Quit Smoking|Smoking Cessation.

Quitting smoking or smoking cessation is the process of giving up the addictive habit of smoking. Here we talk of the habit of tobacco smoking.  Quitting smoking isn’t easy. Most smokers want to stop smoking but few succeed and few don’t. It is difficult to quit smoking because as explained in cause of smoking, the nicotine in tobacco makes a smoker very addictive to smoking. The difference between success and failure is the motivating will power to quit smoking.

A recent survey concluded that 15 million smokers try to give up smoking everyday and only 3% succeed to give it up – for 3 to 12 months. About 38 million people in the U.S have successfully quit smoking and 3 out of 4 smokers do say that they would like to stop  smoking.

Why Quit Smoking.

As mentioned above, to succeed in stopping smoking or smoking cessation, it is necessary to be strongly motivated. For this, you could start by knowing certain effects of smoking.  Besides the hole it unnecessarily burns in your pocket, effects of smoking are disastrous from head to toe — literally. Benefits of quitting smoking are explained here in short. Smoking cessation becomes necessary when you realize that smoking adversely affects your

• Brain which can result in stroke,
• Lungs which can result in cancer, bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, etc
• Heart which can result in heart attack,
• Your stomach which can result in ulcers,
• Your skin which starts to age early,
• Your reproductive system which can result in loss of fertility
• Your potency which can result in impotence.

And you involuntarily harm those around you such as your family members and colleagues who are exposed to your second hand smoke dangers, which increases their risk of serious health disorders. Stopping smoking benefits not only you but also our loved ones. These are just some of the effects smoking can have on you. You can have a look at some smoking pictures, to see visually some effects of smoking.  And this is reason enough to start thinking of quitting smoking and putting the thought into practice.

The next three posts deal with

• How to Quit Smoking.
• Aids or Help to Quit Smoking.
• Hypnosis to Quit Smoking

 

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