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"Quit Smoking for your loved ones"Many people think that quitting smoking for there loved ones and not for their selves is the wrong reason to quit smoking. However, when one stops to think of the concept they discover an interesting fact the fact is the smoker is not the only person harmed by the smoking. The first way a loved one is affected is the knowledge of harm the smoker is inflicting upon his or her self. A helpless feeling comes over the loved ones because try as they may they cannot make the smoker stop. All too often family members must watch as the smokers health deteriorates to the point of serious health issues, chronic bronchitis, asthma, or even cancer. This is hard for a family to bare and wittiness however only the smoker can keep this ordeal from occurring. Only the smoker has the power to quit smoking. Therefore, this causes added pressure and often guilt on the smokers' behalf and still the smoker cannot quit. Non-smokers and family members do not know what a smoking addiction is like or what a smokers deals with daily. Then there is the fact that the smoker puts the health of his family and friends at risk. By the second hand smoke from the smokers cigarettes studies show that the smoke from cigarettes are as harmful to non-smokers as the actual smoking. Breathing the smoke can also cause asthma, bronchitis, and in some cases from over exposure to cigarettes, cancer will develop in a non-smoker. This adds even more pressure to the smoker knowing he or she is also endangering the health of their loved ones. Wife's, husbands, children, other family members and even the smokers' closest friends all become at risk because of the smoker or the smoke. The fact is that even though the smoker is aware of the information the addiction is too strong to overcome. Therefore what can be done to stop the smoker from being addicted to the Nicotine, Nicotine is a powerful drug once the body becomes used to the nicotine intake from the cigarettes it is difficult to break the addiction. However, it is possible to break the addiction the smoker must find a way of detoxifying his or her body. When the body rids itself of the nicotine, it can begin to heal and be free of the drug medications now available help smokers to rid the body of the nicotine. Once this is done the smoker is less likely to crave the nicotine and begin the smoking again. Smokers need help this task is hard to accomplish on ones own and trying to quit on ones own will result in failure. The medications also help smokers with the cravings that come from quitting smoking. Within usually a month or two, the smoker is smoke free and the body is nicotine free. Then the body will repair itself of the damage caused from the smoking cigarettes. Lungs begin to clear, the person will breath easier and not become short of breath, if they have asthma because of the smoking it may even begin to clear and not occur as often. The ex-smoker is on the right path and smoke free, and family and loved ones are content. Next Article: What Tobacco Companies do not tell Smokers -
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