Thinking About Stopping Smoking

Have you thought about stopping smoking? If you haven't then you should because there are a lot of reasons why you should quit and the sooner the better.

The primary reason should be you're health. One in two smokers die from a smoking related disease such as cancer, heart disease or lung disease and once you stop smoking you begin the process of reversing some of the damage that smoking has caused to you're body.

If you plan on having a family then you should stop smoking and improve your chances. Men who smoke are 50% more likely to suffer from impotence. Women have greater difficulty getting pregnant and those that continue to smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of miscarriage, premature childbirth, a stillborn baby or a child with health complications.

If money is an issue then stopping smoking could save you thousands each year. Add up the amount of money you spend each year on cigarettes and you will see how this money could be used on other things and dramatically improve your or your family's standard of living.

Finally your life will no longer be dictated to by your addiction. No longer will you have to feel uncomfortable in a non smoker's house when the desire to smoke occurs. No longer will you need to stand outside a pub or restaurant in all kinds of weather conditions just so you can smoke and no longer will you need to worry about long journeys on plans or on other forms of public transport were cigarette smoking is prohibited.

Giving up smoking is however not easy for any smoker and most people will have to make numerouos attempts before they actually manage it. If you are thinking about stopping smoking then there are many options available to choose from.

Some people choose to use a nicotine replacement therapy product which includes the nicotine patch, nicotine gum, nicotine inhaler and nicotine spray. Others look at hypnosis as a viable option to stop smoking and yet others choose acupuncture, laser therapy or aromatherapy. Finally others will stop smoking cold turkey, cut down on the number of cigarettes they smoke and hope to eventually reach zero and others will use the help of a stop smoking book and learn the skills to deal with both physical and psychological withdrawal.

Whichever method you use to stop smoking is irrelevant if it stops you smoking and if one method fails it can always be tried again or another method used. So keep trying.