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Misconceptions Regarding Smoking
Are you a smoker? If yes, then you must know that smoking snatches 10 years of your life. You won't be able to see these ten birthdays of yours.
It is hard to quit smoking but not impossible. If you come out of your self made misconceptions regarding smoking, you will definitely try to quit it.
If you quit smoking at any age, it will increase your life span and cut down the risk of serious diseases caused by smoking. So, it's never too late.
Do you know that you are putting the lives of your family into risk too, if you smoke around them. The passive smoke that they inhale can do more harm than active smoking.
If you want to live a happy and joyous life with your family, then you must stop inhaling toxic smoke that invades your precious lungs.
How Passive Smoking Affects Your Unborn Baby?
Here in this article, you can read about the common misconceptions that may be somehow preventing you from quitting smoking.
Don't Blame Nicotine Only!
People always say that it is nicotine in cigarettes that is harmful. However, it's not only nicotine but some other thousands of other compounds in cigarettes, that are more harmful than nicotine. Among these substances, fifty can cause cancer.
Cutting Back Cigarettes Will Help
Some people also live in the misconception that cutting back the number of cigarettes they smoke will reduce the harm done. Many studies have shown that cutting back cigarettes will not prove to be healthier for you. The smokers get more urge to smoke if they cut back on cigarettes. However, if it is the first step of quitting smoking, then it may surely help.
Healthy Diet Can Reverse The Effects
If a smoker believes that having a healthy diet can reverse the harmful effects of smoking, he is grossly wrong. The chemicals in the cigarette can do permanent damage to the organs that can't be reversed by any healthy diet. Only quitting can help.
Light Cigarettes Are Healthier Ones
Smokers who tend to smoke light cigarettes end up smoking more. Cigarettes labelled as light do contain less harmful substances but are actually more addictive as people are not satisfied with the lighter one.
It's Too Late To Quit
Some people think that it's of no use trying to quit smoking as it has done enough damage. However, if you give up whenever you feel, it will help. Quitting smoking at any age can extend your life and if you quit smoking in your 30's, there will be 90 percent reduction in risk of harmful diseases.
Quitting Has Only One Benefit
Quitting smoking will not only prevent harmful diseases such as cancer but will also make you mentally alert, physically more active and your food tastes more better.
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