Six reasons to stop smoking
Why give up smoking?
Here are six good reasons:
Reason one: Smoking is a slow poison
Did you know that there are about 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke? They include:
- Tar (the stuff used to surface roads)
- Carbon monoxide (a poisonous gas that kills)
- Acetone (used in nail polish remover)
- Ammonia (found in cleaning fluids)
- Arsenic (a deadly poison)
- Formaldehyde (preserves dead bodies)
- Cyanide (another deadly poison)
Reason two: Smoking is bad for your health!
25-a-day smokers are 25 times more likely to die of lung cancer than non-smokers, plus:
- 83% of lung cancer deaths in England are smoking-related
- 83% of deaths from bronchitis and emphysema in England are smoking-related
- Smokers are more than twice as likely to die from coronary heart disease than non-smokers
Reason three: Smoking is bad for your looks!
It has been scientifically proven that smoking causes:
- premature ageing and wrinkling
- grey, parched skin
- hair loss
- gum disease and tooth loss
- increased cellulite
Reason four: Smoking is bad for your sex life!
Research has proved that smoking:
- For men - increases the risk of impotence by around 50% for men in their 30s and 40s
- For women - increases the risk of miscarriage, perinatal mortality, low birth weight and other complications
Reason five: Smoking is bad for your bank balance!
Have you ever reckoned up how much smoking costs you?
- Twenty-a-day smokers can expect to shell out £2,536.75 every year.
- Forty-a-day smokers will spend a staggering £5,073.50 every year
These figures are based on a pack of cigarettes costing £6.95.
Reason six: Smoking makes you feel bad!
Scientists have proved that nicotine is a highly addictive and fast acting drug which:
- Increases feelings of agitation
- Causes light headedness
- Causes nausea
This page was last updated on 10 January 2012
