People will often use the excuse that they are too old to stop smoking and assume that because they have been smoking for most of their life it seems pointless to stop in their latter years.

What they should realize is their body will start repairing the damage that has been done from long term smoking as soon as 20 minutes after their last cigarette.

Yes your health will begin to start improving that soon. Within that time your blood pressure will begin to decrease as will your pulse rate.

The increased blood pressure that is caused by smoking is one of the reasons why those who smoke are more susceptible to heart disease.

Within approximately 8 hours the levels of carbon monoxide that are present in the blood will drop and there will be increased levels of oxygen and this will help to improve all aspects of your health as the bloods ability to transport oxygen to the organs of the body is crucial for optimum health.

Things continue to get better as the time from the last cigarette grows and after the first day there is a reduction in the possibility of getting a heart attack. So if you have just had a cigarette and don’t have another for the next day you have increased your chance of survival considerably.

Within two days you will begin to regain some of your sense of taste that you probably didn’t even realize you had lost. Food will taste and smell better and your sense of smell with all things (eg; flowers) will begin to improve.

Three days later and you will be having less difficulty breathing as the bronchial tubes will have relaxed. As your breathing becomes more relaxed, so does your whole body and your outlook on life. Stress levels will be lower and the chance of having anxiety problems will also diminish.

Many people will smoke in times of stress and when they are feeling anxious, yet refraining from smoking for such a short period can also bring similar aspects of well being with the improvements that you will enjoy to your health.

Over the next three months breathing will continue to improve and along with that there will be an increase in energy levels and exercising will become easier.

After the first year of ceasing smoking there will be 50% less chance of heart disease and four years or so later the chance of lung cancer will have also decreased by 50% or more.

The good news is that after 10 years or so your health will more than likely be back to that of someone who had never smoked and the pre-cancerous cells will have been replaced.

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If you have made several attempts to quit smoking in the past then this will help you the next time you try to quit. The fact that the previous attempts didn’t work shouldn’t be regarded as a failure.

You can learn by these attempts to quit and not make the same mistakes again or use the same techniques.

Different techniques and products have varying success rates for each individual. Even the various types of nicotine patches can deliver different results.

Even some methods that you might have tried and failed with at previous attempts could work if you have addressed the main factors that cause the addiction and know the habits that are causing you to continue.

A different mindset can make all the difference as many people will attempt to quit when they either don’t believe they will or subconsciously aren’t ready for it just yet.

Unless you believe that you will follow through with your actions and quit it will be almost impossible to do so as you will not only be fighting against an addiction that has been caused by nicotine but you will also be trying to do something against your own beliefs.

Statistics have shown that the majority of people who quit smoking have made several attempts before finally quitting the habit, so any attempts that you have already made that have been unsuccessful can be regarded as the ones that you had to get out of the way before you finally kicked the habit.

Give yourself a compelling reason why you want to quit. This will be all the more powerful if you are quitting for yourself rather than to please someone else, although quitting smoking to enhance the health of your children or other members of your household can be a great incentive.

You could be adding years to their life and improving their health along with your own as secondhand smoke can cause all the problems that are to be expected with a smoker’s health.

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Smoking is bad for your health.  The studies are undeniable.  Many people want to quit smoking because of health reasons as well as the increasing expense of it.  However, smoking is addictive and difficult to quit.  So, how do you quit smoking quickly? The fastest way is to make a decision to stop and never pick them up again.  Quitting cold turkey sounds noble but it is certainly not easy and the reason a lot of people fail in their attempts at quitting.  So, in order to make the process successful, you may want to use some techniques that will help support your decision to quit:

- Tell friends, family and co workers that you are quitting smoking and ask for their assistance.  If you are getting pressured elsewhere you will be more successful in avoiding cigarettes. – Have a positive outlook on quitting.  Do not dwell on how difficult it will be, instead consider all the reasons you want to quit. – Realize that there is a relatively brief withdrawal period that will go away eventually.  Once you are beyond that period, you will have a lot easier time maintaining your non smoker status.   – Take it one day at a time.  Instead of concentrating on the prospect of quitting forever, think about not having a cigarette today.  Do the same for the following day, one at a time. – Stay active and have something to do.  If you are physically busy you will not have as much time to think about how you are not enjoying a cigarette. – Take the time to start getting back into shape.  As your lungs clear you will have better stamina.  You will start to feel better and have tangible results you can track. – Avoid situations where you typically smoke for the first few months.  For example, if you tend to have a cigarette with your morning coffee, stop drinking coffee for awhile or drink only in an area where smoking is not allowed.   – Find hobbies that use your hands.  Knitting, crafts, crossword puzzles, writing, woodworking or whatever interests you where you can keep your hands busy will help you avoid putting a cigarette into them. – Chew gum and brush your teeth often. – Use nicotine supplements temporarily if you need to in order to get over the emotional habit before tackling the physical nicotine addiction. – Drink plenty of water.  This will help keep your mouth busy and also will help you remain healthy and improve your skin. – Exercise regularly.   – Get plenty of rest.

Smoking is a bad habit that is difficult but not impossible to quit.  Once you make the determination to quit do everything you possibly can to keep it up.  Get support from your friends and family and take it one day at a time.  Set realistic, small goals for yourself.  After a few weeks of not smoking you will find that you won’t even miss smoking anymore.  You will start to feel better about yourself and you will have a better physical outlook.  You will be able to breathe better and you will be more active.  Quitting smoking and fast is a good decision to make for the betterment of your health and those around you.

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There are more anti smoking measures being taken today than ever before, yet some teenagers disregard what they are told and begin to smoke anyway. This could be due to the fact that, despite all of our good efforts, these children are still not being fully educated about the very real dangers of smoking. Teenagers are at risk for very serious health problems once they begin smoking. Smoking can also lead to other bad habits suck as drinking and drug use. Parents are the biggest influence and do have the power to introduce their children to the dangers of smoking. There are other environmental factors though, that still make it easy and acceptable for teenagers to smoke. With combined efforts from adults, teenagers could be able to get the necessary education and make the decision to not smoke.

Even with all of the anti-smoking programs budgeted into our schools each year, approximately 3000 adolescents a day pick up the habit of smoking. Teens today are constantly being told that smoking is no good, yet it is estimated that about 4.5 million adolescents in the United States are smokers.

Smoking is becoming more taboo in our society than ever before with the elimination of cigarette ads, cigarettes on television, and smoking in public areas. Yet, some teens still can’t help but wonder what the big fuss about smoking is. Odds are, most of these teenagers were probably bombarded with statements such as, “Smoking will turn your teeth yellow”, or “Smoking will make your breath smell”, but were never given any actual facts about what serious effects smoking can actually have on their bodies.

By educating themselves with a few teen smoking facts, teenagers will have a better chance at staying away from cigarettes and leading a long and healthy life. Smoking can have serious effects on people’s bodies and because teens are still in a stage of development, they are even more susceptible to these harmful effects. There are more than 400 chemicals in cigarette smoke and more than 40 of them, are known carcinogens.

With every drag of a cigarette, you inhale a lung full of tar (yes, the stuff they use to pave the streets), hydrogen cyanide, benzene, acetone, formaldehyde, ammonia, and carbon monoxide. You wouldn’t inhale the fumes from the tail pipe of a car, why would you inhale these fumes from a cigarette?

Obviously, teens who smoke are destined to inherit some serious health problems. Teen smokers have smaller lungs and weaker hearts than those teens who don’t smoke. Teenage smokers are also more prone to getting sick than non smoking teens. Teenagers usually don’t realize that nicotine addiction becomes more powerful over time. What starts out as a habit of smoking 5-10 cigarettes a day, could increase to a 2 pack a day problem.

A study shows that those who smoke even a pack of day die on average 7 years earlier than those who have never smoked. Smoking kills over 1,200 Americans a day and is the single most preventable cause of premature death. Teenagers who partake in smoking are also much more likely to experiment with other drugs and alcohol which can cause serious problems of their own. Teens who smoke are traveling down a very dangerous road, and most don’t realize that once they begin their travels, they will most likely never stop.

Even with all of the measures taken to prevent teenage smoking, there are still some factors that exist that promote it. Parents are the biggest influence in a teenager’s life. Adolescents who have two parents who smoke are more than twice as likely to become smokers as those children with non smoking parents. Parents are sometimes uncomfortable talking to their teens about not smoking because they feel the information is going in one ear and out the other, but the truth is that most of these kids are listening.

Of the 3000 adolescents who being smoking each day, close to 1000 of them will die a smoking related death. This is why it so important for parents to talk to their children and explain the dangers of smoking. Even though in most states you have to be 18 or older to purchase cigarettes, a 2001 survey shows that 69.4 percent of teen smokers reported never being asked for proof of age when buying cigarettes in a store. This same survey found that 62.4 percent were allowed to buy cigarettes even thought the retailer was aware they were under the age of 18.

Teen smoking facts are very important for today’s young adult. The more knowledge these teenagers acquire, the more likely they will have the power to make a firm, conscious decision to never start smoking. Smoking related deaths claim more American lives than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide and illegal drugs combined. The sad part is that these deaths could all have been prevented. By educating teens to the fullest extent, they have a better chance of beating these odds and making their future bright.

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Millard Hiner editor and publisher of noxobmp. com and author of many articles Behavioral Modification Products has a collection of these on his new website http://www.smokingcontrol.org which includes information and articles about Smoking Control , Quit Smoking Products, Quit Smoking Help.

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When deciding to give up nicotine, you should also be aware that there are some quitting smoking side effects that you will have to deal with. Now, they are not as scary as you might first think, but you should be aware of them, in order to be prepared and deal with them the right way.

The thing is, giving up nicotine is in fact giving up a drug; therefore, there will be a withdrawal period, and the things you will experience in this period can well be referred to as quitting smoking side effects.

1. The first such quit smoking side effect that you are likely to experiment is being more agitated and getting angry more easily. The best way to ‘cope’ with this one is to let all your close ones know you’re quitting. This way, they will know why you may snap easily, and will deal with this accordingly.

2. You will start to dream about smoking. I consider this quit smoking side effect rather funny! Just imagine it: you weak up one morning, with a huge feeling of either: guilt – because you had a dream in which you did not ‘resist’, and you smoked; relief – because you had a dream in which you managed to say no to an opportunity when you almost smoked. Now come on, this is funny! If nicotine can mess with your head SO much as to get you to dream those things, then it’s a really strong drug!

3. Other quit smoking side effects are the ‘power of patterns’, which you will have to resist: many people who have become smoke-free have reported this particular quit smoking side effect: that they feel like they need to beat the patterns they created: to smoke on their breaks at work, to light up when they have their coffee, etc. The easiest way to deal with this particular quit smoking side effect is to: a) find other things to do – like eat candy, an apple, play with something (to keep hands busy) or just keep telling yourself you’re doing the RIGHT thing. Because you are.

One thing you should be aware of throughout your process of becoming smoke-free is that this will NOT be an easy job, UNLESS you paint it out as an easy one. The explanation is simple: in as little as 3 to 5 days you will kick the physical addiction, leaving you with just the psychological one. And how you look at becoming smoke free will make the difference in beating this one: if you look at it as giving something up, and a difficult task, then that’s what it will be. If, on the other hand, you see it as a relief, as getting rid of something bad, it will be much, much easier. Either way, keep in mind the quit smoking side effect we talked about above, and make sure you think about dealing with them before you come to face them. This will increase your chances by as much as 30%, I’d say!

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Jack Sillow is an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) expert  who specializes in quit smoking treatments for normal people.  He runs the site http://QuitGuide.net/ where he regularly  posts useful advice, tips, tricks and articles about  quitting smoking side effects among other things:
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Many people who smoke have ‘triggers’ that make them desire to smoke.

There are many and different reasons why people will reach for a smoke in particular situations and when they’re experiencing certain feelings.

If you can identify what these emotions or activities are, that are causing these triggers then that can be one of the first steps towards stopping smoking.

It may be that you simply feel like smoking when you’re feeling down or stressed out. This is a very common trigger as cigarettes can represent a reassuring ingredient in a person’s life.

Lots of people smoke because they’re shy or self conscious and smoking gives them something to do to take their thoughts off their anxiety or nervousness.

Other people will feel like lighting up when they’re aggravated as this will help them to calm down and deal with their problem better.

Many people will feel like smoking when they’re socializing, partying and drinking and usually this can be one of the hardest aspects of life to deal with for those who want to quit smoking.

Virtually any emotion can be a trigger for somebody to feel like smoking and it is necessary to find out what your emotional triggers are if any.

It might be that you don’t have any challenges relating to emotional triggers but instead circumstances that cause you to feel like smoking.

You might feel like smoking when you are listening to music, driving your car or watching the tv.

Some people like to have a smoke following something to eat or when they’re drinking alcohol.

Many people feel like they need a smoke to help them begin their day or at the end of the day to help them relax.

Once again you need to look at the things that trigger your need to have a smoke and consider an alternative measure that will enable you to deal with the situation minus the need for a cigarette.

If one alternative doesn’t work for you then try another one and keep trying until you find something that is good enough.

Sooner or later you’ll discover something that can give you sufficient satisfaction to not need another cigarette every time such an emotion or problem occurs.

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