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Most people who smoke wish they didn't. They live with a hatred for the habit they can't seem to do without. The fear of serious illness is usually there too, lurking in the background, and always that awful feeling of being powerless to quit.
Nicotine addiction does that to a person.
*Smoking Facts: The Facts About Smoking - How And Why To Quit
1. Stained teeth, fingers, and hair
2. Increased frequency of colds, particularly chest colds and bronchitis
3. Asthma
4. Neuralgia
5. Gastrointestinal difficulties, constipation, diarrhea, and colitis
6. Headaches
7. Nausea
8. Convulsions
9. Leukoflakia (smoker's patch)
10. Insomnia
11. Heart murmur
12. Buerger's disease (inflammation of blood vessel linings)
13. Shortness of breath
14. Arthritis
15. Smoker's hack
16. Nervousness
17. Wrinkles and premature aging
18. Tension
19. Gastric, duodenal, and peptic ulcers
20. Lung cancer
21. Cancer of the lip, tongue, pharynx, larynx, and bladder
22.Emphysema
23.High blood pressure
24. Heart disease
25. Artherosclerosis & arteriosclerosis (thickening and loss of elasticity of the blood vessels with lessened blood flow)
26. Inflammation of the sinus passages
27. Tobacco angina (nicotine angina pectoris)
28. Pneumonia
29. Influenza
30. Pulmonary tuberculosis
31. Tobacco amblyopia
32. impared hearing
33. Decreased sexual activity
34. Mental depression
The overall bad health of the smoker results, on average, in a decrease of 8.3 years in his life expectancy, or about 12 to 14 minutes per cigarette. Just in lost social security income alone, this amounts to about a 5¢ a cigarette. The actual cost of each cigarette when you include extra medical expenses, lost pay, etc., is of the order of 25¢ per cigarette (1971 figures).
While there is no magic bullet that makes smoking cessation easy and pain free, there are steps you can take to develop the commitment necessary to quit smoking permanently.
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There are a lot of ways to quit smoking and many resources to help you. Family members, friends, and co-workers may be supportive or encouraging, but to be successful the desire and commitment to quit must be your own.
Most people who have been able to successfully quit smoking made at least one unsuccessful attempt in the past. Try not to view past attempts to quit as failures, but rather as learning experiences.
Stopping smoking or using smokeless tobacco is difficult, but anyone can do it.
Know the symptoms to expect when you stop. Common symptoms include:
-An intense craving for nicotine
-Anxiety, tension, restlessness, frustration, or impatience
-Difficulty concentrating
*Designing your personal game plan
Tailoring a personal game plan to your specific needs and desires can be a big help. List the reasons why you want to quit and then keep copies of the list in the places where you’d normally keep your cigarettes, such as in your jacket, purse, or car. Your reasons for quitting smoking might include:
-I will feel healthier and have more energy, whiter teeth and fresher breath.
-I will lower my risk for cancer, heart attacks, strokes, early death, cataracts, and skin wrinkling.
-I will make myself and my partner, friends, and family proud of me.
-I will no longer expose my children and others to the dangers of my second-hand smoke.
-I will have a healthier baby (If you or your partner is pregnant).
-I will have more money to spend.
-I won't have to worry: "When will I get to smoke next?"
Read more: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/quit_smoking_cessation.htm
http://www.stop-smoking-tips.com/
http://www.righthealth.com/topic/How_To_Stop_Smoking#ixzz1ToRjrTKC
If you want to change your life, change your mind.
*Smoking Cessation Aids
http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/howshouldiquit/a/quitaids.htm
source:http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/howshouldiquit/a/quitaids.htm
http://www.nutri.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.facts_about_smoking
http://www.righthealth.com/topic/How_To_Stop_Smoking?p=l&as=goog&ac=404&kgl=35766965
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It's one of the worst habits ever!
I'm going to re-read your article MANY TIMES till I memorize it inshALLAH because I'm planing on making my relatives quit smoking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKkoNAJpuns
Thank YOU for sharing sister. It's very beneficial. =]
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Agreed.
Thank yuh my love <3
My uncle smokes buh what we say to him to stop doesn't affect him, sadly.
My pleasure, chere. (:
Awesome video! I will try sharing with my uncle! :D
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great thread
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thanks for sharing
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To those who smoke, get it inside your thick skull that SMOKING KILLS. How can you enjoy this slow death?
Nicotine and Tobacco dont make good friends.
Cancer, Heart attack, stroke, Bronchitis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKL729AcsMU), Emphysema (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aus9V_UNbiI) and the others will make you suffer till death. ::)
Oh, and if you think that smoking shisha/hookah instead of cigarettes is okay then think again.
"Reuters reported last week that the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that a single session of smoking Shisha yields a nicotine intake equivalent to more than one pack of cigarettes.
It is also reported that Shisha smoke retained all the carcinogens of cigarette smoke while adding more carbon monoxide and a separate set of carcinogens from the use of burning coals to keep the nicotine flowing, coupled with the risk of infection with tuberculosis or hepatitis from shared mouthpieces."
~ http://be-healthy.blogspot.com/2007/03/effects-of-smoking-shisha.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKkoNAJpuns
This video is a good summary. ;)
You are doing great, Romessa. :)
P.S - I abhor smoking. ::)
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^ Yes, People think that shisha is alright :o
I posted about it here as well:
People say that sheesha is okay but I researched about it and turns out 1 sheesha = 60 cigs.
The only good thing about sheesha is that you dont get addicted to it and I think thats why people assume that its less harmful.
But whats the point of not getting addicted to it; if you think about it:
For example you smoke 5 cigs in one day so in one week you will smoke 35..Which is about half of the sheesha. 'cause if you smoke 1 sheesha...tada..60 cigs at once
One thing that smokers always say which makes me pull my hair out and I feel like..Argh! i.e. "Smoking helps us relax, we tend to forget all our tensions and whatsoever. Our worries are gone when we smoke"
::) >:(
Great thread!
By the way I cant view the two pictures after the list.
Just letting you know, its fine for me but i dont know if I am the only one
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^ Yes, People think that shisha is alright :o
I posted about it here as well:
One thing that smokers always say which makes me pull my hair out and I feel like..Argh! i.e. "Smoking helps us relax, we tend to forget all our tensions and whatsoever. Our worries are gone when we smoke"
::) >:(
Great thread!
By the way I cant view the two pictures after the list.
Just letting you know, its fine for me but i dont know if I am the only one
That's the work of nicotine. ::)
And sheesha is addictive. Some people crave to inhale it everyday. I've had a friend like that. ::)
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That's the work of nicotine. ::)
And sheesha is addictive. Some people crave to inhale it everyday. I've had a friend like that. ::)
Lol but cmon isnt that like childish and stupid ::)
really? is it :o Someone people I know always tell me that its not addicting O_O.
One of the person once said to me that "OMG you never had a sheesha, you havent lived yet."
I was like O_____O
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Lol but cmon isnt that like childish and stupid ::)
really? is it :o Someone people I know always tell me that its not addicting O_O.
One of the person once said to me that "OMG you never had a sheesha, you havent lived yet."
I was like O_____O
It depends. Not everyone gets addicted. Boys and girls differ too. ::)
Talk about it. My friends used to 'urge' me. Like whatever!
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It depends. Not everyone gets addicted. Boys and girls differ too. ::)
Talk about it. My friends used to 'urge' me. Like whatever!
Oh okay :D
LOL, IKR, i dont know what is so COOL about it ::)
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Oh okay :D
LOL, IKR, i dont know what is so COOL about it ::)
You know, we are lucky that we haven't touched that 'hookah' yet. People find it really difficult to stop once they have started it. They describe the feeling as "euphoric". ::) Relieves them from stress and tension and pain. I call them weak.
We are just too cool for all that. We don't need the dirty works of nicotine, tobacco and tar to help us survive. Allah is the Best. :D
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One of my friend told me to try sheesha with them and I was like: >____________________________<
"I love my life." ::)
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One of my friend told me to try sheesha with them and I was like: >____________________________<
"I love my life." ::)
Hilarious XD
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Hilarious XD
Seriously. ::)
They all think it is 'cool' but honestly, it is just foolish. Not only are they risking their lives but also others around them. :(
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Seriously. ::)
They all think it is 'cool' but honestly, it is just foolish. Not only are they risking their lives but also others around them. :(
Wonder how many smokers we have in our forum. They must read our convo. :D
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Wonder how many smokers we have in our forum. They must read our convo. :D
I dunno. ::) Next thing yuh know is, Romeesa-Chan is banned. :P
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I dunno. ::) Next thing yuh know is, Romeesa-Chan is banned. :P
Next thing we know is they are banned.
I'm gonna ban them... God, Crooky is good at all this. ::)
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Next thing we know is they are banned.
I'm gonna ban them... God, Crooky is good at all this. ::)
Lol.
I know. :( His fav. dialogue: "Imma ban yuh." :P
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Lol.
I know. :( His fav. dialogue: "Imma ban yuh." :P
I knowwwwwww.
All his dialogue's are super - hot. My teddy bear. :'(
LOL. He's gonna keeeeelll mee. :P
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I knowwwwwww.
All his dialogue's are super - hot. My teddy bear. :'(
LOL. He's gonna keeeeelll mee. :P
He uses hot dialogues. ::) :P
He wanna keeeeeeeeel me too. :P
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He uses hot dialogues. ::) :P
He wanna keeeeeeeeel me too. :P
;D
If you read some of his old posts, you'd just go ROFL. ;)
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^ I miss him now, Like really miss reading all his funny posts and talking to him via pms and teasing him and telling him that I'll kill him ::) :'(
Well thank god I havent touched any of it and IA we will never touch it.
Yes lia, those people are weak.
Something even strange is that I see young boys (14-15) smoking and I am like >______< , sometimes they only smoke 'cause they think its cool O___O
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^ I miss him now, Like really miss reading all his funny posts and talking to him via pms and teasing him and telling him that I'll kill him ::) :'(
Well thank god I havent touched any of it and IA we will never touch it.
Yes lia, those people are weak.
Something even strange is that I see young boys (14-15) smoking and I am like >______< , sometimes they only smoke 'cause they think its cool O___O
That's the peak age for them to go the bad way. And if they, dont have the right guidance, can never turn back.
What are parents doing? ::) :P
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That's the peak age for them to go the bad way. And if they, dont have the right guidance, can never turn back.
What are parents doing? ::) :P
Parents are relaxing at home :P LOL, such people only smoke when there parents arent around ::)
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^ I miss him now, Like really miss reading all his funny posts and talking to him via pms and teasing him and telling him that I'll kill him ::) :'(
Well thank god I havent touched any of it and IA we will never touch it.
Yes lia, those people are weak.
Something even strange is that I see young boys (14-15) smoking and I am like >______< , sometimes they only smoke 'cause they think its cool O___O
I miss him too. Like a lot. :(
I am not e-mailing him cos I fear he will get annoyed and yell at me! :-[
Agreed. Weaklings. ::) :P
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I miss him too. Like a lot. :(
I am not e-mailing him cos I fear he will get annoyed and yell at me! :-[
Agreed. Weaklings. ::) :P
Lol. Be bold, hon. A "miss u" mail wont kill him, sure.
He has to get his arse here someday. :P
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Lol. Be bold, hon. A "miss u" mail wont kill him, sure.
He has to get his arse here someday. :P
Lol. But a 2/3 word mail kills me. :P
Whenever he realizes that he cannot stay away from us fer long. :P
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Lol. But a 2/3 word mail kills me. :P
Whenever he realizes that he cannot stay away from us fer long. :P
LOL. I wish.
Oh, and he cannot stomach too much of love. So, be careful. ;)
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LOL. I wish.
Oh, and he cannot stomach too much of love. So, be careful. ;)
Wish I get killed? ::) :o
I know. :P ;D
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Wish I get killed? ::) :o
LOL. Wish he knows what's he worth for. :P
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He is shtupid. IA, he will be back soon :D
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LOL. Wish he knows what's he worth for. :P
Lol. iA, he will be come to his parivaar. :P
Funny how Crooky is being missed in a 'no smoking' thread. ::) :P
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Lol. iA, he will be come to his parivaar. :P
Funny how Crooky is being missed in a 'no smoking' thread. ::) :P
LOOOOLLL! He's a non-smoker after all. He's being missed everywhere. ::)
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^ LOL, yeah, he is also being missed in the rare-disease thread :P
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Alhamdulillah, he does not smoke.
I wonder who does smoke in this forum. ::)
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When I used to work this year..almost 95% of the teachers used to smoke and drink sheesha. They even asked me many to try it but alhamdolilah God gave a brain to use. =]
However, one of my future plans inshAllah is to have campaigns to let people stop smoking. :D
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When I used to work this year..almost 95% of the teachers used to smoke and drink sheesha. They even asked me many to try it but alhamdolilah God gave a brain to use. =]
However, one of my future plans inshAllah is to have campaigns to let people stop smoking. :D
IKR, I wanna find some, out of now where, cure for this addiction using my MBBS knowledge ::) I know sounds stupid :D
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When I used to work this year..almost 95% of the teachers used to smoke and drink sheesha. They even asked me many to try it but alhamdolilah God gave a brain to use. =]
However, one of my future plans inshAllah is to have campaigns to let people stop smoking. :D
Exactly. Alhamdulillah.
Applause fer the young lady, please. :D
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@Angel, what's MBBS? O.O
@Romeesa, just pray for me that I reach to that day inshAllah. =] :-*
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@Angel, what's MBBS? O.O
@Romeesa, just pray for me that I reach to that day inshAllah. =] :-*
MBBS = Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Insha Allah, you will. :D :-*
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MBBS = Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Insha Allah, you will. :D :-*
Excuse my stupidness. :P
MashALLAH Angel wants to be a doctor. ;)
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Excuse my stupidness. :P
MashALLAH Angel wants to be a doctor. ;)
I came to know today itself. Masha Allah. :D
What have yuh decided on? :D
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I came to know today itself. Masha Allah. :D
What have yuh decided on? :D
MashAllah.
And I haven't decided yet. I have many options so will do Istikhara inshAllah. =]
You ?
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MashAllah.
And I haven't decided yet. I have many options so will do Istikhara inshAllah. =]
You ?
Lemme know when yuh do.
Lol. I think this is the 10000th time. . . . :P Dentist, iA. :D
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Lemme know when yuh do.
Lol. I think this is the 10000th time. . . . :P Dentist, iA. :D
I will let you know inshALLAH. :D
LOL yes..I know Dentistry but was making sure you didn't change your mind. :P ;D
When will you sleep? :O
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I will let you know inshALLAH. :D
LOL yes..I know Dentistry but was making sure you didn't change your mind. :P ;D
When will you sleep? :O
IA :D
I finalised it with Istikhara! :D
Whenever I am unable to keep my eyes open. :p
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If anyone has any pictures or facts related to smoking and oral health. Please do share here or PM me. :)
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http://www.quitsmoking.com/info/articles/20tips.htm
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Did I mention I hate smokers? ::)