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Knowing what you are quitting for will make it much easier for you to resists next urge to smoke.You need lots of motivation and courage to be able to resist lighting next stick of cigarette whenyou are feeling like. One way to motivate yourself is to come up with enough reasons to quit. If you are still looking for employment, your smoking habit may probably be one of the main
reasons why you don’t have one. Your boss may not like a smoker. Make getting a better job one of the reason why you have to quit, and you will have more courage to quit smoking. It’s very possible to loose your immunity some of dangerous infections like lung cancer, lung disease, cancer of the larynx, heart disease or stroke. These are most deadly infections ever know to humanity. Why should you risk losing your life to any of this deadly disease because of your smoking habit? Imagine what will happen to all you’ve labored all your life for. Your family and friends will not be glad to loose your so soon. Friend this is enough reason for you to stop smoking. Another main reason why you have to stop is the financial burden you will be putting on yourself as a result of your daily smoking habit. In same way you if you are infected with any of above stated ailment you will be losing thousands of dollars to medical cost. Before you decide to quit why not take record of how much you’ve spent buying cigarettes all your life. Am very sure it will be in thousands at the end of the day. Every $2 dollars add up. If you invest same in buying
stock your next generation will not die poor. If you truly wants to live longer and happy with good health and several thousands of dollars in your savings account decide to quit now.

Nicotine Lots of people smokes because of various reasons know to them alone. It’s possible that you derive something from smoking, but the hidden disadvantages is more than advantages and so call benefits you derives from smoking. Smoking poses a lot of threat to your health. Most especially the nicotine which is the major component of cigarette you takes is a poisonous
substance. But tobacco companies will never tell you that. Nicotine found in every cigarette is also a component of other substances like weed killers and insecticides because of it’s from alkaloid plants. Alkaloid plants are poisonous plants. They are
bitter to taste and extremely potent. Nicotine in cigarettes has different effect on smokers. Some smokers prefer taking cigarette to
relaxes and cool off when they are stressed or upset. Some prefer to take it because nicotine in it stimulates their body and raises their energy level. Most often, smokers get addicted to nicotine to the extent that they will always find reason to smoke more cigarettes to feel same effects always.

Since nicotine is more addictive compared to heroine, it will always gives same effect anytime. These effects vary according to each person and how much they inhaled daily. Every smoker often experience faster heart beat, rise in blood pressure and constriction of veins due to high content of nicotine in cigarette they smoke. It also affects “reward circuits” – a section of the brain that regulates pleasurable feelings. Nicotine as a powerful substance affects the neurotransmitter dopamine, raises dopamine’s level in the brain’s reward circuits, thus causing the smoke to experience pleasure anytime it’s taken. Apart from dopamine, nicotine also affects serotonin, neropinephrine and beta-endorphin which controls mood, appetite and reduces anxiety respectively.

Millions of people smoke, and to many, particularly those that have been smoking for some
time, the prospect of quitting seems daunting. An addiction to nicotine is a serious one, and is
multifaceted: there is a physical component, in that your body craves the nicotine the cigarettes
contain, and a psychological one, in that many habits and situations become associated with
cigarettes for the smoker. For these reasons it is important that you come up with a plan of
attack in order to quit smoking: although the cold-turkey technique works for some people, the
vast majority of smokers will have success only with a more comprehensive plan.

When you first consider the prospect of quitting smoking, it's probably going to seem far
fetched, but keep in mind that thousands of people - people that are no different from you - quit
smoking every year. If they can do it, there's no reason that you can't. Many smokers also feel
that after a certain age it is "too-late" to quit smoking. Simply put, this isn't true, and should not
be used as an excuse to avoid an attempt to quit smoking: the health benefits of quitting
smoking begin the very day you stop.

Before you actually have your last cigarette, begin to build up your willpower. Your willpower is
going to be your most important tool in quitting, and it's very unlikely that you will be successful
without it. Spend some time thinking of the reasons you want to quit smoking. Learn about the
health benefits of quitting, for both yourself and the people around you. Do some math and
come up with some figures for the amount of money you'll save by not buying cigarettes, and
think of something you'll use that money for.

Once you've built up your willpower, it's time to have your last cigarette. To keep your spirits up,
understand that the human body is incredibly resilient, and your health will improve as soon as
you stop smoking - literally. 8 hours after your last cigarette, carbon monoxide levels and
oxygen levels in your blood stream will return to normal. At 24 hours after your last cigarette,
you statistically reduce your chance of a heart attack. Only 48 hours after your last cigarette,
your sense of taste and smell will improve as your nerve endings start growing.

As you continue to stay smoke free, think of the longer-term benefits to quitting in order to keep
your willpower up: even after 2 weeks your lung power will begin to increase, and continue to do
so over time. Other aspects of your health will continue to improve in various ways. The ultimate
motivator should be the knowledge that 15 years after quitting, your risk of death is almost the
same as someone who has never smoked - a remarkable fact that illustrates our human body's
surprising ability to restore itself.

By coming up with a concrete plan to quit smoking you will greatly increase your chances of
success. Crucial is understanding the important role that your willpower will play in the process,
and planning to build up this willpower weeks before you attempt to quit. Once you've stopped
you have to keep the strength of this willpower up, and to do so, remind yourself of the health
benefits you will be privy to immediately after butting out that last cigarette.