Why give it up?
Just a few facts that might help persuade you…
- There are now over 11 million ex-smokers in the UK. If they can give it up, so can you!
- The World Health Organisation says smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease. It’s also the cause of at least 25 diseases
- Smoking greatly increases your chances of having heart attacks, strokes and developing heart disease, diabetes and lung cancer
- There are over 4,000 chemicals in tobacco, the main three being carbon monoxide, tar and nicotine. Carbon monoxide is a poison which is emitted from car exhaust pipes and reduces your oxygen levels, tar sticks to your lungs and often leads to breathing problems, and nicotine is a powerful drug which ensures you remain addicted to smoking
- If you think smoking only affects your health, check out www.stayinghard.info and www.uglysmoking.info for other nasty side-effects
- Giving up smoking will improve not only your health, but that of those around you
- Although the health risks of smoking are worse the more you smoke, giving it up shows immediate health benefits, regardless of age or the length of time you have been smoking
- Financially, you’ll be much better-off