It is a known fact that quitting smoking, especially after having that habit for a long time is difficult. It is because of the chemical, Nicotine which is present in cigarette. It causes addiction to it. There are numerous benefits one can derive by quitting smoking. But there are many hidden benefits which can be derived only after some time of quitting smoking. These benefits are both financial and health.
A person after quitting cigarette not only breathes easily but also happily and joyfully because of the fact that the fear of lung cancer is no more in the thoughts. This is a great psychological advantage which directly increases the survival confidence level. Particularly for women smokers those who quit smoking can live longer without the cancer fear and the chances of getting lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and colorectal cancer is very much low. Even the dark brown color in lips and the color stains on teeth vanishes slowly, which improves the image and confidence of a person. The blood pressure also gets to normal after some days. Once a person is out of fear he can lead a peaceful life because fear of disease kills a person more than the disease. The concentration power of a person also increases after quitting smoking. Peaceful mind can also be said as another benefit of quitting smoking.
It must be noted that cigarette contains many harmful chemicals like nicotine, tar which affects the health of a person. The negative effects of smoking are so high that even the life span of a person is considerably reduced by smoking. The air and blood circulation also improves with quitting smoking.
Health benefits that one gets by quitting smoking alone is sufficient to motivate a person to quit smoking. The person who quits smoking saves lot of money which spends on smoking. The Government is benefited in many ways if its citizens are quitting smoking. Every country allocates a hefty amount for health care of its citizens in the budget. A developing nation attaches more importance to health care. More importance means more spending on health care which can be reduced if the anticipation of disease is avoided. The allocation of funds for cancer related diseases and the expenditure on construction of exclusive cancer care hospitals can be drastically cut if the Quitting of smoking is meticulously and successfully adopted by every citizen of the country. The unnecessary expenditure on health care by the government for diseases related to smoking is totally avoided instead the funds and grants can be effectively reallocated for productive purposes like building of bridges and dams across the country for the benefit of the whole nation. The country becomes stronger if the country is cigarette and smoking free. The health of their citizens is stronger and the country is free of diseases relating to smoking.
There are professional benefits of quitting smoking for persons those who are lawyers and Doctors, for the simple reason that now they have more time to devote for the patients or clients. The patient‘s confidence in the treatment of the doctor is increased and this in turn will attract more patients for the Doctor. The good will of the Doctor is increased.