subject: Visit A Stop Smoking Clinic For Help Quitting [print this page] Whether you are a lifelong smoker or have simply recently started to smoke and have since decided that it is not suitable for you, stopping smoking can be easily achieved through visiting one of many Stop Smoking Clinics that are available country wide.
Stop Smoking clinics can act as your doorway into a life without cigarettes, a life with a greater level of health benefits and lifestyle quality.
The problem with smoking is that the benefits are far outweighed by the negatives. If you think rationally about it, taking what is a essentially a drug which simply relaxes you slightly, in exchange for the risk of cancer or heart and circulatory disease is not a fair deal. If someone offered you a relaxing bath and a comfortable seat, would you exchange that for potential cancer or heart disease? That is how absurd the choice is.
In addition to the problems that it can cause you, there are the risks of second hand smoke to consider too. Second hand smoke is the smoke that comes from the end of the cigarette, as well as from the smoke breathed out by the smoker. No matter where you smoke, second hand smoke will find its way into the air. Even with a window open, second hand smoke can remain in a room for up to two and a half hours after you finish smoking, regardless of whether you can see or smell it still. The damage can be even worse in a car due to the confined space and small area of air available in the car.
You may think that because the smoke is second hand its not as bad for you as smoking a cigarette directly. However, second hand smokers are at risk of exactly the same diseases as those smoking directly, due to the 4,000 toxic chemicals found in second hand smoke. These risks include cancer and heart disease, and second hand smoke is said to cause thousands of deaths each year. Second hand smoke is a particularly apparent risk when you have children, as a child growing up in a house where a parent is a smoker will be affected greatly by second hand smoke, as they are still growing and developing.
Another reason not to smoke that has arisen due to the risks of second hand smoking is the ban on smoking in an indoor public place. This smoking ban makes it harder for smokers to socialise successfully without regular breaks to smoke outside. This is particularly annoying for smokers in winter, as it can be extremely hard to drag yourself out of a warm pub on a sofa by an open fire, to go outside in the freezing rain, snow and wind in the middle of February. This inconvenience cannot be ignored as a simple annoyance if nothing else.
