Smoking Cessation: Smash The Habit

Reasons to quit smoking

• "I'm proud of myself."
• "I feel the satisfaction of having won the battle."
• "I don't impose my smoking on those around me."
• "This valorizes me in the eyes of those around me." "My family is very pleased."
• "I have more energy." " I am in better shape."
• " I feel fresher when I wake up in the morning."
• "I am less tired."
• "I breathe better." "I can do sports more easily."
• "I have rediscovered tastes and smells."
• "I have more money available." "I save 25 Dollars a week (a fill-up at the gas station).
• "I do not always have to think to bring cigarettes with me."
• "I have better breath." "The smell on my clothes has disappeared."
• "I don't always have to be preoccupied about my lungs."
• "I do not cough anymore." "I do not have headaches anymore." "One gets sore throats less often.

• In stopping smoking, you immediately lower the associated critical risks to your health. Whatever your age or state of health, it is NEVER too late to quit smoking.
• People who have quit smoking before the age of 50 cut in half their risk of dying in the next fifteen years, as compared to those who continue to smoke.
• Women who quit smoking before becoming pregnant or at the beginning of their pregnancy reduce the risks to the child and to themselves.
• Parents who stop smoking reduce the risks of respiratory diseases for their children (asthma, infections, etc.), in addition to the risks of sudden infant death (SIDS).
• If you have already a disease caused by tobacco, stopping smoking reduces the risks of complications of this disease.

posted by Amandha Dawn Vollmer @ 5:32 PM