Smoking Cigarettes: Quit to Decrease Suffering

There is no safe cigarette. Even if a person switches to a lower tar and nicotine brand of cigarette, the death rates for smokers are still 9 times higher than for nonsmokers. Smoking is a major cause in the development of emphysema, peptic ulcers, chronic bronchitis and diseases of the circulatory system, as well as cancer of the esophagus and bladder. Smokers die of strokes three times as often as nonsmokers. They have twice the risk of heart attacks. Smoking is responsible for 35 percent of all cancer deaths, is the cause of more than 500,000 deaths every year and more than 25 percent of all fires are caused by cigarette smoking.

The Benefits of Quitting

• Add years to your life
• Help to avoid many life-threatening diseases
• Get rid of smoker’s cough
• Feel and look better
• Experience a return of energy
• Stop smoke-related head and stomach aches
• Regain better sense of smell
• Enjoy tasting foods again
• Have smoke-free house, office, car, clothes and hair
• End smoker’s breath
• Have more money to spend (It’s like a raise in salary)
• Get rid of yellow teeth and stained fingers
• Stop burned holes in furniture, car, and clothes
• End dirty ashtrays
• Improve your self confidence and self image
• Set a good example for others

Statistics show that children who are reared in a home with smoking parents have more upper respiratory infections. These children are more likely to become smokers themselves.

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