Facts About Quit Smoking
-Smoking increases mortality rates by 40% in those who smoke fewer than 10 cigarettes a day, by 70% in those who smoke 10-19 a day, by 90% in those who smoke 20-39 a day, and by 120% in those smoking two packs or more a day.
-Research by the Canadian Lung Association found that tobacco kills between 40,000-45,000 Canadians a year, more than the total number of deaths caused by Traffic accidents, AIDS, murder, fires, accidental poisoning and suicide.
-One-half of male smokers will die of illness resulting from smoking
-Tobacco related illnesses kill nearly 438,000 USA citizens a year or 1,200 a day, making it the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S
-According to WHO tobacco will kill over one billion people this century.
-Those who have ever smoked tobacco have a one in ten chance of developing lung cancer. One in six men who continue to smoke tobacco will develop lung cancer.
-An individuals risk of contacting smoking related diseases is directly proportionate to the length of time and amount the individual continues to smoke.
Are you ready to quit smoking? Facts are that 9 out of 10 smokers who say they want to quit never really give it 100% effort because they believe that it is difficult: they start out by expecting to fail.
Mark Twain said "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."
What is your attitude, do you laugh off your desire to quit smoking with an attitude and a thought like Mark Twain?
Is There The Fear That You Will Fail Because You Know That Quitting Smoking Is Difficult?
Smoking is an addiction and smoking will seriously affect your health and possibly kill you. Sure everyone has heard the story of someone's uncle who smoked everyday and lived to be 100, but everyone has also seen someone they love holding on to life by sucking air from an oxygen tank after many years of smoking have destroyed their lungs. Maybe you've even seen that person need to go on a ventilator and then die.
Quitting Smoking Is Serious and You Know It
Here is the truth, another quit smoking fact, and it's about why so many fail: they believe it is difficult, they believe they will fail; they have no expectation of success.
Here is a timeless truth as stated by Henry Ford: "Whether you think you can or can't, you're right."
Our beliefs affect how much effort we are willing to put into any goal we set. Many start out with ideas in the back of their minds on how to explain the expected failure.
This is not the way to approach quitting smoking; you have too much at stake.
Why Do You Want To Quit Smoking?
Is it for yourself and your health? Is it for your family, so you will be there for them, or do you just want them to have cleaner air to breathe?
Do you want to save money? I remember when cigarettes were $2 a carton and now they are around $50. Cigarettes can take up a significant part of a family's budget.
These are all good reasons to quit and they all deserve an honest effort from you. They will never be achieved unless you are serious and unless you believe that you will succeed. It is important that you have these reasons in mind as the cigarette addiction challenges you to pick them up again. It is also important that you maintain the conviction that you will succeed.
The desire to quit and good reasons to quit along with the conviction that you can quit will go a long way to helping you successful in quitting smoking.
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