Quit Smoking

“SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH” Thousands of people die every year because of their bad habit of smoking. It completely damages our lungs and makes us unhealthy and unfit for the future. Most of the lung cancer patients are chain smokers. Tobacco smoking contributes to a number of cancers. Tobacco contains lot of chemicals which when heated produce a lot of substance, which are actually dangerous for our health and body. It contains nicotine, which actually works in our brains and creates an urge for more smoking.

When we are smoking we are actually taking inside a very harmful gas called carbon monoxide which damages our  muscles makes them weak  effects our brains and makes our heat work faster. The mixture of nicotine and carbonmonxide increases our heart rate and blood pressure as a result causing heart attacks. Smoking also causes “Emphysema “It is a disease which actually rots our muscles making them weak day by day resulting into lung failure.

Smoking harms each organ of your body and makes the working of various systems of the body slow and unfit for future. Like it affects our respiratory system by making our lungs weak. Effects our circulatory system by causing problems in our heart and making it work faster. Smoking sometimes also disturbs our mental conditions causing problems in the brains.

It weakens our bones and makes them brittle. Effects our eyes causing night blindness and a disease called opthalmopathy which is also known as thyroid eye disease it is an inflammatory disorder affecting the orbit around the eye characterized by upper eyelid reactions such as swelling redness or conjunctivitis. Increased habit of smoking can also affect our stomach causing ulcers and increasing the sign of stomach cancer. It can also cause cancers in your kidney pancreas and bladder. The effect of smoking in our reproductive system is highly serious. It increases the risk of impotence and reduces or damages your sperms.

Why people smoke?
The basic reason for people to smoke is depression and mental dissatisfaction. Generally people smoke to release there stress. Stress is a feeling arising out of pressure of work feeling of helplessness and not getting what you actually desire to from life. Now days smoking g has become a style statement not only adults but also it will be astonishing to note that the habit of smoking is more in teenagers and small children’s. Such people start smoking, as they are not aware of its harmful effects at such young age. Some teenagers also start up smoking inspired by famous movies or actors and as they grow up it is too late to get rid of this life taking habit.

Benefits of Quit smoking
There is no doubt in the fact that once you take up smoking as a habit it is next to impossible to leave it. Presence of nicotine in tobacco actually creates an urge in you to take up smoking. In addition, you become an addict to it. However, if you actually decide in your mind that you need to get rid of it you can actually do it. There is nothing known as impossible in this world. The word impossible also says that I m possible. Now days there are many medicines available in the market, which can help you, get rid of smoking. However, such medicines should only be taken with a proper prescription of the doctor.

Otherwise, they can cause adverse side effects in your body. Just imagine the healthy life you will be living. Just 20 min after you smoke your blood pressure is decreased and pulse rate is stopped. One day you stop smoking your chances of heart attack are reduced largely. The amount of nicotine is reduced slowly and in 2 to 4 days, your addiction to smoking gradually decreases. In 10 days to 12 weeks your addiction to smoking has been reduced  your blood circulation is similar to that of a non-user. Within 2 to 4 weeks of quitting smoking, you will realize the fact that anger anxiety depression have ended. You will feel proud of yourself and will gain a lot of confidence. Gradually as the days pass, your risk of several heart diseases will come to an end. Your lungs will start working faster. Lastly, you will start behaving like a non user.

According to the researches done it is seen that only 12% of the smokers are expected to live til the age of 85 as compared to 69% of non-smokers. However, if you quit smoking by the age of 35years your risk is reduced by 90% or more and even if you decide to quit it at the age of 65 years your quality of life and life expectancy  is significantly increased.

If you actually decide to quit smoking, you are giving a good quality of life to your family and yourself. You will become more energetic and stress free. A healthy mind resides in healthy body. Once you stop smoking, your mental problems will be reduced. You will be free from smoking related diseases and the problems associated with it. You will get whiter teeth skin problems will be reduced to a vast extent. Actually smoking damages your skin it causes facial aging and wrinkles. The skin of  non-smokers are more healthy and glowing. Overall we can that stop smoking and live a healthy wealthy and longer life!!