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Many people are aware of the negative health consequences of smoking. These health issues are clearly very important.
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Smoking damages the lungs.
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Damaged Lung
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Healthy Lung
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Cigarettes can cause lung cancer.
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Cigarettes can cause lip cancer.
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However, it’s also important to recognize the non-health things that smoking causes. Here is a top-ten list of non-health related drawbacks to smoking:
- Bad breath
- Yellow fingers
- Socially unacceptable
- Bad example for kids
- Clothes smell bad
- Causes wrinkles
- Causes fires
- Makes you feel guilty
- Stains your teeth
- Is very expensive
Having your own personal reasons for wanting to quit can be very motivating. It’s helpful to have your own top-ten list because it will remind you why you are quitting during those tough moments.
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Having better breath can be motivating.
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Setting a good example for children can be motivating.
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Saving money can be motivating.
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| It’s very common to feel conflicted about your cigarettes. This is because there is a good side and a bad side to smoking. On the one hand, there are the good things that smoking does for you. On the other hand, there are the bad things. |
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The Good Side
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The Bad Side
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- Relaxing
- Taste
- Enjoyable
- Better concentration
- Passes time
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- Lung cancer
- Emphysema
- Yellow teeth
- Wrinkles
- Expensive
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This good side/bad side explains why for most people, there is a part of them that wants to smoke, and a part that wants to quit. One way to resolve this conflict is to replace the good things that smoking does with you with other positive activities.
This is important to do. If you just remove cigarettes, you will feel a void where those positives used to be and you will get cravings to smoke. And cravings are a main reason for going back to smoking.
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