The issue of smoking…
Smoking is a common problem for much of society nowadays. People use smoking cigarettes as a means of escape from the struggles of daily life that they may be facing. Only three out of four people smoked 50 years ago, and today it’s just one in four.
According to smokers, they find that smoking is relaxing and helps them to have a clearer focus. Apparently it wakes them up and makes them feel more energetic. People have become so habituated to smoking that in one case study, someone once claimed to have smoked for over 30 years and believed it’s a bit too late to give up on smoking, However, regardless of what this person or anyone else thinks, it is never too late to stop. By taking one simple action of quitting smoking, you can literally add years to your life and ensure that your older years are not spent in torture and pain.
Consequently, you might argue that you enjoy smoking and that we’re all going to die anyway, so what’s the point right? Well, think about it this way. Think about all the activities of life that you enjoy doing and imagine if you caught lung disease or have a stroke, which are obviously the result of non-stop smoking. Would you still be able to do those activities? Would you still be able to enjoy your life then? What would the quality of your life be like if you were diagnosed with such unfortunate health news? Would you think that smoking is still worth the risk to continue with? – now is the time to decide that you are never ever going to smoke again.
Reason why you should stop smoking…
If you ought to really change your life and quit smoking, then your level of commitment and determination to quitting smoking needs to be solid, so much that you are ready to quit today, right now, once and for all.
One of the many reasons why you should stop smoking is because, consider the harmful effects of a cigarette. One cigarette alone contains over 400 toxic chemicals. Let’s be real, when it comes to buying your packet of cigarettes, all you know is that you’re purchasing tobacco with a warning that reads ‘SMOKING KILLS!’, that’s it. And there’s no list of ingredients in sight right? Well… the three most obvious ingredients inside a cigarette are the following:
- Nicotine – this is a deadly poison which is found in the tobacco plant. It takes as little as a few seconds for nicotine to reach your brain, and it is extremely addictive.
- Tar – this is produced as a result of the manufacturing process of cigarettes and it takes away your ability to breathe in oxygen each time you smoke a cigarette.
- Carbon monoxide – this is what is produced from car exhausts and cigarettes. It is extremely toxic and stops the absorbing of oxygen in your system.
So that’s the three main ingredients we all probably have a basic knowledge of, but you didn’t know cigarettes contain a whole lot more than you’d think!
Cigarettes are very high in ingredients that are cancer-like and other toxic chemicals. Let me discuss these ingredients with you.
- Benzene – this causes irritation for the nose and throat and triggers stomach aches and vomiting. This ingredient can be found in petrol too.
- Formaldehyde – this causes skin and lung allergy and is also used as a disinfectant and can be found in pressed wood products.
- Selenium – this increases the chance of lung cancer if taken in large amounts through smoking.
- Beryllium – this can be found in electrical components and X-ray tubes. It can cause severe damage/scarring to the lungs and other body organs.
- Cadium – this can cause abnormalities in a foetus/unborn child as well as reproductive damage. Also triggers kidney damage, anaemia and the inability to smell.
- Arsenic – this is a poison which can be found in weed killers and is very useful for making military poison gases.
- Hydrogen cyanide – this ingredient is highly poisonous and can severely irritate the skin, causing a weird rash.
Those ingredients sound so disgusting right? But you may still think that smoking a cigarette makes you feel good, so all these toxic ingredients don’t matter to you. Fair enough. You might be aware that your brain releases endorphins, but that’s your body’s own internal reaction to the cigarette. In other words, you may feel good about smoking but the reality is that nicotine is just beyond poison.
Look, regardless of everything, you can always change your perspective and transform in to a new and healthier you. The reality of life is that the way you see yourself affects everything about you. For instance, if you see yourself as a kind person then you will treat others with kindness. If you think of yourself as someone who’s a failure and disappointment then you are going to give up way before you see yourself as someone who can definitely make it through any hardship and come out smiling.
So this same thing applies when you see yourself as ‘a smoker’. By now, most likely it has become part of your self-image due to the countless times that you have labelled yourself as a smoker. But seriously, for how much more longer will you continue to be like this? It is your time to take action to live long and prosper, because that’s what you truly deserve.
Ultimately, you become what you think about, so think that YOU CAN QUIT SMOKING, and believe that YOU WILL! Agree or disagree?