09.02.2018 Narcologist Mikhail Konstantinovich Transition 0

How to set yourself up to quit smoking?

Convincing yourself to quit smoking is the primary task for a person intending to overcome a bad habit. When quitting smoking, the body initially experiences physiological failure. Endure the initial ones painful sensations and a certain algorithm of actions allows you to psychologically set yourself up for a successful outcome. The key to defeating nicotine addiction is to set yourself up to quit smoking based on your personal emotional characteristics.

The smoker's brain regularly stimulates the desire to pick up a cigarette and get fleeting pleasure. The results of numerous scientific research, documentaries and practical experience are not able to convince an addict to actually quit smoking. The right attitude to fight smoking is based on a person’s desire to change his life and those close to him for the better.

Analysis mental reasons addiction will help establish that there is no need for the habit. IN general view motivation to fight smoking can be positive, negative, encouraging, ideological and material, depending on the person’s temperament.

Motivation for men

The male half should take into account the decrease in overall efficiency and performance, and positive mood due to their addiction. Taking into account the urgency of the financial issue and personnel policy organizations, the image of a heavy smoker negatively affects the serious career prospects of the employee, and the level of physical fitness decreases.

Motivation for women

A woman should consider the possibility of not being able to conceive or give birth to healthy children or a pleasant home environment in the future. Smoking can undermine proper development baby at any stage of pregnancy. Due to this addiction, the time that can be spent on caring for one’s appearance and household chores is seriously reduced.

What is the harm?

Toxins obtained by the body during smoking are especially dangerous to health. Detailed analysis negative consequences is able to set you up to quickly quit the habit:

1. The threat of lung, oral cavity and larynx cancer is caused by the tars and carcinogens that are part of cigarettes.
2. Toxic gases and their compounds (nitrogen, hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide) reduce hemoglobin levels, which provokes oxygen starvation.
3. The narcotic substance nicotine is responsible for addiction and stimulation of the body to smoke another pack.
4. Carbon monoxide is responsible for possible damage to artery walls.
5. After the body is excited, a process of physical exhaustion follows. Disturbances occur in the human psyche.

Accumulating Negative influence in the future may provoke a heart attack, stroke, premature aging and irreversible changes endocrine system. The negative effects of smoking especially quickly affect the condition of the teeth. Men are at risk of dysfunction of the reproductive system.

What do we lose after quitting smoking?

At the beginning of the fight against smoking, a person experiences fear of a sudden change in his usual routine. Regular excuses appear, victory over the addiction is postponed until the next month, six months, etc. In particular difficult cases You can contact a psychologist who will give individual advice.

The best way to start fighting imaginary fears and addiction is to set yourself up for positive changes in your health that will happen in the future. At this stage, the recommendations of psychotherapists come down to ignoring the regular urge to smoke a familiar cigarette.

Preparing the body

There are 2 ways to combat smoking: sharp and systematic. The first will be a serious test of willpower and will subject the nervous system to a difficult test. You can give up the habit using this method provided you are emotionally stable. If a person is not ready for drastic changes in the body, then it is necessary to quit the addiction gradually. Reducing the dose of nicotine, together with moral suggestion, has a complex effect on the nervous system.

Preparation may require help from others. It is necessary to enlist the support of relatives, persuade colleagues and acquaintances not to provoke conflict situations, which may affect psychological condition.

Regardless of the method adopted, the first week will be characterized by the manifestation of withdrawal syndrome, which can be expressed in the form of headache, insomnia, and shortness of breath. You need to find the strength within yourself and persuade your body to refrain from consuming cigarettes or possible substitutes in the form of smoking mixtures. It is important not to change your decision, diet, sleep for systematic cleansing of the body.

Strong points

A smoker needs to force his body to stop using cigarettes at the usual hours of the day. The most common are morning urges, the desire to smoke after eating, drinking coffee, in situations of idleness and stress, in the company of smoking friends and colleagues. To solve the problem, it is recommended to drink green tea, natural juices, be distracted by solving puzzles or play sports. A beneficial effect on the psychological state of those who decide to get rid of nicotine addiction provides swimming, exercise classes and morning jogging.

Special attention is paid to the ban on alcohol. In a state of intoxication, a person is not able to consciously control his desires and actions and is at risk of relapse. It is necessary to completely limit yourself to smoking and not succumb to possible persuasion and arguments with friends, set a goal and make every effort to achieve it.

To defeat smoking, a number of instructions have been developed that help relieve the stress on the nervous system:

1. Eliminate all possible excuses for violating the accepted regime, do not convince yourself that one extra cigarette will not change anything.
2. Recalculate your monthly smoking costs. The accumulated amount can motivate you to spend it more rationally for yourself or your family.
3. In case of gradual refusal, set yourself up for step-by-step abstinence throughout the day. Designate for yourself certain control points, which will become a measure of your progress.
4. Force yourself to get rid of cigarettes at home and at work, throw away all accessories associated with them.
5. It is recommended to attend smoking cessation training to gain additional psychological assistance. At the beginning of such activities, it is proposed to take a test to identify the root of the problems with nicotine addiction.

What can a narcologist offer?

Some people find it difficult to quit smoking even if they follow a number of guidelines. If you are unable to overcome a bad habit on your own, it is recommended to contact a narcologist who can offer medical supplies to gradually get rid of nicotine. The services of a doctor are especially relevant when the patient is a teenager.

Medications are presented in various tablets, powders and patches. Reviews from patients indicate the high effectiveness of Tabex tablets. The effectiveness of the drug is based on the substance cytisine, which has an H-cholinomimetic effect. It creates discomfort and a feeling of overdose after smoking.

A certain category of products, for example, Zyban, are based on the principle of completely blocking the pleasure from the smoking process. The technique allows you to expose the nervous system to minimal discomfort. Before taking any drug, consultation with a specialist is required.

conclusions

Victory over smoking depends on a person’s willpower and emotional stability. Currently, many options have been developed for the final abandonment of bad habit. The main factor in solving the problem is a serious attitude towards treatment, careful implementation of all doctor’s recommendations and contacting a narcologist if necessary. Quitting nicotine addiction will allow you to look confidently into a healthy future and open up a number of prospects.

Despite the fact that today there are many advertised remedies, it is very difficult to get rid of such a bad habit as smoking. Not always pills, nicotine patches and e-Sigs help overcome addiction.

The point here is not only that the listed methods are ineffective in combating addiction to tobacco, but also that even the most expensive remedy may not give desired result, if a person lacks internal motivation to quit smoking.

IN modern psychology highlight several effective motivations that help overcome the obsessive desire to light a cigarette.

Motivation for health

It's no secret that smoking has a detrimental effect on health. Tobacco smoke is poisonous to human body. It negatively affects the cardiovascular system, provokes the development oncological diseases and lung diseases. In addition, heavy smokers constantly suffer from coughing, and the skin of their hands, teeth and nails acquire an unsightly yellowish tint. Scientists have proven that cigarettes irrevocably take away 10 years of a person’s life.

Motivation for health is the strongest among all the factors that stimulate getting rid of nicotine addiction. Without a doubt, quitting smoking is difficult, but if you do it, the results will be simply amazing. Yours arterial pressure will return to normal, increased fatigue, shortness of breath and other breathing problems will disappear, and the risk of heart attack and stroke will decrease by 30%.

Birth of a child

The birth of a child is another good motivation to quit smoking, especially for a woman. Nicotine smoke has a detrimental effect on a newborn baby. It is completely dangerous for pregnant women. Numerous studies confirm that the risk of miscarriage among women who smoke is significantly higher than among expectant mothers who have managed to give up tobacco. After all, scientists have long proven that under the influence of nicotine, blood vessels significantly constrict, which leads to oxygen starvation fetus in the womb of a woman.

Oxygen starvation is extremely dangerous for the baby, as it can lead to slow development of the fetus and cause premature birth, Down syndrome and many other diseases nervous system child.

Youth and beauty

Smoking and a beautiful face are completely incompatible concepts. Tobacco and nicotine smoke negatively affect the skin of both women and men, causing premature aging. “Smoker's face” can be easily recognized by symptoms such as:

• peeling of the skin;
• contaminated pores;
• wrinkles;
• dark circles under the eyes;
• red spots.

Once you get rid of nicotine addiction, your skin will again be more elastic and gain healthy looking. Your teeth will become white, irritation and inflammation of the oral mucosa will disappear, and your breath will be fresh again. Therefore, positive motivation for beauty is another good reason to quit smoking, not only for women, but also for men.

Social status

As soon as you quit smoking, you will notice how much your position in society will change. You won't have to listen to numerous requests from your friends and family not to smoke in their house or car, you won't have to take forced smoke breaks while working, watching a movie or dining in a restaurant. You will be able to spend more time with your family, who will probably oppose the addiction. And if you don’t have one yet, then your chances of meeting your soulmate after quitting smoking will be much higher.

An example to follow

Statistics say that in families with adult smokers, children acquire a passion for tobacco much more often and faster. So, if you are worried about your family and kids, quit smoking and become a role model for them. Believe me, from their side you will feel not only love and support, but also deep respect.

Financial benefit

Another good reason to quit smoking is the financial benefits. Just think how much you can save. Believe me, the amount will be impressive! But you can always spend the money you save on many other pleasant things, for example, going to the cinema, cosmetics, books, entertainment, vacation.

Emotional balance

Many men smoke because they are convinced that cigarettes calm and relax. Women often claim that they help them lose weight. And although such people tend to consider a cigarette their friend, in fact, nicotine addiction for them becomes a cause of stress and emotional disorders.

It's hard to believe, but quitting smoking will allow both men and women to become happier and freer. You won't have to worry about planning your business meeting to get the opportunity to smoke a cigarette, going home to check if you put out the cigarette, making excuses to others for your weakness. And finally, after quitting smoking, you will be able to feel more confident and independent, because now you, and not tobacco, will manage your life and time.

Health of loved ones

The health of loved ones is another effective motivation for quitting cigarettes. After all, passive smoking is also dangerous for the human body. Numerous studies have shown that it significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and respiratory system in people who do not have tobacco addiction. Second-hand smoke is especially dangerous for young children, who are much more susceptible to diseases such as asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia. Therefore, by speaking out against smoking, you care not only about your own health, but also about the health of your loved ones.

Positive motivation for quitting smoking is the first step towards healthy image life and overcoming nicotine addiction. Of course, what your internal motives will be in order to get rid of a bad habit is up to you to decide. The main thing is to move forward towards your goal and don’t stop halfway!

Ecology of life. People: I'll tell you why you should quit your job. Why you need to set ideas in motion. Why you need to build a foundation for your life...

James Altucher: "I'm going to tell you why you need to quit your job. Why you need to get ideas moving. Why you need to build a foundation for your life, otherwise you won't have a roof anytime soon."

The middle class is dead.

A few weeks ago I visited a friend of mine who handles trillions of dollars. Not a joke. Trillions. If I told you the family he worked for, you would say, “They have a trillion? Yah?" But that's what happens when $10 million sits at 2% interest for over 200 years.

He said, “Look out the window.” We looked at all the office buildings around us. "What do you see?" - he asked. - "I don't know". “They are empty! All offices are empty. The middle class is devastated." And I took a closer look. Entire floors were dark. There were floors with one or two offices, but most were empty. “It’s all been outsourced or technology has taken over the paper scribblers,” he said.

“It’s not all bad,” he said. “The upper class has been joined more people than last year. But more people are becoming temporary employees than ever before."

And here is a new paradigm. The middle class is dead. The American Dream never really existed. It was a marketing ploy.

And so it was. The largest mortgage provider of the last 50 years, Fannie Mae, had a slogan: “We make the American dream a reality.” It was just a marketing slogan, always. How many times have I cried because of him? And then they destroyed this dream.

You will be replaced.

Technology, outsourcing, the growing industry of temporary work, increased productivity - all this has replaced middle class. Working class. Most jobs that existed 20 years ago are no longer needed. Maybe they were never needed in the first place. The entire first decade of this century was spent with CEOs in their Park Avenue clubs crying with cigars in their teeth: “How are we going to fire all this dead weight?” 2008 finally gave them a chance. “It’s all economics!” - they said. The country emerged from decline in 2009. Four years ago. But the jobs did not return. I asked a lot of these CEOs: You just used this as an excuse to fire people, and they winked and said, “Let's just leave it the way it is.”

I'm on the board of a temporary staffing company with $600 million in revenue. I see this happening in all sectors of the economy. Everyone is fired. Everything is just toilet paper now.

Into the furnace.

Corporations don't like you.

The executive editor of a major news outlet called me to lunch to ask for advice on how to increase traffic to their website. But before I could speak, he started complaining to me: “Our best writers keep putting Twitter signatures on their articles and then when they get more readers, they start asking for raises.”

"So what's the problem? - I asked. “Don’t you need popular and respected authors?”

When I say "breaking news" I mean BREAKING news.

He said, “No, we just want to make news. We don't need stars."

In other words, his main task is to destroy the career aspirations of the most talented people, people who swore their loyalty to him, people who worked 90 hours a week for him. If they only worked 30 hours a week and were a little more mediocre, he would be happy. But he doesn't love you. He wants you to stay in his hole, and he will throw you food from time to time in exchange for your excrement. If anyone reading is a reporter and wants to contact me personally, I'll tell you who it was. But in principle, they are all the same. Each of them.

Money is not happiness.

A common question I get asked at least once a week on Twitter is: “Should I take a job that I like, or should I get a job that pays more money?”

Putting aside the “Should I even get a job” question, let’s talk about money for a second.

First, the science: Research shows that increased wages gives a close to zero increase in “happiness” above a certain level. Why is that? Because of a simple fact: people spend everything they earn. If your salary increases to $5,000 dollars, you spend an extra $2,000 on accessories for your car, you have an affair, you buy a new computer, a bigger sofa, a big TV, and then you ask, “Where did all the money go?” Even if you don't need any of the above, you need something else: another pay increase, so go back to the corporate casino for another spin of the salary roulette wheel. I have never seen anyone save their excess salary.

In other words, don't stay at work for the sake of measured salary handouts. This will never lead you to what you need - freedom from financial fuss. Only free time, imagination, creativity and the ability to disappear will help you create value that no one has ever created before in human history.

Calculate right now how many people could make an important decision that will ruin your life.

I don't like it when one person can make or destroy me. Boss. Publisher. TV producer. Buyer of my company. One day I will have to grovel before them. I hate this. I will never do this again.

The only way to avoid such a situation is to diversify your activities, where no one person - buyer, boss or client - can make a decision that can make you rich or destroy you, fulfill or destroy your lifelong dreams. I understand that this will not happen overnight. Start planning to create your own destiny now, instead of letting people who don't love you control it. When you count, make sure that the number reaches 20. This way, when you spin the roulette wheel, the odds of getting the winning numbers will be in your favor.

Does your job meet your needs?

I will explain the concept of "needs" the way I always do, based on what I call "daily practice." Are your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs being met?

The only time I got a job I was happy with was when I didn't have much work to do and always had time on the side to write articles, start a business, or have fun with friends. Other times, I worked too hard, hanging out with people I didn't like, which constantly destroyed my creativity. When you are in such conditions, you need to develop your exit strategy.

Your hands are not made for writing notes. Or send papers via fax. Or holding the phone while talking to people you don't like. In a hundred years your hands will rot as dust in your grave. You must find best use these hands now. Kiss your hands so they can do magic.

Some might argue, “not everyone can satisfy all these needs at work.” This is true. But since we already know that a salary will not make you happy, you can easily change your lifestyle and work to at least satisfy more of your needs. And the more of these needs are met, the more you will create the conditions in order to let true abundance into your life.

Your life is a home. Abundance is the roof. But the foundation and plumbing are of utmost importance, otherwise the roof will fall and the house will become uninhabitable. You build the foundation by following Daily Practice. I'm not saying this because I'm selling anything, but because it works for me every time my roof collapses. My house was bombed, it was cold and the burning winds stung my face, but I managed to rebuild everything. This is my personal experience.

Clean up your retirement plan.

I don't care how much you report on your 401k return. Everything is over. The myth of savings itself has dissolved. Inflation will eat up most of your 401k. And in order to cash in on that retirement plan, you have to live a really long time doing things you don't like doing. And now, finally, you are 80 and you live in a cave, leading a sluggish lifestyle, barely keeping warm at night.

The only retirement plan is to Find Yourself. Start a business, project or new image life, in which you can forget about constant thoughts about money. Some might say, “Well, I’m just not an entrepreneur.”

It is not true. Everyone is an entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur are: the ability to fail, the ability to have ideas, promote those ideas, launch those ideas, and be so persistent that even when you fail, you learn and move on to the next idea. Or be an entrepreneur at work. "A hired entrepreneur." Take control of who you report to, what you do, what you create. Or start a business on the side. Create some value, any value, for someone, for someone, and see how that value is implemented in your career.

What other choice do you have? Staying in a job where the boss is trying to drag you down, will eventually replace you, will pay you just enough to survive, will swing from compliments to insults so that you will be a fish caught in the bait, while he will pull the rod. Is this yours the best choice? You and I have the same 24 hours every day. And this is how you will spend them?

Excuses.

"I'm too old." “I have no creativity.” "I need insurance." "I have to raise children." One day I was at a party. A stunningly beautiful woman came up to me and said: “James, hi, how are you!?”

WHAT? Who are you?

I said, “Hi! I'm fine." But I had no idea who I was talking to. Why is this woman talking to me? I was too ugly. I had to play along in the conversation for a few minutes to figure out who she was.

It turned out that she was the old-fashioned woman who had quit her job where we worked together six months ago. She cried as she took her things from her office when she was fired. She was always disheveled and looked about 30 years older than she actually was, and at that time her life was going to hell. Until... she realized that she had escaped from the zoo.

In George Lucas' film, THX-1138 (that was the title character's name), everyone's aspirations are suppressed and everyone lives underground because the earth is "radioactive." Finally, THX decides that it is better to die on earth than to suffer forever underground, where he is not allowed to love. He was not free. He made his way to the ground, dodging all the guards and policemen. And when he got out, it was sunny. All the people on earth are beautiful, and they are waiting for him with open arms and kisses. The pretext “but there’s radiation there!” was just to keep him down.

“It’s easy for you to say,” many people tell me. “One of us MUST do this!” And the beautiful woman in front of me had to do it too. "What are you doing now? - I asked her. “Oh, you know,” she said, “Consulting.”

But some people say, “I can’t just go out and counsel. What does this even mean? To which I answer: “Yes, I agree with you.” Who am I to argue? If someone insists that they should be in jail even if the door is unlocked, I'm not going to argue. They have the right to remain in prison.

It's okay to take baby steps.

“I can’t just LEAVE! - people say. “I have to get out of debt.” I understand. Nobody is telling you to quit today. Before people run a marathon, they learn to crawl, then take small steps, then walk, then run. Then they train every day and stay healthy. Then they run a marathon. Damn, what am I even talking about? I can't run more than two miles without having a fit of agony. I'm a wimp.

Make a list now. Every dream.

• I want to be a bestselling author.
• I want to reduce my material needs.
• I want to be free from many troubles that I have been victims of all my life.
• I want to be healthy.
• I want to help all the people around me or people who come into my life.
• I want everything I do to be a source of help for people.
• I only want to be around people I love and who love me.
• I want to have time for myself.

THESE ARE NOT GOALS. These are settings. What should I do every day to practice following these guidelines? It starts the moment I wake up: “Who can I help today?” I ask the darkness when I open my eyes. “Who would you like me to help today?” I'm a secret agent and I'm waiting for my assignment. Ready to receive. This is how you take baby steps. This is how you will ultimately escape to freedom.

Abundance never comes from your work.

Only by leaving the prison in which you have been imprisoned since birth can you achieve. You don't see it now. It's hard to see the gardens when you're locked in prison. Abundance comes only when you move according to your settings. When you truly improve the lives of people around you.

When every day you wake up with this desire to improve. Do better for your family, friends, colleagues, clients, potential consumers, readers, people you don’t even know yet but would like to meet. Become a beacon of improvement and then, when it begins to get dark, all the ships will move towards you, bringing their inexhaustible riches.

Don't believe me. Stay with a boss who hates you. With a job that keeps you on a chain, seducing you constant promotions in salary and promotions. Stay in a culture that is quietly replacing the entire middle class. It's not anyone's fault. These are tectonic plates of the economy, destroying an entire provincial culture that has been going on for almost 100 years.

Until you set yourself up for success and all that that choice entails, you will be locked in prison. You will look into your partner's eyes for clues as to whether he or she loves you. But gradually the light will fade, the warmth of the other body will grow colder, and you will once again fall asleep without dreams in this darkness. published

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But at all times the most correct and effective way, allowing to achieve positive results in any case, there was good motivation. And quitting smoking is no exception. If you can identify your key motivations, quitting smoking will be much easier.

Let's look at the main benefits of quitting cigarettes that can serve as motivation for almost anyone:

1. Blooming appearance

Smoking leaves on appearance a person has a very noticeable trace. Because of this habit, chickens always look older than their years, and signs of aging appear much faster and more clearly in them. As you know, smoking reduces the level of oxygen in the blood, and nicotine blocks the production of collagen, as a result, wrinkles become 5 times more noticeable than in other people, and the skin takes on a flabby and dull appearance. Hair also suffers from a lack of oxygen - it becomes weak, loses color, begins to split and fall out. In addition, premature graying is possible. As for the teeth, they acquire a not very beautiful yellow tint, and a plaque called smoker’s plaque begins to form, which results in the formation of tartar. And this is not the entire list of the influence of cigarettes on a person’s appearance.

2. Chance to live 10 years longer

Nicotine and others harmful substances, contained in cigarettes, have a bad effect on human health. Repeated research by scientists has proven that smoking people live on average 10 years less than non-smokers. But that's only average, and in many cases, smokers lose many more years of life, because cigarettes can cause many diseases - lung cancer, emphysema and others. Therefore, the faster you can quit smoking, the more years of life you can save.

3. Reducing the risk of heart attack or psoriasis

It's no secret that smoking is one of the main causes of heart disease and of cardio-vascular system. In the process of smoking, a person's blood vessels narrow, which impairs the blood supply to all organs. In addition, blood clotting increases, which can result in blood clots. Nicotine provokes the release of adrenaline, and as a result muscle walls arteries begin to actively contract, pressure increases and heart rate increases.

Smoking also leads to overload immune system, and often the latter begins to mistakenly attack healthy skin cells, resulting in psoriasis.

4. Better and longer intimate life

Smoking and sex are practically incompatible. According to research, 94% of people who are dissatisfied with their intimate life are smokers. Those who do not have this harmful habit receive more pleasure and vivid sensations during intimacy, and the intimate act lasts longer. You should also take into account the fact that the risk of developing a disease such as impotence in male smokers increases by 60%.

5. Saving money

As an experiment, calculate how much money you spend on cigarettes per week, month, year. I assure you that the results will surprise you, because a person who smokes a pack of average-priced cigarettes a day could easily go on vacation for a week with that money. And these are only the costs of cigarettes and lighters, but in fact the amount of losses is much greater, because it also includes the money you spend on eliminating the consequences of smoking. This may include costs for cosmetologists, dentists, cardiologists and other specialists with whom you will have to meet. It turns out that you yourself are paying for the appearance of illnesses and troubles.

6. Getting rid of insomnia and improving sleep quality

Smokers often suffer from insomnia to varying degrees. Nicotine “excites” the smoker’s body, increasing heartbeat and increasing blood pressure, which obviously doesn’t help much sleep soundly and good rest. Problems can manifest themselves in difficulties falling asleep, excessive sensitivity to sleep, tossing and turning, and getting up in the middle of the night. In people who smoke long years, the addiction becomes so strong that they begin to wake up and smoke a cigarette in order to satisfy the need for nicotine.

7. You do not poison your loved ones, and do not turn them into passive smokers.

The addict’s environment is constantly in the so-called “risk zone.” It is unlikely that the smoker's family enjoys constantly inhaling cigarette smoke. In addition, passive smoking is not much less harmful than active smoking. Therefore, a smoker ruins the life not only of himself, but also of the people who are dear to him and are constantly nearby.

8. Preservation of intelligence and memory levels

Another negative consequence of this addiction is deterioration of mental abilities. Although nicotine has some stimulating effect on the body, and in the short term the brain is slightly activated, but a constant lack of oxygen over time dulls brain activity, and harmful substances can cause mental retardation and many serious brain diseases. For example, smoking at least half a pack of cigarettes a day increases the risk of dementia by 40%.

9.Healthy offspring

Causing many problems with human health, smoking cannot but leave its mark on the offspring. This is especially true for women, since the set of eggs in their body is not renewed, so all the adverse effects on them will be reflected in the health of their children. Smoking can even cause DNA changes. Toxic tobacco smoke during pregnancy can even cause various physical and mental disabilities The child has. Thus, a baby who has not even been born yet is already suffering from the frivolity of his parents.

Smoking also has a bad effect on the quality of male sperm: the number of sperm decreases significantly, they become inactive, but in addition, the abnormal morphology of the sperm increases significantly, which has a bad effect on future offspring.

10. Enjoying life more

For non-smokers the world more bright and colorful. They perceive smells better, they are less likely to have vision problems, and they are less susceptible to depressive states, are more successful in both personal and business spheres. Oddly enough, but cigarettes, which are often used to relieve stress and nervous tension, have a similar effect only in the short term. In the long term, they only exacerbate these problems. And the absence of a pack of cigarettes at hand or a ban on smoking in a certain place completely contributes to the emergence of this same nervous tension and stress.

By giving up cigarettes, each person finds his most important motivation or motivations that drive him. It may or may not be one of the above, but the algorithm is approximately the same for everyone:

• defining a goal (quit smoking)
• determining motivation to achieve a goal
• choosing a refusal method (for example, Carr's method, willpower, etc.) or auxiliary means (such as, etc.)
• choice of psychological assistants (non-smoking counter, diary keeping, etc.)
• quitting cigarettes

And now you are already moving towards a healthy, free, non-smoking life. And after some time, you begin to notice colossal changes in your appearance, well-being and life in general.

Hello. In this article I want to talk to women who smoke.

If I said that smoking: causes cancer, increases the risk of heart attack and all this can shorten your life by as much as ten years!

You would probably nod, smiling, after all, you have heard all this more than once...

What if I say - “Smoking will reduce your chance of getting pregnant, and at 45 you will look 60!”

Maybe you are thinking?

If you've made the decision to quit smoking but need more motivation, read on.

Motivations for women - how to quit smoking!

Motivation 1. Smoking increases the risk of infertility and early menopause

This motivation to quit smoking is for women who want to have a child in the future - it is very dangerous for you to smoke and you definitely need to get rid of cigarettes, and demand this from your partner.

Smoking (even passive smoking) harms a woman's fertility. Here are the problems that await a woman who suffers from this addiction:

It takes longer to get pregnant.
High percentage of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy.
The risk of infertility increases many times over.

I also want to warn you - girls, if your boyfriend smokes, your chance of getting pregnant also decreases.
Research shows that men who smoke have lower sperm counts and their sperm have low motility, which is the beginning of male infertility.
And also, when people start smoking near you, you become a passive smoker, which is almost as harmful for your unborn child.

How does smoking harm fertility?

Cigarettes have the ability to interfere with the reproductive process at every step:

Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, some of which can damage the ovaries, increasing the risk of genetic abnormalities and increasing the risk of miscarriage.
Tobacco causes changes in the cervical mucus, making it more difficult for sperm to reach the egg.
Smoking also accelerates the loss of eggs that comes with aging and also impairs the body's ability to produce estrogen. By the way, low level This hormone promotes weight gain in women.

Quit smoking - and in just two months, your chances of conceiving will significantly increase. I think it’s a good motivation for women to quit smoking, what do you think?

Motivation 2. Smoking harms your children

This reason is a continuation of the first problem. A woman who smokes harms not only herself, but also her child - both the future and the already born.
For the future baby, these are problems with the heart, blood vessels, lungs, etc.
For a newborn, this is the first cigarette smoked at 6-10 years of age.

Here is a video that talks about all the “tobacco horrors” that are passed on to a child from his mother.

Get rid of this harmful addiction and may your children be healthy.

Motivation 3. Smoking causes tooth loss

Yellow teeth from cigarettes - everyone knows that!

But it’s not all “surprises”! Dentists have found that people who smoke lose teeth at twice the rate of non-smokers.

What is the reason? The answer is gum disease.

According to studies, heavy smokers are six times more likely to develop periodontal disease.
Moreover regular visit The dentist doesn't improve the situation much. Even after five years of treatment for periodontal disease, a smoker loses teeth twice as fast as a non-smoker.

How does smoking damage gums and teeth?

Periodontal tissues, which include the gums and bone, hold teeth in place. They provide oxygen and nutrients to maintain the normal functioning of the tooth.

Blood flow decreases - smoking “starves” these tissues by cutting off oxygen and nutrients, causing them to age prematurely.

Smoking also suppresses the body's ability to fight pathogenic bacteria that naturally occur in oral cavity, leading to chronic inflammation. Over time, the bone begins to deteriorate, the attachment of the tooth weakens and, over time, it falls out.

Have you seen beautiful woman without teeth? Stop smoking, save your teeth - not only women's motivation.

Motivation 4. Smoking causes early breast ptosis

Hmm... Ptosis... It’s not clear, and what the hell with it...

No! Breast ptosis is a gradual sagging of the breasts, which is accompanied by a decrease in volume and stretching. skin. But among the people it’s just sagging breasts. Which, you agree, is not very beautiful, especially among young women.

Smoking is one of the main causes of mammary ptosis!

This is the conclusion reached by the British plastic surgeon Brian Rinke.
He studied more than a hundred American women, on average about 30 years old, who wanted to undergo breast lift surgery.

His research showed that breastfeeding was not associated with sagging breasts... but smoking was.

How does smoking affect the early development of breast ptosis?

Scientists cannot definitively answer this question. Brian Rinke explains it this way: tobacco smoke, entering the bloodstream, destroys elastin.

Elastin is an elastic protein that allows tissues to repair and rejuvenate.

In addition, smoking damages the skin of the chest as well as the face, depriving it of oxygen and nutrients.

How will quitting cigarettes help?

Unfortunately, if the breasts are sagging, nothing can lift them - only surgery.
But the sooner you quit smoking, the sooner you will stop this unwanted process.

Motivation 5. Smoking causes wrinkles and dark circles around the eyes

Dermatologists say that smoking leads to premature aging skin, and even more strongly than the ultraviolet rays of the sun. And the first sign of this, as always, is on the face – wrinkles and bags around the eyes.

How does smoking harm your skin?

Nicotine in cigarettes narrows blood vessels, disrupting blood flow. And less blood flow means less oxygen and important nutrients like vitamin A.

Also, chemical substances V tobacco smoke, damage to collagen and elastin, the fibers that give the skin strength and elasticity. As a result, smokers' skin begins to sag and wrinkle prematurely.

The same substances also damage the blood vessels around the eyes, resulting in dark circles and bags under the eyes.

Wrinkles also form as a result of the smoking process itself:

Puffing is a muscular action such as pursing the lips and retracting the cheeks. This leads to wrinkles, which is why a smoker tends to have a lot of wrinkles in the area upper lip and around the mouth.
If you squint your eyes to keep out the smoke, you will also get more wrinkles around your eyes.

The sooner you give up cigarettes, the fewer “smoker's lines” will appear on your skin.

That's all I wanted to say. What are your motivations for women to quit smoking?
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