to quit. In fact, it has been estimated that if all women abandoned smoking during pregnancy, about 4,000 new infants would not die each year.
In fact, most people fail the first time they try to quit smoking. But just because you fail once – or more than once – doesn’t mean you can’t succeed or that you shouldn’t try again. Though most smoking related damage can be repaired over time if you quit smoking, although emphysema cannot be reversed once you have it.
Heart disease is also a problem for smokers. Ironically, we tend to think, when we want to stop smoking, that it is the physical anxiety or withdraws, that stop us from doing it. The truth is that smoking, although it starts out as a social activity, becomes centralized and controls every part of your life eventually.
Smoking causes cancer and is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke and chronic obstructive lung disease. Overall, smoking accounts for almost two-thirds of all deaths in Singapore alone.
By stop smoking, your lungs will become cleaner which may reduce the chance of infection. Your smokers cough improves and fatigue is reduced giving you more energy.
No longer will you be full of nicotine, one of the world’s most poisonous and quickly addictive drugs. Did you know that nicotine is 100% stimulant? This “wonder drug” culture helps to reinforce the belief that modern medicine is constantly producing miracle cures.
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