Smoking
is Dangerous Quit Now
By
Jerri Aubry M.S.
There is an estimated 42 million plus people that smoke
in the US, and cigarettes are one of the leading causes of death among these
smokers. The majority of people who attempt to quit are unsuccessful. Even
though people realize that they increase their risk of getting cancer, they
can't deal with the withdrawal that comes with quitting.
This fear of going through withdrawal keeps people from
quitting and becoming healthy. Nicotine is considered to be more addicting than
any other substance available. It is considered a drug just like cocaine or
heroin.
The media portrays withdrawal effects from stopping an
addictive substance to be horrible. It is all that most of us have to compare
it to, and this tends to cause fear in those that want to quit smoking.
Smoking increases a person's chance of getting cancer,
especially lung cancer. According to the Surgeon General Report of 2014,
"Women smokers are 25.7 times more likely than women who never smoked to
develop lung cancer. For men smokers, it's 25 times the risk of men who never
smoked." (http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/tobacco-related-cancer-fact-sheet)
Tobacco is considered a toxic substance or better yet a
poison. People who smoke understand that smoking increases risks of cancers and
other diseases such as COPD, Emphysema, and Chronic bronchitis, or pneumonia.
Once a person begins smoking that person can become addicted very quickly.
Teens who begin smoking for social reasons usually end up smoking for a
lifetime.
According to the Cancer Society, 9 out of 10 adult
smokers began smoking before their 18th birthday, and these smokers tend to
have more difficulties quitting smoking as an adult. "Of every three young
smokers, only one will quit, and one of those that are remaining smokers will
die from tobacco-related causes."(http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/002963-pdf.pdf)
Most young people do not think about the long-term
consequences that smoking may have on their bodies. It is often too late once a
person begins smoking to stop the process of becoming addicted to nicotine. An
addiction to nicotine can happen in the very beginning stages of smoking.
"Nicotine produces physical and mood-altering
effects in your brain that are temporarily pleasing. These effects make you
want to use tobacco and lead to dependence. At the same time, stopping tobacco
use causes withdrawal symptoms, including irritability and anxiety." This
anxiety can lead people to either start back smoking in order to stop the
withdrawal symptoms. This process causes many people to continue to smoke
throughout a lifetime. (http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/nicotine-dependence/basics/definition/con-20014452)
It is the nicotine found in cigarettes that cause the
nicotine dependence. Smoking causes higher rates of heart disease, stroke,
cancer, asthma, COPD, and emphysema. When a person addicted to any substance
tries to stop the use of that substance will cause withdrawal symptoms. It is
an inevitable process that one must go through. However, the withdrawal
symptoms can be kept in check by following a program that takes the withdrawal
process into account.
Hi, my name is Jerri, and I was a longtime smoker of 25
plus years. I started smoking when I was 14 years old and once I began I
couldn't stop. In my twenty's I tried to quit smoking several times, but was
unsuccessful each time.
By the time I was 25, I had begun having trouble
breathing. I used to make up every excuse in the book about my problems, but
never did I blame smoking as the problem. When I quit smoking, I would be
filled with dread as I began having withdrawal symptoms, and I felt like I
couldn't deal with life without a cigarette in my hand.
What I didn't realize was that I needed to have a game
plan that would deal with the withdrawal symptoms before attempting to quit. I
needed to have my toolbox ready and in hand before quitting. Once I realized
what needed to happen, I was able to quit smoking for good and without all the
terrible scary withdrawal symptoms.
I have been a nonsmoker for over ten years. Wow, I can't
believe it's been that long, but it has. And I will never need to smoke again.
I know have strategies that I can successfully use that have kept me from the
return to smoking. I no longer need cigarettes to help me through each day. I
am free of those horrible things, and I am much healthier because of it.
I am no longer addicted to a substance that seem to be
taking over my body and life. I finally feel in charge of myself. You too can
become a nonsmoker. It is easier than you believe. I am going to show you how I
became a nonsmoker.
You will learn everything you need to know to quit
smoking now. Stop procrastinating now is the time to quit for good. You can
become a nonsmoker. Don't let fear stand in your way of becoming a healthy
individual.
Take the leap and quit today and get this book with all
the information you will need to read it quickly and quit smoking now.
This book will teach you how to deal with withdrawal and manage it as well.
- It will help you to quit today and to move forward on the path to becoming a nonsmoker.
- You will learn about the mechanism of nicotine addiction.
- Learn the tools and techniques to finally quit smoking for good.
- Don't wait..... Grab this book now and get started on your new journey to freeing yourself of smoking.
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