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Would you like to know how you can quit smoking for good? Well, the first thing you need to do is stop justifying your habit. Most of the time, it's rationalizations that are hindering smokers from even attempting to quit. Now let us expose some of the false arguments smokers use to keep them puffing away.
1. Smoking only harms the smoker. Nothing could be further from the truth. About 3,000 non-smokers die of lung cancer each year in the United States due to secondhand smoke. People who live with smokers have a much higher risk of contracting lung disease, cancer, asthma and heart disease.
2. Smoking is okay if you limit the number of cigarettes per day. What most smokers do not know is, unlike wine or liquor, there is no such thing as safe amount of tobacco smoke. The moderation rule does not apply to smoking. An extensive study conducted in Norway revealed that women who smoke up to four cigarettes per day are five times more prone to lung cancer than women who do not smoke. Men who are considered "light" smokers are three times more likely to get lung cancer and die of the disease. The risk for heart disease for both sexes is nearly three times as non-smokers.
3. Quitting nicotine is expensive. While it may be true that over the course of quitting, nicotine patches, gums and medications can cost up to $600. This is clearly a false claim considering that smokers pay thousands of dollars a year on cigarettes.
4. Chewing tobacco or cigars are healthier than cigarettes. Just like cigarettes, these products are still as addictive and as bad for your health as cigarettes. Chewing tobacco is associated with cancer of the mouth, gums, cheek, tongue, throat, neck, jaw, face and lips. And did you know that smoking a cigar is like smoking an entire pack of cigarettes? Not only that, cigars have higher concentrations of cancer causing toxins and tar.
5. None of it matters if I Stop Smoking Now considering the length of time I've been smoking. Regardless of your age, quitting nicotine now results in improvement in lung function and decreases the risk of cancer, stroke and cardiac arrest. A smoker who quits before the age of 35 can expect to live as well and as long as one who never smoked, according to a study at Duke University.
Lung Detoxification cleanses the lungs ofcancer causing tar and toxins.It greatly diminishesthe chancesof cancer and infection,and extendsthe ex-smoker's life expectancy.
6. I can always quit anytime. No you can't! Nicotine is one of the most powerful and highly addictive drugs. It can even be more potent than heroin. Most smokers (about 70 percent) want to quit. However, only between four and seven percent has actually done it without help.
