Quit and Stop Smoking

By Philip Albert Edmonds-Hunt

Most people only think of lung disease when smoking is mentioned. But smoking actually causes nearly every organ in the body some kind of damage. One in every two smokers die of a smoking related illness, of which normally occurs early in the smokers life span. This is a serious problem, and more so as smoking is not on the decrease.
Smoking is on the rise with an estimated 1.3 billion smokers worldwide, and it is estimated that by the year 2025, this figure will have risen to a staggering 1.7 billion. Bringing with it an estimated mortality rate of some ten million smokers worldwide every year. Smoking is now one of the worlds leading modern-day killers.
There are approximately 4,000 different chemicals in every cigarette, of which many are considered poisonous to the human body. Nicotine is one these chemicals which makes the cigarette additive, and therefore it is considered to be one of the most dangerous. Nicotine is the leader, and as it is inhaled into the bodies organs by the smoker, 3,999 of its loyal workers follow, helping it cause havoc and long term destruction to the bodies organs.
Giving up smoking is something that is difficult for many smokers. A nerve relaxing sensation is given to the smoker as the smoke is inhaled into the body, and the addictive nicotine tells the smokers brain that it is the right thing to do. Cigarettes are never far from the trembling hand of most smokers for this reason. Smokers who try to give-up, stop for only a short while and return to the cigarette as the first excuse comes along.
However, it is never to late to give-up smoking and do the body a favour, as the benefits are almost immediate. Within the first 30 minutes of smoking the last cigarette, the blood pressure lowers itself to a normal level and the carbon monoxide in the lungs returns to normal levels too. After three months of not smoking, the bodies circulation returns to that of a non-smoker and after ten years the risk of lung cancer reduces by some 50%. The risk of a heart attack reduces to that of a non-smoker after a further five year period. This makes the beneficial recuperation period in total about 15 years.