9 reasons to say “no” to cigarettes
According to the World Health Organization, tobacco is the single largest preventable cause of death. More people die from tobacco than from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
Here are some reasons to say no to cigarettes:
1. Wrinkled skin, bad breath
Smoking will definitely make your skin wrinkle around your eyes and mouth and make you look older than you are; nicotine will dry out your salivary glands. And lack of saliva means bad breath.
2. Lack of confidence
You go out with a stream of smoke just exhaled, surely you will be expressed dissatisfaction and discomfort by people around you. This will more or less make you tense and lose confidence in public. In addition, smokingcigarette, wrinkles will appear sooner. And another reason is, women do not like to kiss a man with strong lips and the smell of cigarette smoke.
3. Impactto the health of loved ones
When you are addicted to smoking, your family's health will be affected by the smoke you breathe out. Children in your home will be at risk of respiratory infections. Therefore, if you quit smoking, your family and friends will be less likely to develop heart disease or lung cancer.
4. Sexual impotence
Chemical components contained incigarettealso causes infertility in women. Every year, hundreds of thousands of men become impotent in sex due to cigarettes.
5. Lost a lot of money
Smokers spend a lot of money every year. If you quit smoking, you will save some money. If you smoke a pack of cigarettes a day at an average price of about 10,000 VND, then you will spend about 3,650,000 VND a year. If you quit smoking, you will save a lot of money.
6. Quality of life gets worse
You will not improve your quality of life until you stop smoking. You will not be able to fully enjoy the delicious flavors of food. Sometimes you will have difficulty breathing, often have sore throats and phlegm because of smoking.
If you quit smoking, after just three days you will feel much healthier. Your lung function will improve, which means your heart will not beat as fast and hard as when you smoke. This also means you will feel more energetic.
7. Narrowing of blood vessels
If you smoke regularly over a long period of time, you are at risk of developing peripheral vascular disease. This disease causes the blood vessels to narrow, which restricts blood flow to the hands and feet. This is the main cause of limb amputation. Every year, about 2,000 heavy smokers have their limbs amputated for this reason.
8. Risk of lung cancer
According to statistics, more than 80% of smokers suffer from respiratory diseases. And smoking is one of the main causes of lung cancer.
9. Shorten your life
According to the warning of French scientists, 5 minutes of relaxation with cigarettes (the time it takes to smoke 1 cigarette) will be exchanged for 11 minutes of life. And so, after smoking 1 pack of cigarettes, a person will lose 3 hours and 40 minutes of life.
