How to Quit Smoking

What makes Cigarettes so addicting?

Cigarette companys such as Newports, Marlboro, and Camel know that the reason for cigarette addiction is; nicotine its what helps sell their products. Cigarettes today deliver more nicotine more than before. Tobacco companies also use chemicals to make them more addictive.

Why is nicotine addictive

When you use tobacco products, nicotine is absorbed into your bloodstream. Within 10 seconds of entering your body, the nicotine reaches your brain. It causes the brain to release adrenaline, creating a buzz of pleasure and energy.

Cigarettes are expensive

Smoking is expensive, cigarette prices are increasing they used to be around $7 but are now ranging between $12 - $13

  • If you smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day, in a week you would be spending $168 every week
  • Instead of spending that money on cigarettes you could spend it on groceries or a gift for your loved ones

    • What Happens When You Quit?

  • Food tastes better, and your sense of smell returns to normal.
  • Within a few weeks, circulation improves, you don’t produce as much mucus, and you don’t cough or wheeze as often.
  • Within several months of quitting, you experience significant improvements in lung function
  • Everyday activities no longer leave you out of breath.

    • Quit for the People in Your Life

  • When a woman smokes while they are pregnant, there is a high risk of their new borns are to develop asthma in childhood. Smoking is also linked to sudden "infant death sydrome"

  • By quitting smoking, you are protecting those you love. Smoking not only harms your health, but it hurts the health of those around you: exposure to secondhand smoke increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease in healthy nonsmokers.

    • Healthy Lungs vs. Smokers Lungs

    Healthy Lungs vs. Smokers Lungs

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