Nowadays, many youngsters are addicted to smoking. Usually it starts up as a fad for youngsters and ends up as serious addiction. Kids start up smoking simply to impress their girlfriends, or just their friends. It is very unfortunate, that smoking is often linked to machismo. As if general perception was not enough, movies too contributed a great deal in promoting smoking. While every kid gets inspired to don a cowboy hat and boots, he also gets inspired to light up as well.
But while we talk of smoking, do discussion is complete without bringing in light, the dangers of smoking. Smoking is more dangerous to your health, than what you may think. Smoking poses a number of health hazards and the only way to avoid these hazards is by way of quitting smoking.
The following are some of the hazards of smoking:
1. Addiction
Smoking causes addiction to nicotine. You may start up as a casual smoker, but believe me, with the passage of time, you will slowly get addicted to it. A bigger danger however, is that, you are already into serious addiction, before you realize it; and by that time, it is very late. You decide to quit, but the cravings are too hard to resist.
2. Damage to the lungs
Smoking is an addiction, which causes serious damage to your lungs, which is often irreparable. Most of the times, people take many years, to undo the damage caused to their lungs, by way of smoking. Apart from being a major cause of lung cancer, all across the globe, smoking also cause immense damage to the bronchioles. Most often this leads to severe respiratory diseases.
3. Damage to the heart
Another major danger of smoking is that of the damage caused to the heart. Smoking causes, narrowing and at times blocking of arteries and veins inside the body. This greatly increases the chances of suffering a heart attack. It also, increases the blood pressure of your body, causing further damage to your heart.
4. Overall damage to the body
Apart from the heart and the lungs, smoking causes serious damage to the cervix, larynx, mouth, esophagus, bladder, pancreas, kidney and emphysema. People with a long history of addiction, may also suffer from reduced stamina, poor athletic performance, wheezing, coughing, dizziness, and nausea.
5. Other dangers
Apart from damage to your health, smoking poses many other dangers. Smoking increases, the chances of starting a fire. So, a little uncontrolled craving can do much financial damage to you. Apart from that, damage caused due to such fires is usually not considered for claim settlement.
It would therefore, be a good idea to kick the butt out of your life and enjoy life, the way, it was originally meant to be. But, as someone once said - It is very easy to quit smoking, I have done so many times; quitting smoking can actually turn out to be a nightmare for you. However, it is never impossible to quit. The secret of quitting lies in gradually reducing the number of sticks per day.
