Not everybody is addicted to many things but if it is smoking, there are very few who are not into this habit. People from all walks of life smoke and every one has a different reason to do that. Some smoke because they cannot handle the work load and need something a world to escape into, for some it is a relief from stress, some teenagers smoke because their friends do it and its very happening and the socialites smoke to keep their aristocratic habits intact. Smoking is due to various reasons but the result of all smokers is the same.

In this context, passive smoking is something that cannot be neglected. Not only does the smoker get his own lungs affected, he spares not the ones sitting beside him. The non-smokers also get their lungs effected because of the smoke.

People suffering from depression too takes a lot to smoking and survey says that women are high on the list of smokers. This is because women tend to slip into depression, twice as more than what men do.

How harmful is smoking?

Smoking is one reason, for the majority of incurable disease that exist on earth.

Smoking leads you into that phase of life, returning from where becomes very difficult. It also keeps you deprived of the joys in spending your time with your family and loved ones.

Cancer is a deadly name and smoking is the reason. Like soot in a chimney, its going to be tar in your lungs. For this to happen you do not need to be a chain smoker. Smokers in the novice stage is also not spared.

Talking about the tar, if you have made up your mind to take a low tar cigarette, its never going to help. If its a low tar one then the puffs you take is definitely going to be a larger one. This may be more dangerous where the tar gets deep down the lungs. Your lungs rotten due to Emphysema disease.

Emphysema leads you to bronchitis time and again and there is very little hope left for your lungs.

Nicotine and carbon monoxide in every cigarette that you smoke slowly rises your heart rate and blood pressure blocking all ways that directs blood to your heart.

Chain smokers have the worst experience with their blood getting clot, that leads to heart attack and stroke. It may also result in the limbs not working and paralysis is the last stage.

Smoking causes disease and is a slow way to die. The strain put on your body by smoking often causes years of suffering.

The young people take to smoking out of fashion but little are they aware of the fact that four out of the five die due to smoking. Such is the extent of danger.

Does quitting really help?

Your blood pressure and pulse rate gets back to normal if you stop smoking.

There is nothing worse than the presence of carbon monoxide in your blood. This is what smoking does. Thus if you quit smoking, you can be saved from the presence of such poisonous gases in our blood.

If you quit smoking, heart attacks are also forced to bid adieu.

You start enjoy the delicious delicacies around. Smoking literally destroys your sense of taste and smell. So you better be quick in quitting, before you fail to enjoy the smell and taste of the wonderful things around.

Breathing becomes easy and normal as before and you stop coughing very often.

Quitting of smoke gets you back all the lost energy.

Smoking may be difficult to quit but not impossible

Start reading inspiring books and journals that tell you ways to quit smoking. Just reading it once will never help. If you have seriously planned to quit smoking, you need to seriously read it over and over again.

Listen to inspiring cassettes, either at home or while traveling. This will automatically help you make up your mind to quit.

Do not neglect those loving shoulders that wants to see you out of your bad habit of smoking. Its the support of your near and dear ones that could get you out of this deadly habit.

Some of the very harmful components of cigarette reduces your energy. So if you have seriously made up your mind to quit then start eating healthy food. This will fill you with energy and help you to get your self out of your smoking habits.

Sleep for longer hours compared to those very short ones that you had been having all this while. Sleep is one thing that could help you stop thinking about smoking.

Drink lots of water. This will help to get out all toxins out of your body. Your urge for smoking will automatically take a back seat.

Serious exercise and yoga is the best remedy. Nothing could help better. Also try to get addicted to any one of your favorite sport. This would help you forget your smoking for a while. You will gradually come.

Think about all your close and loved ones and the fact that you could lose them because of your bad habit. This will surely help you to come out of your worst situations.

It may be difficult to quit smoking but it is never impossible. A little bit to hope, will, positive attitude and the love of your loved ones is enough to get you out of the dark world of smoking. Smoking is tolerable and acceptable if it is just for socializing but if it is habituated, there is very little hope left.