| Smoking is no longer very socially acceptable. | | | | overwhelming. There are many resources available |
| Workplaces don't allow it due to increased 'sick days' | | | | online and through hospitals, your doctor, social support |
| the smoker may take and the higher cost for health | | | | groups and, of course, friends and family. |
| insurance. Malls, restaurants and bars don't allow it with | | | | In order to quit smoking, you have to mean it. Think |
| increasing frequency. People don't want smokers in | | | | about how much life you will be saving (yours) and |
| their homes or around their children. Landlords may not | | | | how many other lives you will be saving. You will set a |
| want to rent to smokers because of tobacco damage | | | | good example for your children if you quit smoking |
| to walls and carpets, not to mention higher insurance | | | | before they are born. The health risks are so |
| rates. In the US, smokers make up 1/4th of the | | | | numerous, no one should ever start smoking and |
| population, making it difficult for a smoker to find a | | | | tobacco should potentially be illegal. However, this is not |
| potential mate other than another smoker. | | | | the case and willpower needs to be put into action. |
| Smoking harms other people, too. Second hand | | | | Prepare for a Quit Day. Think long and hard about it |
| smoke? It's not a joke and additionally goes by the | | | | and when you have come to the conclusion that it is |
| name of passive smoking and environmental tobacco | | | | time to quit, arm yourself with information and |
| smoke, alluding to the cigarette smoke that is exhaled | | | | resources. There are nicotine gums, patches, candies |
| by smokers. Secondhand smoke kills thousands of | | | | and telephone hotlines. People who discover a method |
| people by lung cancer and heart disease. If you live | | | | and stick to it have a greater success rate to stay quit |
| with a smoker, you are smoking secondhand and are | | | | from smoking than those who do not. The American |
| at an increased risk for all the maladies that smokers | | | | Cancer Society provides support at 1.800.ACS.2345 or |
| are vulnerable to. Smoking mothers have been shown | | | | 1.800.227.2345. The hotline will help you recognize and |
| an increase instance in asthma for their unborn fetus. | | | | cope with problems that arise during quitting and |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and low birth weight | | | | provide support and encouragement to help you stay |
| infants are attributed to smoking while pregnant. Babies | | | | quit. The rule of thumb is the more intense of a quitting |
| born into smoking homes are more susceptible to | | | | program you undertake, the more likely it is to achieve |
| bronchitis, colds, ear infections and other respiratory | | | | success. There are classes and support groups that |
| illnesses. Dizziness, nausea, headaches and eye | | | | can assist you in your decision to quit. There is no |
| irritation are all effects that can be ascribed to | | | | reason to go it alone. Many people have tried and |
| secondhand smoking. | | | | failed and many people have tried and succeeded. |
| Quitting smoking is one of the most difficult things to | | | | The ones who succeeded generally had a lot of help |
| do. Unlearning any habit is time-consuming and | | | | from their friends. |