addiction

Smoking addiction is the second largest cause of death annually, it takes millions of lives every single year and many people either do not have the ability to quit or cannot find a good reason to quit. For those who do not smoke it becomes a clear choice, if you want to stay healthy than drop the cigarette. For those addicted to smoking however it is not that simple.

The nicotine in cigarettes makes it nearly impossible but the good thing about it being “nearly” impossible is that it is not completely impossible and many people have and will continue to wing themselves off of smoking. Tobacco dates back to 5000-3000 BC and has been and is consumed through many options such as pipes, hookahs, e-cigarettes, kreteks, cigars, vaporizers and of course chewing tobacco. The worst kind of smoking there is however, is second-hand smoking. Many people are ingesting this smoke daily and may not even realize it until the effects have come back to haunt them years later.

For those who are addicted to smoking the long road ahead to salvation from them seems exhausting, painful and even hard to bare than most anything else in life. However, the alternative is much more painful to bare and those who do not quit smoking could end up with regrets in the very end. Smoking not only causes emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease and high blood pressure. It can also cause pressure sores that cannot be healed and surgery becomes the only option for them. Bladder cancer, congestion, a lung infection, and an increased heart rate are all health issues that are associated with a smoker. These are also all things that can lead to a shorter life expectancy.

In today’s world five million people are dying yearly due to the complications of smoking and by 2020 that number is expected to double. There is always someone willing to open their hand to help out, if you are addicted to smoking than reach out and tell someone.