There are many benefits to stopping smoking. Most of the benefits are reductions in the risk of developing some disease or other. These benefits are the presuppose why you should stop smoking. They wont in themselves help you stop smoking but they will contribute you with motivation to go on and learn how to stop smoking successfully.
Stop smoking advantage #1: When you smoke, the cocktail of hot gases and chemicals found in cigarette smoke damages your body. There are 4,000 of them in all! As a result, if you fall ill, you take longer to recover and/or heal. Stopping smoking will significantly enhance your ability to fight disease.
Stop smoking advantage #2: Smoking causes damage to your mouth and gums. Smokers are more likely to suffer from 'acute necrotising and ulcerative gingivitis' (diseased gums) which increases the risk of tooth loss and gives you bad breath surrounded by other things. Urgh!
Stop smoking advantage #3: Smokers are 20 times more likely to suffer from angina than non-smokers.
Stop smoking advantage #4: Want to keep your eyesight? Smokers run twice the risk of developing cataracts when compared to non-smokers. Smokers are also more likely to organize type 2 diabetes and therefore diabetic retinopathy - the degeneration of the retina, important to blindness. They are also twice as likely to suffer from macular degeneration of the eyes and amblyopia (loss of sight).
Stop smoking advantage #5: Hey stud! Men who smoke growth the risk suffering from erectile dysfunction, reduced ejaculate volume, reduced sperm counts and deformed, damaged or dead sperm. Basically, smoking is a good way to growth your chances of being impotent! sacrifice your risks by stopping smoking as soon as possible.
Stop smoking advantage #6: Hey good looking! Smokers run twice the risk of suffering from psoriasis and skin wrinkling. Free radicals found in cigarette smoke damage skin tissues and sacrifice their elasticity more rapidly than non-smokers. This is why long-term smokers tend to look older and have a poorer complexion than non-smokers.
Stop smoking advantage #7: Cancer anyone? Smokers run an elevated risk of developing lung cancer. They also have a disproportionately high risk of developing throat, oesophageal, bladder, kidney, stomach, pancreatic, mouth and tongue and lip cancers!
Stop smoking advantage #8: 45% of all duodenum or stomach ulcers are found in smokers. Nicotine interacts with the parasympathetic nervous ideas (the automatic bit) and relaxes the stomach sphincters, allowing stomach excess into the oesophagus (heartburn) and the duodenum.
Stop smoking advantage #9: An aortic aneurism is the ballooning of the aorta which can result in it rupturing which leads to huge internal bleeding and quick, unavoidable death. Smokers suffer 57% of all aortic aneurisms.
Stop smoking advantage #10: Stick around! Did you know that habitancy who smoke in the middle of 1 and 14 cigarettes per day are 8 times more likely to die early when compared to non-smokers.. Smokers on 15 to 25 cigarettes per day are 13 times more likely to die early compared to non-smokers. Smokers who smoke over 25 cigarettes per day are 25 times more likely to die early!
Finally, there is a Japanese proverb that says "fall down seven times, get up eight". Stopping smoking is just like that too. You have to keep trying to stop. My advice as ever is never quit trying to quit.
