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.
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A father of an asthmatic son may need to hear his son wheezing and watch him reach for his inhaler to serve as a reminder that he needs to make his home smoke free.
Having gone cold turkey without a plan does not mean that you need to continue without one. You can device a plan anytime and can enlist the help of family and friends anytime.
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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
08/26/2008
State's Anti-Smoking Plan Makes Cents (MedicineNet.com)
Title: State's Anti-Smoking Plan Makes Cents Category: Health News Created: 8/26/2008 Last Editorial Review: 8/26/2008
State's Anti-Smoking Plan Makes Cents (MedicineNet.com)
08/27/2008
Newly-defined Factors May Prevent Postpartum Smoking Relapse (Newswise)
Many women quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes, but half resume the habit within a few months of giving birth. A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill could lead to programs designed to help women quit and stay quit.
Newly-defined Factors May Prevent Postpartum Smoking Relapse (Newswise)
08/26/2008
California stop-smoking campaign saved $86 billion: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
California's large-scale tobacco control campaign has saved $86 billion in health care costs in its first 15 years, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
California stop-smoking campaign saved $86 billion: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
08/27/2008
Newly-defined factors may prevent postpartum smoking relapse (EurekAlert!)
( University of North Carolina School of Medicine ) Although many women quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes, half resume the habit within a few months of giving birth. By shedding light on the factors that enable the other half to put down that cigarette for good, a study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...
Newly-defined factors may prevent postpartum smoking relapse (EurekAlert!)
08/27/2008
Newly-defined factors may prevent postpartum smoking relapse (EurekAlert!)
( University of North Carolina School of Medicine ) Although many women quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes, half resume the habit within a few months of giving birth. By shedding light on the factors that enable the other half to put down that cigarette for good, a study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...
Newly-defined factors may prevent postpartum smoking relapse (EurekAlert!)
08/27/2008
County offers free stop-smoking classes (Addison Press)
The DuPage County Health Department is giving smokers a chance to kick the habit with a free class in Bensenville.
County offers free stop-smoking classes (Addison Press)
08/27/2008
County offers free stop-smoking classes (Addison Press)
The DuPage County Health Department is giving smokers a chance to kick the habit with a free class in Bensenville.
County offers free stop-smoking classes (Addison Press)
08/27/2008
Newly-defined Factors May Prevent Postpartum Smoking Relapse (Newswise)
Many women quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes, but half resume the habit within a few months of giving birth. A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill could lead to programs designed to help women quit and stay quit.
Newly-defined Factors May Prevent Postpartum Smoking Relapse (Newswise)
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