{"id":788,"date":"2008-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-smoking-97-reasons-to-quit-smoking\/"},"modified":"2008-07-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T00:00:00","slug":"condition-smoking-97-reasons-to-quit-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-smoking-97-reasons-to-quit-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"97 Reasons to Quit Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"
1. You won't have to pay more and more and more and more each year.<\/b>
Yup, taxes will almost certainly continue to go up. New Jersey, Vermont, and Connecticut are among the states leaning harder on smokers for revenue, but even some tobacco-growing states are beginning to milk the coffin-nail cash cow. Lawmakers' reasoning: There is evidence that price increases cause smokers to reduce consumption. And the medical costs of smoking are astronomical—a huge burden to the states.<\/p>\n
2. You'll inhale fewer germs.<\/b> 3. You'll be smarter than Goofy.<\/b> goofy-smoking-video<\/span> .<\/p>\n 6. Sever yourself from the sordid history of animal testing in smoking research.<\/b> smoking-beagles<\/span> found; it seems going through nicotine withdrawal each night can contribute to sleep disturbances.<\/p>\n 8. Cool bonuses at work may be in your future.<\/b> 9. Quitting is a plausible excuse to play computer games.<\/b> 10. Nonsmokers have stronger bones than smokers.<\/b> Next Page: Read Reasons 11–20<\/a><\/p>\n [ pagebreak ]<\/p>\n new-zealand-warning<\/span> than nonsmokers.<\/p>\n amy-winehouse<\/span> mention here: In 2008, she emerged from the hospital with early signs of emphysema—possibly crack-induced<\/a>—and lit up a cigarette.<\/p>\n 14. You'll have more dining and barhopping options on overseas vacations.<\/b> 15. You may be less likely to get psoriasis.<\/b> 16. Your chance of having cold hands and feet will go down…<\/b> 17. …which means you can reduce your risk of frostbite.<\/b> 18. You can drink less coffee for the same buzz—and save money.<\/b> 19. The Pill suddenly becomes a lot safer to use.<\/b> 20. Slow the progression from HIV to AIDS.<\/b> Next Page: Read Reasons 21–30<\/a><\/p>\n [ pagebreak ]21. You may be able to cut back on your dosage of certain medications.<\/b> 22. You'll be less likely to burn down your house.<\/b> 23. You'll cut your risk of Crohn's disease.<\/b> 24. Save money—lots of it—and purchase more important luxuries, like gas.<\/b> 25. If you stop buying cigarettes online, you'll not only save money, but you'll also chip away at a sleazy business.<\/b> 26. Decrease your risk of heart disease and heart attack<\/a>.<\/b> smokers-teeth<\/span> to spread. In fact, according tothe American College of Radiology,<\/a> radiation therapy maysometimes be used on the brain even when no cancer has been detected in "this vitalsite."<\/p>\n 28. You'll brighten up your choppers.<\/b> 29. You'll be less wrinkly.<\/b> aging-illustration<\/span> .<\/p>\n Next Page: Read Reasons 31–40<\/a><\/p>\n [ pagebreak ]31. Carry a smaller purse or streamline your pants.<\/b> 32. Enjoy your food more.<\/b> 33. Preserve your sense of smell.<\/b> 34. Eat less. (Despite muting the taste buds, smoking brings food cravings of its own.)<\/b> 35. Avoid that attractive "yellow fingers" look.<\/b> 36. Keep your walls the color you painted them.<\/b> lossing-hair<\/span> than nonsmokers.<\/p>\n 38. Reduce the need for premature hairpieces.<\/b> 39. Cheer up without meds.<\/b> 40. You'd fit in nicely working at Dell.<\/b> Next Page: Read Reasons 41–51<\/a><\/p>\n [ pagebreak ]41. Protect Fido and Fluffy.<\/b> 42. Get more work done at the office.<\/b> 43. No more little, round burn holes in your clothes or car seats.<\/b> 44. Cut your chances of a horrible elevator experience.<\/b> 45. Save water, cut your carbon footprint.<\/b> 46. Save trees, cut your carbon footprint.<\/b> fox-news-obama<\/span> . 48. Spend less time in the dentist's chair.<\/b> 49. Save money on breath fresheners.<\/b> 50. Be nagged less.<\/b> 51. Stop that nagging cough too.<\/b> Next Page: Read Reasons 52–62<\/a><\/p>\n [ pagebreak ]52. Use the cigarette lighter for a higher purpose: Keep your kids from fighting in the car.<\/b> 53. Avoid carbon monoxide and other well-known killers.<\/b> 54. Your life insurance rates will go down—substantially…<\/b> 55. …and your life insurance company may even bribe you to quit.<\/b> 56. You won't be pumping out carcinogens like a Soviet-era steel plant.<\/b> 57. Your wounds will heal better.<\/b> 58. Your baby will be safer.<\/b> 59. Clean up your children's lungs.<\/b> pregnant-woman-smoking<\/span> in women by several years.<\/p>\n 62. Perk up those sperm!<\/b> Next Page: Read Reasons 63–71<\/a><\/p>\n [ pagebreak ]63. Cut down on your cadmium, arsenic, N-nitrosamines, and formaldehyde<\/a>.<\/b> 64. Earn more money and have more job options.<\/b> 65. Date more—at least in Canada…<\/b> 66. …and get dumped less.<\/b> enjoy-chocolate<\/span> than women who never smoked.<\/p>\n 68. Get more pleasure out of life.<\/b> 69. Crash your car less often.<\/b> 70. Be indoors more often, where it's safer.<\/b>This smokers-on-a-balcony disaster video<\/a> is a joke, but it's only one of a whole genre of "funny reasons to quit smoking" videos on YouTube that you can enjoy while not smoking.<\/p>\n 71. Be more kissable.<\/b> Next Page: Read Reasons 72–81<\/a><\/p>\n [ pagebreak ]<\/p>\n dad-smoking-child<\/span> .<\/p>\n 73. As we said, you'll stop being a horrible influence on children.<\/b> 74. Your children will even have healthier teeth, for crying out loud.<\/b> 75. Your mouth will be better off too.<\/b> 76. You'll look better in front of a judge.<\/b> 77. Preserve your eyesight.<\/b> 78. If you quit, it will be easier for your partner to quit.<\/b>Several studies have found that it's harder to quit when you live with someone who smokes.<\/p>\n runner-smoking<\/span> to your heart, lungs, and muscles.<\/p>\n 80. Save money on dry cleaning.<\/b> 81. Broaden your online dating options.<\/b> Next Page: Read Reasons 82–91<\/a><\/p>\n [ pagebreak ]<\/p>\n smoking-mittens<\/span> of 7,000 people published in the journal Neurology<\/i> concluded that current smoking increases the risk of dementia. Past smoking doesn't. At the time, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/a> quoted a researcher as saying that "increasingly as we age, [smoking] is a major threat to the health of your brain."<\/p>\n 85. Get rid of genital warts faster.<\/b> 86. Improve your chances of getting pregnant: Part 1.<\/b> 87. Improve your chances of getting pregnant: Part 2.<\/b> 88. Improve your chances of getting pregnant: Part 3.<\/b> 89. Improve your chances of having a healthy pregnancy.<\/b> 90. Now that you're pregnant, improve your chances of the pregnancy turning out well.<\/b> 91. Another reason you'll improve your chances of the pregnancy turning out well.<\/b> Next Page: Read Reasons 92–97<\/a><\/p>\n [ pagebreak ]92. Less chance—if the Chinese example is anything to go by—of suffering tobacco-induced limp-noodle syndrome, which is not a technical term but you get the idea.<\/b> 93. You could save $14 per pack!<\/b> amc-madmen<\/span> to read memos and reports tracing the real-life efforts of tobacco companies to advertise and market cigarettes in the years before and<\/i> after the historic 1964 Surgeon Generals report<\/a> declaring smoking a health hazard.<\/p>\n smoking-gun-layers<\/span> , the Web site that serves up arrest warrants and other documents pertaining to bad behavior, a 35-year-old New Yorker lit up a cigarette on a JetBlue flight to San Francisco on June 17, 2008, began cursing, punched a flight attendant, and had to be restrained while the plane made a diversion to Denver.<\/p>\n 96. You will laugh less self-consciously at a headline like "Smoking Now Permitted Only in Special Room in Iowa."<\/b>
New research suggests cigarettes are crawling with germs<\/a>, which can be inhaled along with the smoke. Its not clear if the germs can make you sick, but the yuck factor is undeniable.<\/p>\n
"No Smoking"<\/a> is a superb 1951 Disney cartoon depicting the history oftobacco use and, in modern times, Goofy's addiction and attempt to quit(there's a hilarious Mad <\/i>Men<\/i>-ish scene of an office full of smokers). Itends with him smoking an exploding cigar as the narrator concludes: "Givethe smoker enough rope and he'll hang on to his habit."<\/p>\n
Smoking-related cancer researchers have long used animals as test subjects<\/a>, producing the famous smoking beagles photos from the 1970s, which are still used by antivivisection sites today.<\/p>\n
Employers are increasingly offering incentives—such as gift cards, premium discounts, or cash—to employees who participate in smoking cessation programs.<\/p>\n
A 2008 survey commissioned by online game maker RealNetworks suggests that playing games online can help distract people from smoking.<\/p>\n
Women smokers have been found to lose 2.3% to 3.3% of bone mineral density<\/a> for every 10 pack-years of tobacco use. The effects are even worse in postmenopausal women.<\/p>\n
England, France, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico are among the exciting destinations now 100% smoke-free in restaurants and bars<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Studies have shown that daily smoking is linked to the risk of developing psoriasis. The higher the number of cigarettes over 20 smoked per day, the greater that risk.<\/p>\n
When you quit smoking, your circulation<\/a> gets better right away.<\/p>\n
Smoking restricts circulation, which is particularly bad for the fingers and toes of those desperate people who step outside to puff in wintry climates.<\/p>\n
Smokers' bodies clear caffeine 56% more quickly than nonsmokers'. That's why you should cut your caffeine intake in half when you quit—or risk some serious irritability and insomnia.<\/p>\n
If you're on the Pill and smoke, you should cut out one or the other. The Pill is not recommended for smokers because oral contraceptives carry a risk of clots, heart attacks, and strokes; those risks are increased if you smoke.<\/p>\n
HIV-positive people who smoke appear to have a faster progression time to AIDS<\/a> than those who don't smoke. The effect is likely a result of smoking's impact on the immune system.<\/p>\n
Smoking affects the liver enzymes that process certain drugs, so smokers sometimes need to take higher doses to get the same effect.<\/p>\n
One study found that people who live in smoking households were up to 6.6 times more likely to experience a fire injury than those in nonsmoking households. According to another study, cigarettes were the cause of 55% of all house fires involving a fatality. Overall, cigarettes are the leading cause of death from residential fires. On April 9, 2008, a 3-year-old Texas boy burned down his family's house after playing with a cigarette lighter. The boy, a report said<\/a>, would nowattend a fire safety course.<\/p>\n
Smokers are four times more likely as those who never smoked to develop this chronic—sometimes debilitating—disease, which can be painful, causes frequent diarrhea, and can require intestinal surgery.<\/p>\n
Calculate how much you'll save.<\/p>\n
Yes, you can save tons of money buying cigarettes online—but then you're supporting a sleazy business. In 2004, a California study<\/a> showed that kids had no problem finding and ordering cigs online, and 77% got their tobacco delivered. Another study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association<\/i> in 2003 showed that 92% of minors were able to buy smokes online<\/a> despite the prevalence of age warnings on the sites.<\/p>\n
Smokers are at two to four times greater risk of developing coronary heart disease<\/a> as nonsmokers. Cigarette smokers with coronary heart disease are also at twice the risk for sudden cardiac death as nonsmokers with coronary heart disease.<\/p>\n
Nobody likes tobacco stains<\/a>. The average professional teeth-cleaning procedure costs somewhere between $500 and $1000.<\/p>\n
After 10 years, smoking can speed up your skin's aging process<\/a> by narrowing your skin's blood vessels and damaging the tissues that give the skin its strength and elasticity.<\/p>\n
No more toting that pack (or two) of cigarettes, lighter, breath strips, and gum.<\/p>\n
Smoking diminishes the taste of food<\/a> and the pleasure of eating.<\/p>\n
About twice as many smokers<\/a> as nonsmokers have a reduced sense of smell.<\/p>\n
Smoking is associated with greater calorie intake<\/a>, particularly from food high in saturated fat and cholesterol.<\/p>\n
Smoking can permanently stain your fingers.<\/p>\n
Cigarette smoke creates persistent yellow stains on painted walls that take a concentrated effort<\/a> to remove.<\/p>\n
Men who smoke are twice as likely to become bald<\/a> as men who don't smoke.<\/p>\n
Smoking may increase the risk of depression.<\/p>\n
The computer giant (with 28,000 U.S. employees) banned smoking<\/a> on all its U.S. campuses starting January 1, 2009.<\/p>\n
A number of studies<\/a> show that secondhand smoke at home may be associated with oral cancer and lymphoma in cats, lung and nasal cancer in dogs, and lung cancer in birds.<\/p>\n
A study in the Netherlands showed that smokers took an average of 11 more sick days<\/a> a year than nonsmokers.<\/p>\n
It doesn't matter if you're wearing linen, cotton, or wool (or if your car seats are wearing leather or vinyl), all sorts of materials are susceptible to cigarette burns.<\/p>\n
If you take cigarette breaks in a tall building, you'll take more elevator rides. Let this guy's<\/a> story of a smoke break that turned into a 41-hour captivity be a cautionary tale.<\/p>\n
According to GreenYour.com<\/a>, washing machines suck up 21.7 percent of household water usage. Stinky clothes need more washing. Ergo, you'll save water and reduce your electricity bill.<\/p>\n
A Belgian University study from the 1990s cited deforestation<\/a> (to make way for tobacco farming) and wood burning (to cure the tobacco) as negative factors in the ecology of developing countries.<\/p>\n
Obama took some heat in early 2007 from, among others, Fox News, causing the BBC to comment derisively<\/a> on the "McCarthyite" aspects of the story. (Scroll way down on that BBC link.)<\/p>\n
According to the American Dental Association<\/a>, smoking puts you at greater risk for all kinds of dental problems, including oral cancer and gum disease. It also takes longer for your dentist to clean all the stains off your teeth at your checkups. Wouldn't you rather be doing, well, anything<\/i> other than sitting in a dentist's chair?<\/p>\n
The gum, mint, and breath freshener industry takes in<\/a> $3.7 billion a year. But it'll take less of your money if you don't have to pop a mint after every smoke.<\/p>\n
We now live in a society where haranguing a smoker is almost a civic duty, and certainly an act of love if said smoker is a relative or dear friend. Like most smokers, Kevin Ambrose, 52, of Washington Grove, Md., gets ribbed about quitting<\/a>: "My wife wants me to quit, my kids want me to quit, my cardiologist wants me to quit, my father wants me to quit," he says.<\/p>\n
Those most at risk for bronchitis<\/a> are smokers or people who live with smokers.<\/p>\n
Most portable appliances, including iPods and personal DVD players, plug in to the cigarette lighter in your car via an adapter. Chuck the lighter and deploy the power source to keep the kids entertained with movies or music.<\/p>\n
Cigarettes produce carbon monoxide<\/a>, which, when inhaled, binds to the oxygen-carrying molecules in your body, depriving you of air.<\/p>\n
One 2007 comparison<\/a> showed a 40-year-old nonsmoker paying $55.13 a month for a$1 million 20-year policy. The price for a smoker<\/i> of the same age:$231.46 per month. That's pure, actuarial math—the increased risk of dyingthat the smoker presents to the insurance company and that the company thenpasses on to the smoker.<\/p>\n
John Hancock's Quit Smoking Incentive allows a cigarette smoker to pay a nonsmokerpremium for the first three years of the policy. If the smoker hasn't quit and stayed off cigarettes for at least 12 months by then, the premium doubles.<\/p>\n
According to the 2006 Surgeon General's Report, there are more than 50 carcinogens<\/a> in secondhand smoke.<\/p>\n
Several studies have found that smokers do not heal as well after surgeries such as face lifts, tooth extractions, and periodontal procedures.<\/p>\n
Exposure to secondhand smoke is linked to a higher risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Secondhand smoke is now believed to be a risk factor for children to develop asthma; it also contributes to respiratory infections (such as pneumonia and bronchitis) and ear infections, as well as coughing, wheezing, and decreased lung function.<\/p>\n
Even if they can get it up, men who smoke cigarettes have a lower sperm count and motility and increased abnormalities in sperm shape and function than men who don't smoke.<\/p>\n
Cigarette smoke contains some 4,000 chemical agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Smokers earn anywhere from 4% to 11% less than nonsmokers<\/a>. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) National Workrights Institute estimates<\/a> that there are more than 6,000 companies in the U.S. that attempt to regulate off-duty smoking and other private behavior.<\/p>\n
A 2005 survey of Canadians, done by Nicoderm (a patch product) and Lavalife (a site that says it has "thousands of local, sexy adult online singles"), found that 56% of people would not date a smoker<\/a>.<\/p>\n
In that same survey, 20% had, or knew someone who had, broken up with someone because he or she smoked.<\/p>\n
No matter what the cigarette makers say about tobacco-induced coolness, bonhomie, cowboy-ruggedness, independence, and sexiness, it's mostly nonsense. Scientists at the Peninsula Medical School in the UK assessed the well-being of nearly 10,000 people over the age of 50 and found that smokers in the group reported lower than average levels of pleasure<\/a> and less satisfaction with their lives than the nonsmokers.<\/p>\n
In a 1990 study published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health<\/i>, smokers had a 1.5-fold increase in risk for motor vehicle crashes<\/a> over nonsmokers.<\/p>\n
Kiss someone after smoking a cigarette and you may get the same reaction as these chimpanzees<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Exposure to secondhand smoke<\/a>, even low amounts, hurts kids' cognitive skills and is linked to increased behavioral problems.<\/p>\n
Children raised in houses where one or both adults smoke are more likely to develop tooth decay.<\/p>\n
Smoking compromises saliva flow and function. Saliva is important for cleaning the lining of the teeth and mouth and protecting teeth from decay.<\/p>\n
Secondhand smoke, also called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), can have an adverse impact on child-custody decisions.<\/p>\n
Exposure to cigarette smoke doubles your risk of developing macular degeneration<\/a>, a leading cause of blindness.<\/p>\n
Quitters will no longer have to pay to remove the stench of smoke from their sweaters and sport coats.<\/p>\n
Sites aimed at smokers, like datingforsmokers.com<\/a> ("Light up your love life"), are a bit limiting.<\/p>\n
An Australian study showed that genital warts were more likely to linger for six months or more in men who were smokers compared with nonsmokers.<\/p>\n
Compared with nonsmokers, female smokers have a higher incidence of infertility<\/a> and take longer to conceive.<\/p>\n
Cigarette smoking harms a womans ovaries<\/a>, and the degree of harm increases with the number of cigarettes and length of time a woman smokes.<\/p>\n
Smoking appears to speed up the loss of eggs<\/a> and reproductive function in women.<\/p>\n
The chemicals in cigarette smoke have been shown to interfere with the ability of cells in the ovary to make estrogen<\/a>. These chemicals also cause a womans eggs (oocytes) to be more prone to genetic abnormalities.<\/p>\n
Smoking is strongly associated with an increased risk of spontaneous miscarriage and possibly ectopic pregnancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Pregnant smokers are more likely to have underweight and premature babies<\/a> than pregnant nonsmokers.<\/p>\n
One 2007 study estimated that more than 20% of erectile dysfunction cases in Chinese men could be attributed to smoking<\/a>.<\/p>\n
You will, however, split that savings with your employer and the nation. Heres the math: If cigarettes are $7 per pack in your local store today, add another $7.18 (at least), because thats the 2002 estimate by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the per-pack cost in lost productivity and medical costs caused by cigarettes. Given the skyrocketing cost of medical care in this country, the savings may even be greater than that.<\/p>\n
Check out The Onion's<\/a><\/i> hilarious 1998 story about a congressional law "restricting smoking in the U.S. to a specially designated ‘smoking lounge in Oskaloosa, IA." The story quotes an antismoking activist: "We must continue to lobby for greater restrictions until smoking is only allowed beyond the orbit of the outermost gas giant Neptune."<\/p>\n