Stop Smoking Tips

The list of reasons to quit smoking continues with nine more reasons. If you are asking yourself,”Why should I stop smoking,” listen to these:

• The constant inflammation of the cells in your lungs decreases your ability to breathe and increases your risk for lung cancer.
• Smoking increases your blood pressure. This increase affects your risk of heart attack and stroke, which is significantly greater than that of a non-smoker of any age, gender or race.
• Smoking leads to emphysema, high blood pressure, fatigue, shortness of breath, heart failure, stroke, heart attack, lung cancer and death.
• Moving on to the social aspects of why I should stop smoking. At the top of the list is usually that a loved one can’t stand to watch you kill yourself.
• The habit is dirty, leaving ashes and soot all over your clothes and your home.
• Smoking smells bad – both to those around you and anyone who may be thinking about kissing you.
• Smoke damages the paint on the walls and permeates the cloth cushions on any furniture as well as the clothes you wear.
• Most public buildings no longer allow smoking inside.
• Many employers and insurance companies will discriminate against smokers – let’s face it – they have a high illness rate and a higher risk of catastrophic illness. Your insurance company charges higher rates for smokers and employers who have a low ratio of smokers who work at the company pay lower insurance rates.

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