Facts About Smoking That May Just Make You Quit
The basic fact of the matter is that smoking benefits no one, and it can actually cause harm to other people just as much as it does to the smoker. As if you needed any more reasons to quit, here are a few facts about smoking that may just cause you to drop the habit for good…
• The main active ingredient in cigarette smoke is nicotine, which is one of the most addictive substances known to man.
• Smoking causes over 400,000 deaths in the United States alone each year, with lung cancer being one of the main smoking related diseases.
• Smoking is also harmful to people around you. This includes members of your family, your coworkers, and every one else that comes in contact with your cigarette smoke.
• Secondhand smoke causes at least 300,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia in children below the age of 18 months every year.
• Secondhand smoke increases the chances of a child developing middle ear conditions. It can also increase the risk of coughs and wheezing, and may aggravate existing asthma conditions.
• Teenagers from homes wherein one or both parents smoke are more than two times as likely to pick up the habit as themselves. They are also more likely to start smoking at an earlier age.
• Pregnant women that smoke tend to give birth to children that weigh less than they normally would. Smoking during pregnancy also results in as many as 4,000 babies being stillborn every year.
• Quitting smoking will make an immediate difference. You will be able to taste food better and your sense of smell will also improve. Your breath will also smell a lot better and the normal smoker’s cough will go away. These stop smoking benefits will be apparent in smokers of all ages no matter how long they have been smoking, and it will also be experienced by healthy smokers as well as smokers that already suffer from smoking related health conditions.
• Quitting smoking will greatly decrease your chances of getting lung cancer, other types of cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, and many other respiratory conditions.
• People that quit smoking are generally healthier than people that continue to smoke. They will have fewer work absences, and generally have less health issues to contend with.
• Quitting smoking will save you a lot of money. With the price of cigarettes at an all time high and expected to rise in the future, quitting now will result in considerable money saved as well as reduce medical treatment costs associated with smoking related illnesses.
• Quitting smoking will result in an overall better quality of life.
