Quitting Smoking: The Best Decision
Written by Jammy Hoob on December 5th, 2009 in Self Development.
You know you need to quit smoking. You would have to live under a rock not to have noticed the health warnings and perhaps personal symptoms that smoking is bad for you. Smoking causes death directly and indirectly. It not only kills the smoker but also shortens the lifespan of those around them.
Why should you stop smoking? Apart from the health benefits, you will save money. Have you ever worked out exactly how much your cigarette or cigar habit is costing you? One suggested way to quit is to put the money you would normally spend into a jar and when it is full buy something that you have wanted for ages. Don’t pay off credit cards or bills the first time, you can do that later.
There are many ways of quitting smoking, cold turkey being one of the most common. This means that you decide to give up at a certain time on a specific day. From that time onwards, you don’t have another smoke again. Some people have the will power to do this themselves. Others need the help and assistance from a quit line or counseling service. It doesn’t matter how you do it, what is important is that you stop.
If you’ve been a smoker for many years, then you need to regain your health immediately. The average smoker spends $30 a week on their habit. That is over $1,500 a year. That is money that could be spent on much more constructive things or money that could go towards bills and life expenses.
If you don’t succeed on the first attempt, don’t give up. Your motivation needs to be strong. Think about it this way: if a smoker continues to the point they get one of the above mentioned diseases then they will have to spend money to treat these diseases. Also, smokers may have to pay more money for health and life insurance.
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