Not Succeeding is a failure only if you do not try to quit smoking again.
Results from the World Health Organisation (WHO) show that currently there are 1.3 billion smokers in the world.
The same data show that every 8 seconds somewhere in the world one person dies from the consequences of smoking. Smoking is the leading cause of premature deaths in the world.
Experts calculated that the number of deaths caused by smoking will increase by 10 million annually until 2020.
In Croatia, every third person is a smoker, of which 33.8% are men and 21.7% are women.
Smoking is often considered just a habit, but it is actually a much more serious problem.
Smoking is an addiction on three levels – psychological, emotional and physical.
The World Health Organization prepared an International Classification of Diseases which includes smoking addiction as a mental organic disorder.
How Does Nicotine Lead to Addiction?
Nicotine has psychoactive effects.
It links to nicotine receptors in the brain, and in this way it increases the release of neurotransmitters, especially dopamine which gives a sense of pleasure. That’s why the majority of smokers feels satisfaction when smoking.
What are the Consequences of Smoking?
One of the most fatal results of smoking is lung carcinoma, of which one person dies every 30 seconds.
Around 90% in men and 80% in women of lung cancers are caused by smoking.
Smokers have 22 times greater possibilities of getting lung cancer that non-smokers.
More than 600,000 people die of cardiovascular illnesses that appear as a consequence of smoking every year. Apart from that, smoking can damage sperm and skew DNA which can cause abortions or congenital deformations of the smokers’ descendants.
Also, sterility happens more often to smokers that non-smokers, because it reduces the number of sperm and the blood flow into the penis.
Making the Decision to Quit Smoking
The benefits of quitting smoking are huge and they are immediately visible. However, those who ask for expert advise have the best opportunity to stop smoking. Those who stop on their own, rarely manage to succeed in their intention, because it is an addiction that hits people emotionally, physically and psychologically.
Not Succeeding is a failure only if you do not try to quit smoking again – doctors say. That is why it is necessary not to give up. Seek support and beat the statistics before it’s to late.
Source: Antonija Zbiljski
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