How to quit smoking? ... and why do it right now?

17 tricks that will help stop smoking once and for all!

Once I had a firm decision to say goodbye to smoking. I fully realized that this habit does not make me better. After a couple of weeks of my abstinence from cigarettes, I met a friend. She asked me: "You do not smoke anymore? For real? And what, you do not even dream of cigarettes? "And then I realized that I had already dreamed of it several times in a short time, like I was taking a puff! This fact further strengthened me in the idea that dependence on nicotine is a dependence of consciousness, and not of the physical body.

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Facts about the dangers of smoking

1. Every day from consumption of tobacco in the world about 14 thousand people die. This is the "clientele" of eight district therapists.
2. Every year in Russia alone, 330-400 thousand people die from smoking-related diseases.
3. During the twentieth century, smoking killed about 100 million people worldwide. In fact, these are 10 extinct metropolises the size of Moscow, or five empty cities like Mexico City.
4. If the tobacco epidemic continues to develop at today's pace, 250 million currently living children will die from diseases caused by tobacco use. About as many babies will be born all over the world in the next two years.
5. In Russia, smokes 44 million people. About 60 percent of men in our country are smokers, it is one of the highest rates in the world. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the number of Russian smokers has doubled. By the number of smokers we are "in the same boat" with China, India and Indonesia.
6. Almost a quarter of the underage smokers became addicted to tobacco before they were 10 years old.
7. About 50 million women each year are forced to inhale smoke during pregnancy. Doctors have long found out how serious the harm of smoking during pregnancy. Tobacco smoke strongly affects the fetus - smoking (including passive) can cause premature birth and miscarriage, fetal death, birth of a small child. Children of smokers are more prone to sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory diseases and other health and developmental problems.
8. The tobacco smoke contains about 4000 chemical compounds, including 70, causing cancer, even with passive smoking.
9. Almost half of all children in the world are passive smokers, which significantly increases the risk of developing asthma. That is, every second child can become seriously ill just because adults are smoking nearby.
10. Living and working with smokers by 22 percent increase the risk of lung cancer in people who have never smoked. In wives of inveterate smokers, the risk of developing lung cancer is twice as high as that of non-smoking men. Passive smokers can be considered and residents of apartment buildings - if one person smokes in the entrance or elevator, everyone else is at risk of getting sick or even dying from smoking-related diseases.
11. Non-smoking bartenders and waiters receive a daily dose of smoke and the substances contained in it, equivalent to 3-5 smoked cigarettes. In the mornings they have a real nicotine "breaking", which takes place only after the start of the working day in the smoke.
12. Every second smoker dies from smoking-related causes. Also, smoking is the main cause of lung cancer, and takes an average of 10-12 healthy years of life. For 10 years, you can: hold a grandson in the first class and be with him at the time of obtaining a school certificate, or get two or three higher education, or write 8-10 books-bestsellers, or learn from a doctor.
13. Throughout the world, people smoke more than 15 billion cigarettes a day. This 750 million packs, 75 million blocks, mountains of cigarette butts and other debris.

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