| If you are a smoker than I am sure you are | | | | wrinkled, their skin is ashen or yellowed, their teeth are |
| bombarded with messages every day that you should | | | | stained. That is what you have to look forward to if |
| quit smoking. But why is tobacco bad for you exactly | | | | you keep smoking. |
| and what can you do to prevent and eliminate the | | | | Your Mind: Smoking is one of the most addictive habits |
| damages that smoking causes to your life. You may | | | | you can have. I do not mean the addiction to nicotine |
| be surprised at just how easy it can be to quit | | | | which actually passes within a week of quitting |
| smoking with the right technique. | | | | smoking. I am actually talking about the actual habit of |
| Smoking affects just about every area of your life. It | | | | smoking. Almost everything you do and emotion you |
| weaves its way into the fabric of your life leaving no | | | | feel becomes associated with having a cigarette. |
| area untouched. Let's take a look at the different | | | | When you try to quit smoking you eventually will face |
| areas of your life smoking negatively impacts. | | | | a situation, emotion, or stress that will give you a |
| Your Health: As I am sure you already know smoking | | | | craving to smoke. Some cravings are weak, some are |
| is devastating to your health. It increases your chances | | | | strong, but these cravings are what cause most |
| of getting several different types of cancer. By | | | | people to be unsuccessful at quitting smoking. |
| smoking you subject yourself to COPD (Chronic | | | | The good news is that there is a technique to quit |
| Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) a deadly lung disease | | | | smoking that specifically targets and removes the |
| that claims the lives of thousands of smokers each | | | | cravings to smoke clearing the path to become |
| year. You also increase your risk of heart attack and | | | | smoke-free. It is called Neuro Linguistic Programming, or |
| stroke. | | | | NLP. It is a technique that has been used by therapists |
| Your Finances: Smoking hits you in your wallet too. | | | | for years to help their clients quit smoking with |
| The cost of a pack of cigarettes is going nowhere but | | | | astounding success (it had a 97.2% success rate in a |
| up averaging between $4 and $5 a pack. Here is an | | | | recent test of 5,000 smokers). |
| interesting fact to think about. If a 40 year old smoker | | | | NLP works somewhat like hypnotherapy in that it |
| quits smoking and puts the money into a 401(k) could | | | | targets and removes the emotional attachment to |
| save almost $250,000 by the time they were 70. | | | | smoking from the subconscious mind. Unlike |
| Your Looks: Smokers look old before their time. | | | | hypnotherapy NLP can be practiced in your own home |
| Nicotine constricts your blood vessels leading to | | | | through the use of an audio recording. For those |
| reduced blood flow to the skin which results in wrinkles. | | | | wondering why is tobacco bad may also like knowing |
| Have you seen someone who has smoked for any | | | | NLP is all natural with none of the side effects or costs |
| number of years? The do not look good; they are | | | | of quit smoking medications. |