Kiss Goodbye To Looking Cool By Smoking

May 17, 2012 - PRLog -- Here’s a newsflash for anyone under the age of 18 who thinks it’s smart to smoke: it’s not cool, it’s not clever and it won’t make you kissable!

A shocking eight in ten people who start smoking before the legal age of 18 and half of those who start at any age will keep up the habit for the rest of their life. That life will be shorter than a non-smoker’s as they are highly likely to die from a smoking-related illness.

Despite all the anti-smoking advertising and the clear evidence that smoking kills, more and more young people are taking up smoking. If you are tempted to try smoking there are plenty of sobering statistics which should bring you to your senses.

The simple truth is even though your friends might think it is cool to smoke or you want to copy your favourite celebrity who smokes, that doesn’t mean you have to smoke too.

You might think that just smoking a couple of fags will do no harm, but it doesn’t take long for the body to become addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes and you may quickly find yourself craving more. From then on it is a vicious circle.

Coughing and a shortness of breath are two of the most common side effects of smoking and they blight the lives of tens of thousands of people every year. Smoking also causes bad breath, rotting teeth, infertility and, of course, cancer and lung disease.

If you have already started smoking clinics in Essex and all over the country offer free support to help you give up.

NHS Stop Smoking Essex has published a long list of the benefits you could see soon after giving up smoking. The experts put better sex at the top of their list – possibly to grab a few headlines!

It is estimated that within just three to nine months of quitting smoking you’ll kiss goodbye to coughing and wheezing (and, of course, you’ll be much nicer to kiss too!).

You’ll also save money; the average price of a packet of 20 cigarettes is £7.46 so someone smoking 60 a week is wasting a staggering £1,163.76 a year. Think of what you could do with that sort of money.

Many young people take up smoking because they have been sucked in by common myths about the habit. One of the most commonly quoted myths is “it helps me unwind”. That’s not true; nicotine in cigarettes is a stimulant so it actually speeds up your bodily functions.

Myth number two; “it makes me sexy” – what’s sexy about having a mouth that tastes like an ash tray?

Smoking doesn’t make you look mature either, well at least not in a good way, it will give you wrinkles!

Some people mistakenly think cigarettes keep their weight down; in fact they cause unattractive cellulite. And don’t be sucked into the idea that rolled tobacco or menthol cigarettes don’t count; you will still be inhaling toxic chemicals into your body.

So if you are thinking of starting to smoke think again, there may be no turning back after that first cigarette.

Visit : http://www.essexhealth.co.uk