Quit Smoking For Life
Saturday, January 15th, 2011You know you need to quit smoking. You would have to live under a rock not to have noticed the health warnings and perhaps personal symptoms that smoking is bad for you. Smoking causes death directly and indirectly. It not only kills the smoker but also shortens the lifespan of those around them. Did you know that recent studies have suggested that female children of smokers are more likely to get breast cancer than kids who come from non smoking households? And these children didn’t smoke!
Why should you stop smoking? Apart from the health benefits, you will save money. Have you ever worked out exactly how much your cigarette or cigar habit is costing you? One suggested way to quit is to put the money you would normally spend into a jar and when it is full buy something that you have wanted for ages. Don’t pay off credit cards or bills the first time, you can do that later. The point is to reward yourself for your achievement. At the same time, hopefully when you see how much money you are paying out to kill yourself, it will give you extra motivation to quit.
There are many ways of quitting smoking, cold turkey being one of the most common. This means that you decide to give up at a certain time on a specific day. From that time onwards, you don’t have another smoke again. Some people have the will power to do this themselves. Others need the help and assistance from a quit line or counseling service. It doesn’t matter how you do it, what is important is that you stop.
Why should you stop if you have been a smoker for years? You can gain health benefits regardless of when you cease. Your lungs may not fully recover but they will to a certain extent. It depends on how long you have been an addict and how much damage has been done.
Don’t give up if you are not successful the first time you quit. Keep trying again and again until you have become a non smoker. You have far too much to gain by not indulging in this habit. If it helps, avoid the social occasions you associate with having a smoke for a while. If you associate a cigarette with a drink, then temporarily give up alcohol as well. Your liver will love you and you don’t run the risk of it reducing your willpower and lowering your inhibitions.
There is plenty of advice and people willing to help you to quit smoking. All you need to do is make up your mind to try.




