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Measures you can take to quit smoking

James Fulton 13/10/2017 0 Comments

We live in a society where some life-threatening practices have become a norm. Drug abuse is one of those practices which has been normalized in the society. You will find people drinking or smoking in public in broad daylight. Most authorities are reluctant to deal with such because of how these drugs have been categorized. There are hard drugs most of which are illegal in a number of countries. The light drugs like alcohol and cigarettes have been legalized in most countries however some have implemented measures to regulate their use. Smoking is prevalent in most countries with almost each town having its own smoking zones. There are a number of dangers a linked with the smoking of cigarettes.

Most of these problems are health-related and may lead to death. Smoking is known to be the lead cause of cancer with a number of deaths occurring because of lung cancer. Tobacco found in cigarettes contains deadly chemicals which may damage your lung tissues. This may bring about breathing problems to one leading to death. The smoke produced from a burning cigarette contains carbon monoxide which may lead to heart disease when inhaled. A number of measures have been undertaken by various people to help reduce smoking. Some civil organizations have stepped up campaigns to help smokers quit their smoking habits. Here are some self-help measures you can take to quit smoking.

Eliminate your triggers

Many people do smoke occasionally, and this may increase their chances of being cigarette …

How Smoking Affects Your Health

James Fulton 06/06/2016 0 Comments

We all know breathing is essential and directly linked to our health, breathing fresher air provides less polluted oxygen.Breathing sustains life, every time you breathe in precious oxygen it makes everything work inside your body in the right way.

What happens when your smoke a cigarette and inhale smoke instead of air?

As you are inhaling all that smoke from a single puff, you‘re inhaling seven thousand chemicals, more than 200 known carcinogens, hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide ammonia amongst others. But it doesn’t just affect your lungs, every puff of a cigarette is causing your heart to pump faster, your blood pressure to go higher. It affects every single organ system in your body. Smoking can even get you bladder cancer.

Addictive nature of cigarettes

Many people think that smoking is just a bad habit, but it is more than just that as it causes all the above-mentioned diseases and health problems with the respiratory system, blood pressure, cardiovascular system. For many people it a very serious addiction.

Smoking affects look

Smoking doesn’t affect just the inside of our body; it also affects the outside too. Skin is the biggest organ on our body as it covers our whole body, and is just important as the heart. Skin is responsible for toxin release and other functions. Cigarettes age your skin faster than anything else.

Smoking deprives the skin of oxygen and nutrients by affecting your blood vessels. The chemicals that you are addicted to, that cigarettes contain, are triggering …