It has been a fact that smoking is the largest cause of preventable
death in the world. Many people die prematurely from smoking-related
diseases each day.
Some of the smoking related diseases are cancer, heart disease, stroke
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or also know as
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD), and these are every nations'
top killers. And all these diseases has been proven conclusively by
medical experts that smoking is the major cause.
The social cost of smoking is great and estimated to be in the billions
of taxpayers' dollars each year.
Besides the reality that the diseases may catch up upon you, there are
the common ailments that smokers do suffer everyday.
Some examples of the common ailments that smokers suffer from include:
 wheezing and breathing
nosily
always catch common cold
shortness of breath
persistent cough
irritated throat
dry skin
iritated eyes
always have mucus
some loss of taste
some loss of smell
yellowing of the fingernails
And to add further to their suffering, there are the common 'nagging'
or 'complaints' that they do suffer from time to time. These are often
'throw' at them by loved ones, their children, non-smoking
friends...and these may include:
your breadth is smelly
your clothing is smelly
daddy is smelly, i don't
want to play with him
you are putting me at risk
of inhaling second-hand smoke
you are spending money on
something that don't bring any benefits
These nagging or complaints
do add to the smokers frustrations.
But the sad thing is - all smokers harbor the secret hope that they
will be spared the disease and death that follows nicotine addiction.
They tell themselves we'll quit in time and somehow dodge the bullet
that smoking is.
And with four million people dying every year due to tobacco use around
the world, the odds are not in their favor. Put another way, a
smoking-related death occurs somewhere in the world every eight
seconds, 365 days a year.
Quitting
smoking is not impossible.
Here are the simple steps on How To Quit Smoking?
1. Realize that your smoking habit is part of your
learned
behavior AND this behavior can be broken. Addiction is a slow and
gradual process - they may have been started out as an experiment, and
with gradual practice, grew into a habit. Understand what it is that
makes you want to smoke? When you most likely will want smoke? An old
habit can be 'replaced' with a new habit, by learning all these
pointers, they will help you understanding your weak points and to
practice the new habit consistently during during these points will
gradually break the smoking habit.
2. You have to know and understand the harmful
effects
that smoking can cause to you, your body and the people around you. It
is time you forego the self-denial act. snap back to reality. Only by
knowing the truth and the impact of the harm not only to you but also
to your loved ones, will you be able to develop the intent to act.
3. Find out and learn all about the ways and
alternatives
that can help you quit smoking - whether it is cold turkey, with the
help of nicontine patches, etc...find out which action plan is suitable
to you and your lifestyle.
4. Take action! Many people fail not because of
the
programs or aids that are not effective - they fail because they do not
take action, take enough action! It takes a consistent practice to
break a old habit. So take action.
5. To win your quit smoking race, the last simple
step is
to have the self-discipline to follow up with consistent actions with
whatever quit smoking plans you have chosen to adopt. Only then, will
you find success - by making small changes and winning small victories
over your smoking habit.
I sincerely hope the above simple steps will give you a headstart in
your quest to quit smoking. I used the same steps to successfully quit
smoking eleven years ago.
The sooner you remove the blinders and look carefully at nicotine
addiction and the damage it causes, the sooner you can begin pulling
away from your own lies.
Remember,
quitting smoking is not just for yourself sake! Your decision
to quit smoking will also brings direct benefits to your love
ones, family members and to those around you as well.
There is
still time to win your quit smoking race, but there is no time
to lose. Brace yourself and apply the steps to start quit
smoking NOW!
If You Don't Have Your Health, Nothing Else Matters. Decide for
yourself what you want!
Towards your victory.
Alan
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