Stop Smoking or Stop Breathing
Smoking kills!
What smoking does to you
Besides the fact that smoking costs you a lot of money, it has many other bad physical effects.
Using tobacco increases your risk for cancers. Depending on whether you smoke or chew, it can cause stomach cancer, lung cancer, throat cancer, and many more. It also leads to lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Tobacco use kills more than 5 million people per year. At the rate it's going now, soon that number will be 8 million. Don't be one of those people.
Using tobacco increases your risk for cancers. Depending on whether you smoke or chew, it can cause stomach cancer, lung cancer, throat cancer, and many more. It also leads to lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Tobacco use kills more than 5 million people per year. At the rate it's going now, soon that number will be 8 million. Don't be one of those people.
Ways you can stop smoking
These are some ways you can stop smoking, or using any kind of tobacco.
There are many ways to stop smoking, but none of them will work if you can't commit to them. You need to commit yourself to quitting, because it's for the good of everyone around you; including you.
- Cold turkey (Just stop.)
- Nicotine patch
- Nicotine gum
- Nicotine nasal spray
- Nicotine inhaler
- Keep yourself busy (Get out of the house, go do something!)
- Get advice and support
There are many ways to stop smoking, but none of them will work if you can't commit to them. You need to commit yourself to quitting, because it's for the good of everyone around you; including you.
Chemicals in cigarette smoke
Some of the strange (and extremely unhealthy) chemicals in cigarette smoke include:
- Acetone - Found in nail polish remover
- Carbon Monoxide - Released in car exhaust
- Formaldehyde - Embalming fluid
- Lead - Used in batteries
- Tar - For paving roads
Sources
American Lung Association - lung.org
Help Guide - helpguide.org
Medical News - medicalnewstoday.com
Smoke-Free - smokefree.gov
Anti Smoking Commercial