Expose the tobacco industry Stand up for a healthy future
If a person eats bad food, the symptoms will start to appear in a short time and everyone will be convinced that it is due to the bad food, but it takes a while for the harmful effects of tobacco to appear, so it took a long time to provide evidence of its harmfulness.
Tobacco affects the entire body, causing lung, throat, and bladder cancer, chronic colds, chronic coughs, pregnancy complications, miscarriages, weak newborns, poor health in newborns, stomach ulcers, hardening of the arteries, peripheral vascular disease, and coronary artery disease.
They can also result in angina and heart attack
Smoking reduces the ability to exercise. Even ten cigarettes a day can have harmful effects and shorten life expectancy.
Everyone is now familiar with the nicotine in tobacco. Nicotine is a fast-acting, poison-killing substance. It is also similar in effectiveness and speed to cyanide. The amount of nicotine in two cigarettes, if injected into the bloodstream through a needle, will cause immediate death.
More than four thousand components have been discovered in tobacco so far, including more than a dozen gases. Some of these components are still unknown, because tobacco companies have kept them as trade secrets. Nicotine is addictive. There is an increase in hormones in the blood that accelerate the heart rate. Blood circulation changes, the heartbeat becomes irregular, and blood pressure rises.
It is worth mentioning that smoking 1-2 cigarettes increases the heart rate by 15-25 per minute and increases blood pressure by 15 degrees, therefore, smoking and tobacco consumption are the main causes of heart attacks and tachycardia. When the heart rate increases and blood pressure rises, not only does the heart inevitably have to work harder, but the demand for oxygen also increases. Thus, the same condition occurs in the resting state of the heart as occurs during exertion.
Carbon monoxide, which is present in 1-5% of cigarette smoke, has a strong attraction for it in the blood, which is 220 times greater than oxygen. This gas damages the inner surface of the red veins, increases cholesterol, due to which yellow raised spots appear on the surface of the veins and the internal capacity of the veins decreases, as a result, blood does not reach the heart in the right amount.
Smoking also increases the impurity of the blood and the ability of blood to circulate in the veins decreases due to the decrease in the expansion of some veins and the increase in impurity in some. As a result, red blood cells start sticking to the red coronary veins, whose aggregates then block the veins. Various studies make it clear without a doubt that smoking has a hostile relationship with the heart and veins and the younger the age at which smoking is started, the greater the damage will be.
Since smoking makes the heart work harder, it is a major cause of angina in middle age. For those who already have angina, the pain of angina becomes worse as a result of smoking.
Smoking not only reduces blood circulation in the coronary arteries, but also the numerous branches of the veins that extend to the surface of the heart do not become as numerous and extensive due to smoking, and the heart does not become as well-nourished and healthy as it should be.
Since there is a lack of oxygen in the blood of smokers, they inevitably live in an environment where the amount of oxygen is low. Just as oxygen is low at sea level, sudden death is common among smokers. Tobacco smoke or tobacco in the mouth is as harmful as smoking or eating tobacco.
The nicotine in tobacco causes the entire body, including the heart, to contract. Like a sublingual tablet of nitroglycerin, it is absorbed through the mouth. Most people are unaware of the benefits of quitting smoking. Remember, the risk of lung cancer is 40 percent lower after 5 years of quitting, and after 15 years, there is no difference between smokers and non-smokers.
To quit smoking, initially smoke in only one place. Hold the cigarette with the hand you do not smoke with. Do not buy another pack of cigarettes before you run out of cigarettes. Reduce one cigarette today and reduce two cigarettes tomorrow. Continue to reduce the number of cigarettes in the same way. In the joy of quitting smoking, have a party for yourself and reward yourself. Include your spouse or close friend in the party and praise them.
On this day, clean or wash your house, carpets and clothes. If you feel a lack of cigarettes in your hands, play with something else with your fingers, such as prayer beads or pencils, etc. When you feel the urge to smoke, put a drop of clove oil on your tongue. Make a list of the times when the urge to smoke increases. For example, the desire to smoke with a cup of tea or coffee, after eating and when you wake up early in the morning.
Drink a glass of cold water and brush your teeth during these times. If you have not eaten, take a brisk walk. Take a bath with lukewarm water. Consider the disadvantages and advantages of smoking. Most smokers have this desire for a short time (two to three minutes).
Steps such as deep breathing, meditation, bathing with lukewarm water, walking, cleaning the car, listening to music and getting plenty of rest are useful in cases of a strong desire to smoke.
Write down your reasons for quitting smoking on a few slips of paper. Whenever you feel the urge to smoke, look at them. Repeat them before going to bed at night. Keep fruits and raw vegetables with you, washed well. For example, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes or salads. When you feel the urge to smoke, chew on them. Drink water and fruit juices to refresh your mood during the day, especially after a few days of quitting.
After a week of quitting, assess how much your health is improving and how good you feel. In the early days of quitting, never go to gatherings where smoking is allowed. Sit in the non-smoking sections of airplanes and restaurants. When six months have passed since you quit smoking, help others quit smoking.
Whenever you are forced to smoke, write down your feelings and emotions at that time. Do not consider frequent smoking as your weakness. A person does not fail by slipping once or twice on the path to success, failure is the name of the fact that a person gives up trying. Smoking is also a process.
You should not be discouraged by failing the first time, but you should try with the conviction that you will definitely succeed.
Observe how non-smokers deal with the situations in which you smoke. Smoking a whole cigarette in front of a mirror also creates a strange feeling of disgust and draws attention to its disadvantages. After quitting smoking, nicotine starts to be excreted from the body rapidly. 12 hours after smoking the last cigarette, the body begins its own healing (wound healing) process.
Internal carbon monoxide and nicotine begin to rapidly decrease within the body. As the body repairs itself, it may not feel good for a while, as quitting smoking can cause irritability and moodiness, although this is temporary and is a sign that the body is detoxing.
