Reasons to Quit Smoking
Your list of reasons to quit smoking
should include both physical reasons and physiological reasons.
Reasons to quit smoking can be personal and they can involve
others and it can include the environment.
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Usually the reasons to quit smoking are personal but there
are some that seem to be universal and some pretty darn good
reasons to make that commitment to quit. Here is a list to help
you with making your own list of reasons to quit
smoking.
Those who have smoked for more than 15 years can honestly
say that they can "feel" several reasons to quit and they are
all health related.
They may include:
Feeling a pressure or heaviness in your chest when you
wake
Having a consistent morning cough
The absence of a once beautiful or rich singing voice
Experiencing breathlessness when talking or reading out
loud
An unpleasant irritation in your mouth
General fatigue
Headaches
Getting those cigarette hangovers from spending an
all-nighter
Knowing that if you want to exercise at all each day, it had
better be in the morning before you inhale all that smoke.
Sleep deprivation from hacking and coughing or waking with
that tickle in your throat.
What Happens When You Quit Smoking
An ideal way to support your own goal is to keep a Smoke Free Journal so that you can record all the important steps you take from day 1 right though the milestones - week 1, month 1, your 3 month anniversary, 6 months, and 1 year of being smoke free. Recording your failures and triumphs will inspire you later down the road. It may even inspire someone else to succeed.
Support your goal not only by clearly defining when and how you will quit smoking, but make sure that you have the information that you need to cover all the bases regarding any obstacle you may encounter on your journey to being smoke free.
After Quit Smoking
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The presence of smoke filled rooms can create a barrier that
separates you from those you love.
Your being immersed in a feeling of self-hate or
self-loathing. A complete loss of self-esteem.
Feeling guilty for the physical damage you are doing to your
body and the second hand smoke you are exposing others to.
The fear that someday your children or others may have to
care for you due to the ravishes you put your body through with
your smoking.
Feeling limited in where you can go publicly now that
cigarettes are banned. This takes the enjoyment out of going
out.
To regain self-esteem and to feel good about life again.
Health consequences that smoking exposes you to.
Stop being addicted to nicotine
Feel that you have received a reprieve from a death
sentence
To save money, cigarette packs are expensive.
To like whom you see in the mirror
To get rid of that awful smell on your clothes and in your
home.
The feelings of being weak and needy that goes along with
nicotine dependency.
Now that you have read this common list of reason why
smokers should quit smoking, use this list to brainstorm some
good reasons for why you should quit smoking. Keep the list in
a convenient place so that you can refer to it often especially
during your first week of non-smoking.
Your list of reasons to quit smoking should include both
physical reasons and physiological reasons. Reasons to quit
smoking can be personal and they can involve others and it can
include the environment. You should use your list to inspire
you and to help keep you on track.
Carry your list around with you where ever you go and when
another reason inspires you, write that down on your list too.
The bigger your list the more committed you will feel to
achieving your goal of quitting.
Your mind has to be focused on all the reasons for quitting
before your body will except the need to take action; action to
stop smoking for good. Latest Stop Smoking News
12/04/2008
Today’s Inbox: There are no bad effects from the smoking ban (The Des Moines Register)
Somebody needs to point out the obvious to all those so deeply concerned about the horrible effects of the smoking ban: There are none. Too many bar and restaurant owners are claiming they have lost business because of the new law when the numbers show that fewer liquor licenses were cancelled in 2007 than 2008.
Today’s Inbox: There are no bad effects from the smoking ban (The Des Moines Register)
12/04/2008
Which Celebrity Can't Stop 'Smoking Drugs'? [Blind Item Roundup] (Gawker)
Yesterday you guys thought that the weighty R&B singer was Aretha Franklin. Which, um, yes. Today we have a celeb who smokes drugs, a famous dude who has lots of parking fines, and two way too skinny...
Which Celebrity Can't Stop 'Smoking Drugs'? [Blind Item Roundup] (Gawker)
12/03/2008
Shanghai ponders smoking ban for public venues (China Economic Net)
Smoking would be banned in all workplaces and public areas under proposals that are now being discussed by city authorities involved in drafting Shanghai's first comprehensive smoking control act.
Shanghai ponders smoking ban for public venues (China Economic Net)
12/04/2008
First Florida tobacco trial begins in Broward (Miami Herald)
Philip Morris, defending a lawsuit brought by the Cooper City widow of a chain smoker who smoked most of his life before dying of lung cancer, disputed allegations that he was addicted to cigarettes and therefore couldn't stop smoking.
First Florida tobacco trial begins in Broward (Miami Herald)
12/04/2008
Hypnotist targets smoking (Algonquin Countryside)
Certain Lake in the Hills residents are feeling very sleepy ... and now hopefully they don't want to smoke anymore.
Hypnotist targets smoking (Algonquin Countryside)
12/04/2008
First Florida tobacco trial begins in Broward (Miami Herald)
Philip Morris, defending a lawsuit brought by the Cooper City widow of a chain smoker who smoked most of his life before dying of lung cancer, disputed allegations that he was addicted to cigarettes and therefore couldn't stop smoking.
First Florida tobacco trial begins in Broward (Miami Herald)
12/03/2008
Dr. Paul Donohue: Quitting smoking creates weight gain (Detroit News)
Dear Dr. Donohue: After 42 years of smoking, I quit even though I didn't have any noticeable ill effects from it. Since quitting, I have tried to do more cardio exercise and have cut back on calories. My weight has soared from 211 to 237 pounds, and my waist has gone from 34 inches to 40.
Dr. Paul Donohue: Quitting smoking creates weight gain (Detroit News)
12/03/2008
Shanghai ponders smoking ban for public venues (China Economic Net)
Smoking would be banned in all workplaces and public areas under proposals that are now being discussed by city authorities involved in drafting Shanghai's first comprehensive smoking control act.
Shanghai ponders smoking ban for public venues (China Economic Net)
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