Even if you are a chain smoker, who cannot live for fifteen minutes together without smoking a cigarette, you will be knowing full well how this habit of yours is wreaking havoc with your health.
There is enough literature present everywhere and you would have to be living on another planet to miss it, and indeed a statutory warning of smoking being injurious to health is plastered on the very cigarette packet you use.
But just to start the record, let me reiterate what all diseases your smoking habit may cause. The smoke you take in directly enters the respiratory system, so that is where your health depreciation will begin. Emphysema, bronchitis and a general difficulty in breathing are the most common ones. If you have asthma, then your smoking habit could greatly aggravate it.
If you have diabetes, the nicotine in the cigarette can make your blood sugar levels go up, and you know very well what kind of complications diabetes mellitus can cause on its own. And, of course, we should not forget the cancers. Smoking increases the risk of several types of cancers, most notably oral cancer and lung cancer.
Hence, one of the most major effects of stop smoking will be that you will be able to live a healthier life. But that is certainly not all. There are many things you will get that you might not even have thought about. Here are some of these hidden effects of stop smoking that you will be able to enjoy:
An Improved Family Life – The first positive effect of your smoking cessation will be evident in the way your own family reacts with you. Your partner might appreciate you better too, and so will your children. If you have mainly nonsmokers in your family, then you might have also been an object of ridicule when you were a smoker. As soon as you give up smoking, though, they will appreciate you for your determination and coming out of the vice.
An Improved Social Life – Your friends will appreciate you better too. Remember that there are always more nonsmokers than smokers. So, there is all chance you are among the few smokers – if there are any at all – in your social circle. That could have also been the reason for you to miss out on invitations and being generally left out from the group. Welcome yourself back in your social circle again by giving up the damaging smoking habit.
An Improved Career – The nicotine in the cigarette can interfere with your brain receptors. That would lead you to lose focus from your work, and could take a heavy toll on your professional life. When you are able to get yourself rid of the habit, you will find a marked improvement in the way you work, and your earnings will certainly go up.
Enjoy Life Better – Finally, you will be doing yourself the best service by giving up your smoking habit. You will breathe easier, appreciate nature better and be able to do the things you always wanted – like participate in sports. Smokers do not realize how much they are shunting themselves out from the world; but it is a fact that nonsmokers live better lives in several ways than smokers do.