Are you still hesitating to quit smoking? A wise man once said “if you have a why, you will always find the How” , so went and did some research and found for you these 101 reasons to quit smoking Today!
Mouth
1. Smoking causes yellow stains on your teeth
2. Tar is fixed to the teeth and it is not unusual to see brown spots on the teeth (especially if you smoke cigarettes without filter)
3. Smoking can lead to tooth loss or tooth decay
4. Smoking damages the lips, and leaves it dry and cracked
5. Smoking gives you bad breath
6. When you smoke, you spit phlegm (especially in the morning)
7. For a non-smoker, kissing a smoker is like kissing an ashtray
8. Smoking makes you lose your sense of taste
9. Smoking makes you lose your sense of smell
The face
10. Smoking gives a pale complexion and yellowing
11. Smoking gives brittle hair
Health
12. One in two adults aged 20 to 25 years is a smoker
13. A French three is a smoker
14. 8 out of 10 people who start smoking become addicted
15. Smoking lost his breath
16. Smoking reduces life expectancy
17. For each cigarette you smoke you lose 11mn life
18. A packet of 20 cigarettes is therefore 220mn loss of life (or 3h40mn)
19. If you smoke a packet per day that’s 55 days of life gone in less than a year
20. Every 7 years, the smoker loses a year of life
21. According to WHO (World Health Organization), “there is no consumer product that kills as many people as cigarettes’
22. 66,000 people die each year from smoking in France
23. This is the equivalent of an Airbus 180 people crashing every day in France
24. Tobacco kills more than 550,000 people in Europe
25. And more than 4 million people in the world
26. Every 10 seconds, tobacco kills one person in the world
27. Smoking is the first cause of preventable death
28. Tobacco kills three times more people than alcohol, AIDS, drug abuse, car accidents, homicide, mad cow and suicides combined
29. One in two smokers will die of a smoking-related illness prematurely
30. The life expectancy of smokers is reduced by 8 years
31. One in two regular smokers who started smoking in their teens die of tobacco related illness
32. In U.S, a quarter of all cancer deaths are attributed to tobacco (30 000 deaths)
33. These are the men who die as tobacco: 95% of the 60 000 deaths concern
34. The risk of bladder cancer is doubled for smokers
35. The risk of oral cancer is quadrupled for smokers
36. The risk of esophageal cancer is quadrupled for smokers
37. The smoker has seven times more risk than a non-smoker for cardiovascular disease
38. The risk of cancer of the pharynx is multiplied by ten for smokers
39. The risk of lung cancer is increased tenfold in smokers
Sex
40. Smoking leads to a decline in fertility (both men and women)
41. Smoking can cause insufficient erection
42. When you stop, you have to compensate
Fingers
43. Smoking makes the fingers yellow
44. Smoking leaves a bad smell on the fingers
Clothes
45. Smoking leaves a foul odor on clothes
By car
46. Is dropped half off when empty the ashtray of the car
47. When you smoke while driving is a risk of falling ash on his head (or his pants) and a hole
48. We run the risk of seeing his butt back when it throws out the window
49. It is less attentive when you smoke while driving
50. Smoking in the car can make sick passengers
51. The smell of stale smoke is unbearable
The craving
52. It’s frustrating not to be able to smoke with his coffee
53. It’s frustrating not to be able to smoke after eating
54. It’s frustrating not being able to smoke while drinking alcohol
55. It’s frustrating to have to go out at midnight to buy cigarettes
56. It’s frustrating to know dependent!
On the street
57. When one smokes in the street there is always someone to beg a cigarette
58. Some people think we do not hustling while we smoke but the smoking ban in public places forces us to smoke outside
59. It is unpleasant to have to go out to smoke when it rains
60. In winter, it is not obvious smoking with mittens,
61. With a hood either
The smoke
62. Smoking damages the health of those around you
63. 2000 3 000 people die from passive smoking each year in France
64. Smoking gives your child a bad example it will be attempted to replicate
Money
65. Smoking is expensive. 10 cigarettes not day, it is 912 euros per year, enough to pay you a return flight Paris / Reunion year and sunscreen that goes with
66. Over 5 years, these 10 daily cigarettes cost you $4562
67. If you smoke a pack a day, $5.50 package, this is $2,007.50 per year, the equivalent of two months’ wages for smicard
68. Of 5 years, smoked daily package costs you $10,000. You could buy a kitchen or a new car
69. Smoking will be more and more expensive
70. The Social Security is contributing $50 / person to stop smoking, it would be a shame not to enjoy it!
The State
71. The list of places where smoking is prohibited grows. After administration, buses, cinemas, trains, train stations, it is now banned smoking in restaurants, bars and nightclubs. It is even forbidden to smoke tobacco in the flow
72. $10 billion is spent annually by local authorities in prevention campaigns against tobacco and health expenditure
73. In terms of premature mortality, France ranks first in
European countries for head and neck cancer and lung cancer
Friends
74. By paying attention, you’ll find that many of your friends are non-smokers
75. Many friends have stopped smoking and invite you to do the same
76. It’s frustrating to spend the evening with friends when you’re the only smoking (especially when this friend lives in an apartment without balcony)
77. It’s annoying when these same friends you repeat incessantly that you stink of cigarette
Pregnant women
78. It is strongly advised not to smoke for a pregnant woman
79. Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of the embryo and fetus
80. Smoking increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy. From 10 cigarettes per day, the risk is multiplied by 1.5
81. From 20 cigarettes per day, it is multiplied by 3
82. And from more than 30 cigarettes per day, it is multiplied by 5
83. In women smoking increases the risk of spontaneous abortion (25%)
The tobacco industry
84. More than 54 billion cigarettes were sold in France in 2008
85. This represents a turnover of $13.3 billion
86. Or 90 thousand tons of tobacco sold
87. Why continue to enrich Philip Morris?
88. In which countries cigarettes are they made by children?
Cigarettes? a real poison!
89. Nicotine makes 7 seconds to reach the brain
90. 4000 chemical contents are contained in cigarette smoke
91. 50 of them are known carcinogens
92. In cigarette smoke, you are particularly toxic gases (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia)
93. You will also find heavy metals (cadmium, mercury, lead, chromium, mercury)
94. Globally, the WHO estimates that the number of deaths are projected to rise from 4.2 million to 10 million per year by 2025
Self-esteem
95. Our surroundings are proud of us when we stop smoking
96. Successfully quit commands respect
97. It is never too late for quitting
You are not alone
98. Every year in France, 750,000 people stopped smoking for at least one year, or more than 2,000 persons per day
99. 60% of smokers in France say they want to quit
100. 100% of those who quit smoking have tried their luck
101. Even Lucky Luke quit smoking
Also see our post on Nicotine Withdrawal Timeline.
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