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It doesn’t matter how many cigarettes you smoke a day; it doesn’t matter if the cigarettes are “light” or not; it doesn’t even matter what you smoke: cigarettes, cigars, a pipe, and so on. Smoking sooner or later will lead to diseases. The diseases caused by smoking are as follows: chronic bronchitis, coronary heart disease, emphysema, bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis disease, cancer.

Smoking doesn’t cause but triggers it, provoking the development of such diseases, while reducing the protective functions in the body. Smoking changes in blood composition. Red blood cell count decreases, and blood vessels age faster.

Nicotine demands a large amount of oxygen, while carbon monoxide in tobacco smoke reduces its flow rate. Yeah, it sounds like an oxymoron. And if we consider the fact that part of hemoglobin combines with carbon monoxide and forms oxyhemoglobin, which cannot supply the body tissues with oxygen. As a result, smokers start suffering from a lack of oxygen. The reduction of oxygen in the body deteriorates a state of health of a smoker. The metabolic rate decreases too. The body content of vitamin C of a non-smoking person is two times higher. But the worst thing is that the body content of vitamin C of passive smokers decreases as well.

Memory impairment, performance decrement, headache, short temper, and insomnia are also “bonuses” caused by smoking. In addition to the negative impact on the mental state in general, neurasthenia is likely to develop. Long-term smoking can lead to a decrease in visual acuity, deafness, trembling hands, impaired smell, and taste. Smokers have a weaker sense of smell than non-smokers and cannot enjoy the sweet taste to the full. Attention concentration also decreases. After smoking a pack of cigarettes, you’ll need two extra hours to complete any task. Smoking adversely affects functions of the endocrine glands, such as the pituitary gland, adrenal gland, thyroid gland, and others.

Marina, 33

I have not smoked for a year and a half, and before that, I tried to quit smoking at least ten times. I gave myself a promise, restrained myself from smoking for several days, and then broke down. I smoked a pack of cigarettes a day by the age of 32. During one of my attempts, I started reading a book by Allen Carr. It helped me a lot, but I can’t entirely agree with some of his tips and conclusions. Allen claims that quitting smoking does not cause any side effects. I felt poorly. I regularly suffered from headaches, dizziness, constipation, insomnia, mood swings, irritability. The author also advises not to change lifestyle. But it didn’t work out for me. When I met my smoking friends, I even lit a cigarette.

I slightly corrected Allen Carr’s ideas and succeeded.

1. Remedies, like sedatives, laxatives, analgesics, helped ease quitting side effects. Taking the Valerian root extract helped me cope with insomnia and irritation.

2. Long walks. I went for a walk even when I had dizziness and convinced myself that it was a sign of recovery, and not an ailment.

3. Quit drinking.

4. Drink a lot of water.

5. Do not focus on the problem. Do not tell everyone in your environment that you decided to give up the bad habit. Do not discuss your health state.

It took me two weeks to quit smoking. I felt that a strong desire to smoke didn’t haunt me as often as before. Awareness of the fact that a smoker suffers without smoking even more than the one that quits helped me to suppress nicotine hunger attacks. After all, we cannot smoke on a bus, in the workplace, in the cinema or the theater. This observation supported me and helped me not to get back to this addiction. The attacks last only a few seconds, and one can easily endure it. Two months later, I happily realized that I didn’t feel the desire to smoke anymore, and I hadn’t smoked my usual 6 cartons of cigarettes at that time. What a significant health benefit!

Any smoker can quit smoking! FUCK TOBACCO!

☺ Smoking is like walking through a minefield.

It is inappropriate to refer to those who were lucky to escape.