| As a pianist, a bass guitarist, and a drummer for fifteen | | | | extend your life. In other to solve a problem, the source |
| years, I always say that there are better melodies that | | | | of the problem must be identified. The following tips |
| have not been heard yet. I believe that heard melodies | | | | help in stopping smoking; |
| are sweet but the unheard ones will be sweeter. | | | | 1. Why am I smoking? List the reasons. Be |
| Smoking, a global concern with many health | | | | cold-blooded or sincere about it. Write all down on |
| consequences had been discussed all over the world | | | | paper. |
| several times through different media, but all had not | | | | 2. If one of the reasons is that it gives you handling |
| been said about it. | | | | satisfaction by keeping your hands busy, use a fake |
| Smoke is the collection of airborne solid and liquid | | | | cigarette (there are several on the market which look |
| particulates and gases emitted when a material | | | | like lighted cigarettes) |
| undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the | | | | 3. If one of the reasons that it's possibly a habit and |
| quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into | | | | admittedly you often put a cigarette in your mouth |
| the mass. Smoking is act or a process where a | | | | without thinking, keep a card inside the cellophane of |
| substance, most commonly is burned and the smoke | | | | the pack and tick of every cigarette you smoke. You |
| tasted or inhaled. It is believed that smoking dates back | | | | won't stop smoking entirely, but you will assuredly cut |
| to as early as 5000 BC in Shamanistic rituals | | | | down on the number. |
| (shamanism comprises a range of traditional beliefs | | | | 4. If your reason for smoking is that you are afraid of |
| and practices concerned with communication with the | | | | gaining weight on stopping, don't worry about that. |
| spiritual world). It is also believed that some ancient | | | | After you have stopped smoking you can easily tackle |
| civilizations, such as the Babylonians, Indians, and | | | | the weight problem. |
| Chinese, burnt incense as a part of religious rituals, as | | | | 5. If another reason is that you need a cigarette in |
| did the Israelites and the later Catholic and Orthodox | | | | times or moments of stress or tension, try physical |
| Christian churches. | | | | exercises like jogging or swimming- any very active |
| Smoking: one sure way to shorten life, smoking can | | | | sports will reduce mental tension far better than |
| cause or increase the chances of:o Developing lung | | | | smoking. |
| cancer (nine times higher than in non-smokers);o | | | | 6. Another reason may be that you believe you are |
| Suffering a heart attack (twice as high among those | | | | addicted, bear in mind that not every cigarette you put |
| who smoke a pack or more a day);o Suffering low | | | | in your mouth is carved one. |
| back pain (smokers are at greater risks);o Developing | | | | If you fail after observing these methods of stopping |
| emphysema (usually a direct result of smoking);o | | | | smoking, you will require a professional assistance |
| Reducing birth weight (particularly heavy smoking can | | | | because many smokers have been assisted by |
| affect the fetus);o Increasing circulatory ailments | | | | hypnosis or by psychiatric consultation, and many have |
| (smoking is a serious risk for those suffering from | | | | kicked the habit through group therapy with other |
| heart or circulatory disorders; it will raise blood | | | | addicted smokers. Bear in mind that to stop a habit |
| pressure, narrow the blood vessels of the legs, fingers, | | | | requires a personal effort and everyone who puts in |
| and toes, and is a direct cause of intermittent | | | | an effort overcomes and dangerous or ill-health habits. |
| claudication [pain on walking from narrow blood | | | | Those who are serious about giving up smoking |
| vessels] and gangrene of the leg). | | | | usually find some way to accomplish their goals. |
| How to stop smoking: one sure way to prolong or | | | | Why don't you give it a try now. |