Don’t you want to begin a new life by changing your attitude towards smoking?
When I hop into a supermarket, I ask the cashier at the counter whether they just hand out packs of cigarettes to youngsters.
The cashiers say they can’t do anything as they need to run a business and in case they do not provide them with cigarettes, the young people come in groups, creating a scene in the supermarket. I have heard people say that smoking gives some sort of a relief.
After you finish one pack, you get stressed and tensed when problems keep popping in. All of us know that smoking is bad for our health. Youngsters pick up this dirty trait from adults. When they are out with their friends, they love smoking, especially after seeing others smoke and see a wide variety of people.
They watch various advertisements that force them to smoke, which gradually becomes a habit. A lot of awareness programmes have been set up, but it is you — and only you — who needs to take a stern decision and quit.
Even if you are surrounded by people who smoke, you need to quit through determination, confidence and will power. You may be wondering what happens when you quit smoking permanently?
There are many benefits that you will reap as soon as you quit smoking. Some of these benefits will affect your health and finances while others will positively affect your social being and your relationship with the community or society.
Despite the fact that you know some of these benefits, your addiction to nicotine has blinded you of the many important benefits you may get.
In general quitting smoking will give you a longer life by preventing dreadful diseases in your body that is caused by carbon monoxide, nicotine and other poisonous substance that smoking gives.
There are many sicknesses which you can acquire from smoking, from a simple ulcer, to a severe cough or cold or worse a lung cancer.
Most countries now have laws limiting the smoking area in public places. The price of cigarettes should be increased so that teenagers feel the pinch before they buy those packs.
Some countries that are still being lax on controlling the freedom to smokers are doing it because of the huge amount of tax income they are generating from tobacco companies.
But generally, smokers are losing a place in this world. Honestly, non-smokers detest the bad and awful smell that smoking brings.
Schools play an important role in educating children on the harmful effects of smoking while parents also have a duty to play at home.
We can encourage teenagers to take up sports, for example and to carry out another activity when they feel the need to have a cigarette.
Smokers often say that smoking give them peace of mind. You feel that peace when you smoke because you’re calming yourself from withdrawal symptoms.
How many times have you felt irritated because circumstances won’t allow you to smoke or you have run out of cigarettes?
How many times have you panicked when you see that you only have two to three cigarettes left?
How many times have you gone out in the middle of the night just to satisfy your craving of nicotine? And how many times have you been borrowing money or searching for coins just to buy a pack?
Now it is up to you to decide.
