There are numerous benefits one can get by quitting smoking. Smoking affects human health very seriously and in many cases deadly. There are hundreds of toxic chemicals in cigarettes which affects your body on the whole like the internal functioning of organs, efficiency of your immune system etc. The first and foremost killer chemical is Nicotine. It is basically a poisonous alkaloid and is also being used as Pesticide. It is found to be as addictive as cocaine or heroin and the like. You must know that one drop of pure nicotine is enough to kill a person. Nicotine gets into the brain immediately as you smoke and slowly reaches every part of the body and react with brain chemicals like hormones, neuron transmitters and insulin. It will make your restless and agitated .It also creates head ache, sleeplessness and other problems like acidity, weak appetite to name a few. Healthy appetite is also a benefit that you can get by quitting smoking. You may feel relaxed in the beginning after a puff smoke before bed but will not be getting the few hours of deep sleep which is necessary for a healthy body. Deep sleep is a great benefit that you get from quitting smoking. The Nicotine colors your external appearance as well. The fingers and teeth turn yellow. The chemical nicotine is the main culprit which causes addiction to cigarette.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) that we all know a killer gas is produced by incomplete burning of Carbon fuel. Carbon Monoxide in tobacco tends to bind with hemoglobin in red cells of our blood and blocks its oxygen carrying capacity and hence affects the immune systems. It also forms layers of pelage on the lungs and coronary artery which in turn gives you diseases like bronchitis, asthma, Heart diseases and cancer.
Carcinogen, the cancer causing chemical in tobacco cause damage to important genes that control the growth of the cells and cause abnormal growth of cells or rapid reproductions in the air pass ways and affect the flow of oxygen and giving you cancer. As we can see, one good benefit of quitting smoking is that we reduce the probability of getting cancer.
Benzene, another toxin in cigarettes which commonly used as solvent in fuel and chemical manufacturing, are known to be causing leukemia.
Highly poisonous Formaldehyde used to preserve dead bodies is another toxin in cigarettes which is known to cause cancer, respiratory and gastro intestinal problems.
Tar is a chemical in tobacco .When inhaled while smoking; it gets condensed in the lungs and cause lung cancer, bronchitis and other respiratory problems. Healthy lungs are also a benefit you can get by quitting smoking.
Arsenic and Hydrogen Cyanide which are used for rat poisoning and Gas chamber are also the toxic contents of cigarette. It is mandatory to quit smoking to avoid these toxic substances.
Are we not aware that these toxins are already in abundant in the atmosphere? Do we have to buy them to put into our body?
The result you are diagnosed having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD), Atherosclerosis, Chronic Asthma, Cancer, Leukemia and the like and are you not frightened by these names? Sure you are. Financial benefits are also gained by quitting smoking. You have to pay thousands of dollars for getting these names (diagnosis) and again thousands of dollars for hospitalization. This is like spending money double. First you spend on getting these diseases and again you spend on disposing them off!
Don’t you see the benefit of quitting smoking now?