5 Reasons Why You Should Kick The Butt
Health A-Z | July 15, 2010If a new study done by the American Cancer Society is to be believed, then around 70 % of smokers want to quit; however, they seem to lack the motivation to keep away from the cancer sticks.
The big picture is a well known fact : Smoking does lead to a premature death given the number of health ailments that it gets associated with. If you quit now, you could avoid meeting lung cancer, strokes, heart attack, asthma along the way. But if that’s not enough incentive, maybe this list should help!
For Woofie or Poochie:
If you can’t quit for your own sake, then maybe you could think of quitting for the sake of your pet. Research has proven that your pet is at a larger risk of certain kinds of respiratory problems if he/she is exposed to secondhand smoke all the time. They’re not alien to cancer related problems either; and a secondhand smoke smelling dog may be in more trouble than its human counterpart.
After learning that their smoking is doing harm to their pets, around 28 % of smokers with pets have begun considering quitting.
For The Love of the Moolah:
So you can’t do it for yourself; and you can’t do it for poochie. What about the ka-ching. Do it for the love of money! Quit already, will you!
Smokers who have been lured with money have been seen to quit the habit and stay off it. When a study was conducted on a group of volunteers; and half of them were paid to keep off smoking, they managed to stick it out. In comparison to this, the one’s who weren’t paid but had been lured by the health benefits had returned to the habit soon after.
18 Till I Die:
Smoking is known to eat up on a few years of your life by lowering your life expectancy; but it also ends up putting the years onto your face. It could wreak havoc on your skin and make you look older than your age. If you want to live long and live well, then its high time that you quit today!
Ooh Baby It’s A Wild World:
There is a reason why your clothes smell of smoke when you hang out with smokers. Did you also know that smokers are more likely to have bad breath. Also remember that if there is a child in the house, then you have to ensure that you keep all the secondhand and thirdhand smoke out of the house. If one of the parents (or both) smokes, it is best to have a non-smoking policy when inside the house. This way, the house smells better; and there are lesser chances of having a smoking teenager in the making.
Keep Off The Weight:
If smoking is part of your very own weight loss therapy, then maybe you ought to think it over once again. According to recent studies, people who smoked over 10 cigarettes a day, during their adolescence, ended up having thicker waistlines during their adult years. Though there isn’t any direct evidence to link obesity and smoking, the new study does take a jab at the entire idea of ‘smoke to stay off the food craving’. This is true of quite a few women smokers and some men as well.
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Great ideas to wean smokers from cigarettes…Once the mind is made then we can definitely kick the butt of smoking..!