It's that time of year when we suddenly decide to lose weight, exercise, eat right and be nice. Sadly, none of these health resolutions can materialise in one day. Except - quitting smoking. Yes, you can achieve your health resolution of quitting smoking immediately! If you focus on getting rid of that harmful tobacco, then no one can stop you.
Yes, it will be difficult at first, but did you know that all it takes is three weeks of staying away from cigarettes and the craving to smoke simlpy dies? All you need is will power to make your life fuller, cleaner and more beautiful. Today, Dr. Vihang Vahia, Psychiatrist at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai lays down the top 20 benefits of quitting smoking. Read this and start your new year as a non-smoker!
Benefits of quitting smoking # 1: Body is pure like a baby
We all love babies and if you quit smoking you have a high tendency of your body being like a baby's body. Give up smoking to feel good and pure like an infant. Once you give up smoking, within minutes you are back to the normal, from your blood pressure to your pulse rate and from the temperature of your hands to the temperature of your feet is back to normal.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 2: Say good bye to harsh coughing
Once you stop smoking the tendency of heavy coughing will decrease. At the same time shortness of breath and heavy breathing will decrease because the lungs will start its regular normal function. As the lungs are back to its normalcy, this will increase the ability of the lungs to handle mucus, clean the lungs and reduce the risk of various infections.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 3: Every night with your partner is like a honeymoon night
"Yes, if you stop smoking, your sex life will improve," says Dr. Vihang. Avoiding cigarettes is beneficial to both genders; men will get better erections and women will become aroused easily. Besides, it also makes you more appealing to the opposite sex.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 4: The smoker's stink disappears
If you stop smoking, within minutes the smoking odor from your body will disappear. This will make you attractive to people around you, as no one likes going to a person who smells like a cigarette stick. Besides, the place where you live will smell fresh and clean.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 5: Reduces the risk of various health problems
Smoking a cigarette just makes your life and living vulnerable. You will be living with sickness each and every possible day. Hence, stop smoking if you want to live a healthy life without various ailments like impotency, fertility problems, cataracts, macular degeneration, gum disease, tooth loss and osteoporosis.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 6: Your lifespan increases
Quit smoking if you want to see your grandchildren. Smoking increases your chances of dying ten times earlier due to various life threatening problems.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 7: You look and feel good
Smoking causes premature ageing, which nobody likes. You definitely don't want to look twice your age in your early 20s. If you stop smoking, it will not only benefit your overall health but also your looks and appearance. Smoking causes wrinkles, makes you dull and slow. Hence, stop smoking if you want to feel better about yourself.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 8: No more breathlessness
Just recollect how you used to feel restless and short of breath just after walking for 2 minutes, all this is due to the nicotine present in your body. Once you stop smoking, within just one day the level of carbon monoxide will drop down, this will restore your normal breathing process.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 9: You will feel like a SUPER-HERO
Smoking even one cigarette a day lowers your self-esteem as it makes you feel powerless. Quit smoking if you want to regain your self-esteem and confidence back. By quitting, you will stop hiding behind that cigarette stick everytime you interact with someone or need to deal with something. You will feel stronger once you kick the butt.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 10: Heart problems are reduced
As mentioned earlier, smoking brings you closer to death and shortens your lifespan. If you quit smoking, the chances of dying with coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke will drop down by almost 50 per cent; not to mention your lowered risk factors for cancers of the lung, throat and mouth.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 11: Your sensory organs are back to normal
Once you stop smoking you will regain your lost sense of touch and feel. The damaged nerves will start growing back and eventually your sense of touch, taste and smell will be back.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 12: You save money
Since inflation is at an all time high, even a single paise matters. Why waste money on that stupid death stick? Instead of spending the money on cigarettes, save it in a piggy back and open it after years, you will be shocked to see the money collected.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 13: You don't have to spend on unnecessary health expenses
Smoking leads to several illnesses that crop up every now and then. Illnesses like coughs, bronchitis, mouth ulcers - will all start disappearing. If you stop smoking, you won't be ill all the time, and you will feel fitter and healthier. This will leave you with extra money as all these illnesses essentially amount to regular medical expenses.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 14: You will handle stress in a health way
Generally we think that cigarette helps to relieve our stress. But it is not true, in fact it is vice-versa, because when you smoke your body undergoes a stress reaction due to which the level of oxygen in the brain decreases and you feel vulnerable and this increases your stress. Hence, stop smoking if you want handle stress in a more relaxed manner.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 15: Good oxygen transportation
Once you stop smoking the level of carbon monoxide will reduce, this will increase the level of hemoglobin. As hemoglobin in the body increases, transportation of oxygen will be done efficiently all throughout the body.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 16: Reduces cancer risk
Cigarette is generally a cancer stick. The more you smoke the more are the chances of you developing various types of cancer like throat, mouth and esophagus, due to presence of carcinogenic elements in a cigarette. Hence, stop smoking if you want to live longer and don't want to die a horrible death.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 17: You have good oral health
Oral health is necessary for good overall health, which you won't be able to maintain if you smoke because smoking does grave harm to oral health. It reduces your ability to taste, stains your teeth and increases gum problems which further causes teeth loss and spoils your overall appearance.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 18: Your immune system will become stronger
Within days of quitting smoking, your immune system will grow stronger. This will reduce the chances of you falling ill again and again due to various health problems like cold and flu.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 19: Your family will be safe
If you smoke you are not only causing harm to yourself but also to your near and dear ones. Secondhand smoking is as dangerous as primary smoking. The risk associated with secondhand smoking is more or less similar to passive smoking. Hence, stop smoking if not for yourself then at least for the health of your loved ones.
Benefits of quitting smoking # 20: You will feel energized
Once you quit smoking the circulation in your body will improve. Good circulation of oxygen means less tiredness, fatigue and a more energized you. This will make your physical activity easy.
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