Stopping The Fag - Health Concerns And More!
Most of the smokers want to leave smoking behind to get a grip of their lives, and a good control of their health, but, is that all that matters?
If you are a smoker, you must have thought at least a thousand times till now that you should seriously give up the habit. Everyone around you - your family and close friends especially - must be goading you on to kick the butt. With all these pressures, it is no wonder that you might be seriously considering saying adieu to your cigarettes forever. But at the same time, something deters you. It is the question - ‘Many people have tried and failed. So why should I succeed?’
If this is your excuse, this article is a must read for you. Although it is true that a lot of people have tried and failed to quit smoking, the main reason for their failure is that they did not have a strong enough reason to quit smoking. Look at it like this. Nicotine is an extremely addictive substance which makes the brain experience a false sense of euphoria. When under the influence of this powerful drug, how can one think of unimportant things such as health? Everybody is an eternal optimist. Diseases affect others, never us. This is how most of us tend to think.
That is one major reason why a person can never be threatened on the basis of health. With every fag they take, they are killing themselves. But they never realize that they are just a step away from all the diseases that are mentioned.
Warning a smoker about the risks that are involved in smoking is as good as banging your head against the wall. Every other cigarette packet that is sold in the market contains a statutory warning, but that does not prevent any smoker from grabbing a cigarette.
This is when the whole issue is got to be tackled in a different manner. Leave alone the health hazards that you will face in the future, come to the present, just answer yourself if you are what you wanted to be.
You cannot even run a mile without breathing hard like the big bad wolf. In case you have run before smoking, and you are now running after smoking, you sure will be able to feel the difference. You will not be able to smell even the roses with all the smell of the smoke around you.
Then, have a closer look at yourself in the mirror. See those premature wrinkles on your face? Those darkened lips? And, God bless you if there really are, spots on your tongue and ulcers in your mouth? Smoking causes all of these and more. Smoking may make you look macho (what an erroneous notion!), but it will take away all your good looks and your youth too.
In case this does not work, spend a moment to think of your children. This is the one thing that nobody can shut their eyes on. In case you were to die of a smoking related illness, think of the impact it would have on them. Believe me when I say that a lot of smokers gave up smoking only because they cared for their children.
The next time you hear yourself say “Why stop?” think of the above answers. No one with a conscience would light a cigarette after knowing the answers.