May 06, 2004 07:27 PM
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If smoking is personified in terms of a devil then it may be called as the dragon of smoky nicotine. Smoking existed since ancient days in many forms and in many names. Primitive smoking tools like Hookah, Corncob pipe and meerschaum are used rarely now days.
Cigarette and cigar are most widely used smoking forms in the modern world.?Bidi? a smoking tool made of tobacco and leaves of?Tendu? tree is very popular in India. Despite of marathon efforts and stringent norm to eradicate smoking, one can easily find the smokers in every corner of our day to day life. Why does it so difficult to quit the smoking? What fascinates us for smoking?
Huge market and status symbol: Who will be the merchant to simply quit the business of Trillion dollars for making tobacco smoking devices? Huge market and steep profit leads businessman to produce more cigarette and cigars. Great banners and advertisement ideas give smokers a pseudo thought of status symbol. Some psychologists say that putting cigarette between lips is the way to satisfy our desires and to keep us unnecessarily busy. What is the truth? One possibility is the addiction of nicotine.
Nicotine is a deadly weapon: Researches carried out by medical organizations and producers of so called safe smoking devices accept the deadly role of nicotine in cigarette. The ultimate and ugly truth of smoking is the inhalation of nicotine with smoke in to our body. After inhalation, nicotine reaches in to brain within 5 to 8 seconds. A cigarette, Bidi, Hookah or similar device contains very active nicotine in micro to milligrams and sometimes more stronger than opium processed heroin.
Stimulant of craving and vicious circle of addiction: very strong stimulant nicotine gives delusion to smokers that they are full control of their mental and physical activities. Alas! This is not true. Smokers enhanced alertness is always temporary and after dissipation of nicotine smoker feels dull. Craving for smoking again knocks the brain when dullness comes. This is a vicious circle of addiction.
Your brain is deprived of Oxygen when you smoke: European journal of Neurology reveals this bitter fact that carbon mono oxide present in the tobacco smoke reduces the supply of oxygen to brain. This fatal carcinogen harms equally other parts of body like heart, lungs, throat, larynx and vocal chord.
Alzheimer?s disease to Asthma and cervical cancer: Recent studies shows that smoking leads to following diseases:
? High Blood Pressure.
? Cancer of different parts of body viz. Throat, Lung, Cervical and larynx cancer.
? Miscarriage in pregnant women.
? Dullness.
? Early aging.
? Skin problems.
? Asthma
? Emphysema and
? Cardiovascular diseases.
Think to quit smoking now: It would be a new life for you if you quit smoking now. It needs passion to quit as it needed to get addiction of smoking. Your will power is the biggest medicine to keep you away from cigarettes and Bidis. By quitting smoking you will solve 200% problems. 100% of yours and 100% of others as you will not force them for passive smoking.
Try these ways to quit smoking: You are having in built powerful determination to quit smoking. Yes this thought will help you in your mental preparation. GO STEP BY STEP THEN:
? Reduce the number of cigarettes within 7 days.
? Throw away your lighter, matchbox and cigarette packets.
? Use bubble gum and chocolates to chew.
? Share your achievement with others that you have quitted smoking.
? Exercise regularly. Drink more water to flush the deposit of nicotine in your body.
? Try meditation and Yoga.
These will surly help you to quit smoking and you will smile. This time you can smile on your teeth too, as you will find it more glittering.
© Dhyanendra M Tripathi 2004
