If you are a smoker, quit smoking! Of course, it is easier said than done. It requires massive mind power to kick the habit.
Enough has been said about the
hazards of smoking. The tar in cigarette smoke is composed of chemicals,
poisons, and corrosives, such as hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide, which
deprive your heart and other organ tissues of essential oxygen for optimum function
Smoking ages your skin. Cigarette
smoke produces free radicals that destroy your skin cells and tissues, and thus
accelerate your aging process.
Smoking leads to premature death
because it damages the heart the lungs, and the nervous system. Smoking not
only promotes the deposits of fat and cholesterol on the walls of arteries,
restricting blood flow to the heart, but also increases the risk of blood clots
and stroke.
Smoking causes lung diseases, such
as chronic bronchitis (inflammation of the airways) and emphysema (irreversible
breakdown of lung tissues), and lung cancer. Smoking is responsible for 30
percent of all cancer death, including cancers in the lungs, esophagus, larynx,
and the mouth. Smoking affects your nervous system due to the presence of
nicotine, which itself is a poison.
Smoking also affects your sexual
health, such as impotence and infertility.
Let’s not get into why you
started smoking in the first place: curiosity, peer pressure, the cultural
influence, or some other factors.
All smokers are fully aware of the
hazards of smoking, but they find it difficult to quit once they have formed
the habit, because nicotine is addictive.
Quitting is never easy because it
may immediately result in the following symptoms: slowing down of heart rate;
elevation of blood pressure; development of ulcers; lack of mental
concentration; anxiety and depression; drowsiness; and gastrointestinal
disturbances.
These overwhelming adverse side
effects of quitting automatically create the scenario for denial of the health
hazards of smoking. Even many who strive to quit will fall victims to relapse.
Success in quitting is contingent
upon the smoker’s self-discipline and perseverance. However, the first and
foremost is the smoker’s capability to overcome the denial that smoking is a
systematic suicide; denial will forever be a stumbling block to success in
quitting.
Quitting the habit is difficult, but not
impossible. You can do it, and you must do it! Hypnosis is the use of self-induced affirmations to change the subconscious mind thereby instrumental in changing the conscious mind. Remember, it is always the mind that instructs the body. Empower your mind with the right thoughts to quit smoking once and for all.
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
