5 Reasons You Should Stop Smoking Immediately

Everyone knows that smoking is very
bad for the health, but surprisingly
few people know exactly how it can
affect them. The fact is that this
habit can affect you (and the people
who spend a lot of time in your
company) adversely in many
different ways.
Go through the following effects of
smoking and decide on your own
whether or not you should continue
with the habit:
- There is an increased risk of
getting all sorts of dangerous
diseases including lung cancer,
emphysema, hypertension and heart
disease. Lung cancer is particularly
bad because it has a very low
survival rate when compared to
many other types of cancer. Smokers
generally have very low stamina and
immunity because they do not get
the required amount of oxygen in
the air they inhale.
- Autoimmune disorders are very
common amongst smokers. Doctors
believe that this habit is responsible
for many cases of lupus. It also
increases the severity of the lupus
episodes.
- Smokers have a greater chance of
becoming impotent than non-
smokers. It is believed that smoking
affects the blood pressure, thereby
preventing the man from having
proper and long lasting erections.
- If you have babies then you should
know that this habit increases the
chances of cot death in infants. In
addition, children who are exposed
to second hand smoke tend to be
very irritable and restless. They do
not thrive very well and might not
reach the height or weight that is
normal for them. Women who smoke
through their pregnancies or even
up to conceiving their babies tend
to deliver low birth weight and
premature babies.
- Early onset of wrinkles on the face.
One reason is because the action of
sucking on a cigarette causes furrows
on either side of the mouth. The
other reason is that the smoke
exposes the skin to many free
radicals.
As you can see, smoking is one habit
that you have to get rid of at the
earliest. However, it has to be
acknowledged that this is easier said
than done. The problem is that the
nicotine contained in cigarettes is
highly addictive even though it does
not cause health problems.
It is up to you to try to get rid of
this habit without any delay. As a
matter of fact, you should take all
the assistance you can get because
this habit is very difficult to lose on
your own.