The Benefits you receive when you quit smoking

I have seen hundreds of clients that want to quit smoking and have helped most of them stay smoke free for like. What’s interesting is that all of them already knew that the biggest benefits the got from losing the cigarette habit are related to improving the quality of their lives. You probably already know that too.

You probably already know that when you quit smoking you substantially lower your chances of getting lung cancer. That alone should be enough to motivate you to quit. By the way, if you are one of those who have never smoked, try not to judge someone who is struggling to quit. The combination of the psychological craving and addiction to nicotine can make it a very difficult habit to overcome.

Besides lung cancer there are some other very serious medical conditions caused by smoking. Most of them affect the lungs but smoking can also attack the cardiovascular system and are a large contributor to stroke and heart attack. But you probably already knew that too.

Obviously no one wishes these any of these things to have happen to them. It’s also obvious that when you quit smoking you receive some huge health benefits. It would seem that lowering your chances of contracting these diseases should certainly among the best reasons to quit.

Although the other benefits you receive when you quit smoking are smaller, they can make a significant difference in your quality of life. If you like food here’s a couple of important ones. If you smoker you lose some sensation in your mouth. You also lose some of your ability to taste which causes food to seem blander than it is. So when you quit, your food tastes better. And that’s just part of the benefits you’ll get when you quit smoking. Some smokers overeat because they just can’t taste their food. Once you can taste your food again, you may find you are eating less which just might help you lose weight.

Ex-smokers can easily pick smokers out of a crowd. Nearly every smoker I meet smells like cigarettes. As an ex-smoker I can almost guarantee you that you won’t enjoy the smell. You may find that your clothes, car and house smell at first but you can fix that with a determined cleaning effort. It might take some time to air things out, but you are going to have a fresher wardrobe and cleaner smelling home. You will notice that your breath, hair and skin smell good again. I will guarantee that you and everyone you know will be glad that you don’t smell like smoke anymore. What a great benefit!

Now, a few other small and maybe not so small benefits will come when you quit smoking. You’ll spend no money on cigarettes. By the way for most smokers this means a savings of $ to $8 a day. Since nearly all work places have smoking bans you won’t have to your spend breaks smoking outside like a leper. You also won’t have that uncomfortable feeling that you used to have when you were a smoker and you were somewhere you couldn’t smoke.

When you add them all up, lung cancer, heart disease, fresher breath, skin and hair, as well as more money in your pocket and less time spent looking for a place to smoke you may just find the motivation to make this year and the rest of your life smoke free!

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