Smoking Helpline
'Smoking is injurious to health'- This is not just a printed tagline on cigarette wrappers, but a fact that should be taken more seriously by all the smokers who seem to neglect it. Smoking kills in the long run. It does not have immediate effects but gradually shows its side effects. It is even more harmful than alcohol. Every year around 1,500,000 people die of diseases caused as a result of smoking. Smoking does no good to anyone. Infact it even affects the non-smokers around smokers. People around the person smoking are also prone to lung and throat diseases inspite of not smoking. About 3000 non-smokers die every year due to lung cancer caused from the smoke by being close to smokers.
Some facts...
Nearly each and every organ of your body is harmed due to smoking, resulting in many diseases and in reducing the overall health of smokers.
A short list of diseases caused due to smoking is lung cancer, kidney cancer, chronic lung diseases, throat cancers, coronary heart diseases, pancreatic cancer, acute myeloid leukemia and cardiovascular diseases.
Smoke from people smoking around you, called second-hand smoke can also cause lung cancer.
Smoke from a cigarette has more than 4000 harmful chemicals in it.
About 50% of these chemicals are a cause of cancer in humans and animals.
Many smoker's confess to have started smoking to fit in with the crowd, out of curiosity, thinking it to be a trendy thing. This start is usually the most deadly. Slowly, it becomes a habit and then unknowingly it turns into an addiction that you cannot do without. Many chain smokers feel uneasy and are not able to work without a cigarette in their hands.
After all this, if you are convinced that you need to stop smoking, there are many methods to help you stop smoking. Agreed that it is not easy to stop smoking suddenly for a chain smoker or a frequent smoker, but still one needs to be determined for the task. There are numerous benefits of stopping smoking before it is too late.
To be successful in your attempt to quit smoking
-You have to be self-determined.
-You need to have self control
-You should be firm on your decision.
-You should be prepared for the withdrawal symptoms.
To find some tips on how and why to stop smoking check out our links on,
How to quit smoking
Smoking cancer
Benefits of quitting smoking
Nearly each and every organ of your body is harmed due to smoking, resulting in many diseases and in reducing the overall health of smokers.
Smoke from people smoking around you, called second-hand smoke can also cause lung cancer.
Smoke from a cigarette has more than 4000 harmful chemicals in it.
About 50% of these chemicals are a cause of cancer in humans and animals.
Many smoker's confess to have started smoking to fit in with the crowd, out of curiosity, thinking it to be a trendy thing. This start is usually the most deadly. Slowly, it becomes a habit and then unknowingly it turns into an addiction that you cannot do without. Many chain smokers feel uneasy and are not able to work without a cigarette in their hands.
After all this, if you are convinced that you need to stop smoking, there are many methods to help you stop smoking. Agreed that it is not easy to stop smoking suddenly for a chain smoker or a frequent smoker, but still one needs to be determined for the task. There are numerous benefits of stopping smoking before it is too late.
To be successful in your attempt to quit smoking
-You have to be self-determined.
-You need to have self control
-You should be firm on your decision.
-You should be prepared for the withdrawal symptoms.
To find some tips on how and why to stop smoking check out our links on,
How to quit smoking
Smoking cancer
Benefits of quitting smoking