If you are currently a smoker, it may be hard to imagine a time when you didn’t smoke at all, and harder still to think of a time when you will be finally rid of your vice and be able to include yourself in the ranks of ex-smokers. While it is certainly not an easy task to drop the habit for good, the numerous obstacles that stand in your way are certainly worth going through if you want to be able to love the quality of life that you deserve. As if you needed any more reasons why you should quit, we present here a few of the things that you could look forward to as ex-smokers…

In the forty years or so since the Surgeon General’s groundbreaking report on the health effects of smoking, smoking is surprisingly still the main preventable cause of death in the United States. Numerous lives and taxpayers’ dollars are still lost as a result of this damaging and life-threatening habit.

A newer report was released by the Surgeon General recently, in which the “harmful” health effects of smoking was illustrated in greater detail, with particular focus given on the effect of smoking on the various organs in the body. This report served to further emphasize the need to continue global smoking prevention campaigns.

There are many different ways by which people manage to successfully quit cigarettes, although there are quite a few tips that can be helpful to anyone.

Believe in your ability to quit. Far too many people give up on quitting shortly after they have started simply because they feel that making an effort is futile and that they are bound to live out the rest of their lives as smokers. Keep in mind that you can get rid of any habit that you weren’t born with and smoking is no different.