 Smoke Stubbed Forever |
There is no time better than the present to stop smoking, and the reasons are numerous. The health of oneself and one’s family is most important, but so many benefits to being smoke free can be explored. Health benefits begin within hours of one’s last cigarette. Being smoke free means lower blood pressure and better oxygenation of the body’s organs.
Physical fitness will be easier to attain, adding to the positive effect on health. Almost every organ in the body will benefit from lack of nicotine. Heart and lung disease risk will diminish greatly. Cancer risk, which is increased throughout a smoker’s body, also diminishes notably when the habit is kicked. Another benefit to being a nonsmoker is the condition of oneself and one’s home.
A nonsmoker has much cleaner hair, clothes and teeth. The home of a nonsmoker smells infinitely better than that of a home that is smoked in daily. The car of a smoker typically smells unpleasant at all times. A home or car is much more difficult to sell if it has been subjected to cigarette smoke. Often, a home will sell for less than if it is in the same condition otherwise, but has not been exposed to smoke. Most visitors to a smoker’s home, and passengers in his car, notice the smell immediately, and form negative impressions of their visit.
Many people cannot stand to smell the breath of a person who has just finished a cigarette. Smoking harms the people in vicinity of the smoke area. Children living in homes where a smoker also lives have higher incidences of illnesses, asthma and earaches. Everyone in the house, especially the smoker, may catch colds more frequently, and require longer periods of time to recover from them.
It is possible even pets’ health may be adversely affected by cigarette smoke. Smoking is very costly in terms of money as well as health. Each pack of cigarettes takes an economic toll on the smoker and the smoker’s dependents. Thousands of dollars a year could be lost to the purchase of cigarettes and cigars, money that could go to an infinite number of other places, almost all of which would be much more enjoyable than the cigarettes.
Again, now is the best time to quit smoking for so many reasons. One’s health is probably one’s most important asset, and the biggest key to comfort and happiness, and cigarettes do more to compromise that health than anything else. Even a smoker’s loved ones’ health is at risk from the cigarettes. The family’s monetary worth is also greatly diminished by smoking, with debts possibly accumulating, and sacrifices made, while thousands of dollars are being spent on cigarettes. With the look and smell of the smoker’s clothes, home and the smoker himself, what better incentives are there to kick the habit?
