Cigarettes

I live in a family of smokers, one who has heart and lung problems due to smoking for the last 50 years, one who's got gut problems due to smoking more addictively for the last 20 years, and the others in the family are lucky so far, but only because they've stopped before it's too late. Even that puts me off starting because I want to be healthy and try and reach past 100, for which smoking is one of the worst things. So here's a tip for you: try and help yourself by not starting at all, as tempting as it is, because once you start you're trapped and it's so hard to get out because cigarettes contain a highly addictive substance called nicotine, found naturally in tobacco. When you inhale it in, it travels quickly to the brain and can cause a feeling of temporary relaxation and/or stress relief. Nicotine can also elevate your mood and your heart rate. Smokers are more likely to get heart disease, lung cancer, or a stroke than non-smokers, which is what happened to my granddad, and now he's having to carry a cylinder of oxygen around with him to breathe and can't go any further then his local shop. That's why my mum and I have to take him shopping into the town centre because that's how limited smokers can become, and you don't want that happening to you do you. More woman die from lung cancer than breast cancer in the UK and USA. Smoking causes 80 percent of all deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and 90 percent of all lung cancer deaths. Smoking can make it harder for woman to become pregnant; it can also affect peoples' children, which is why it's been known for so many kids to get ill so early nowadays, because the parents keep doing this around their children. It can also cause lots of different types of cancer around your whole body, including bladder, blood (acute myeloid leukemia), cervix, colon and rectum (colorectal), esophagus, kidney and ureter, larynx, liver, oropharynx (includes parts of the throat, tongue, soft palate, and the tonsils), pancreas, stomach, trachea, bronchus, and lung. Despite the adverts of how bad it is for you on the packets, all they care about is money, because otherwise they wouldn't be selling them, would they? They seem to be making all different drugs illegal but they're doing nothing with cigarettes. I think they should treat cigarettes they same as drugs regardless of how much money the companies will lose, because in the long run people will be saving money because they won't need so many operations and medication in hospital. So, help us defeat the cigarette companies by stopping smoking yourself by Reduce-to-Quit. when you gradually reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke you can manage your nicotine cravings and withdrawal symptoms with a Nicorette gum or Nicorette Lozenge until you’re ready to quit for good. The gum comes in 2 mg, 4 mg or 6 mg, so you can choose the strength that's right for you depending on how much you've been smoking, and it is available in packets of 25, 105 or 210. The lozenge comes in 2 mg or 4 mg so you can find the right strength to suit you, and comes in packets of 20 or 80. Or, if you want to stop smoking straight away, there are many great benefits you can feel when you quit smoking abruptly; your sense of taste might improve after just two days and after three, you’ll likely have more energy. However, stopping abruptly will test your willpower to the max… which is why it's good to have friends' and family's support as well as using Nicorette. The first week of quitting can be the toughest as your body isn’t used to the lack of nicotine. However, it’s also one of the most important weeks in your quit journey, because if you're successful at staying smoke-free for the first week, then you're more likely to quit for good. Also, get your friends and family to stop too, and then the companies won't get any money.