Health cost
The single greatest cause of preventable illnesses and early death is caused by tobacco consumption or better known as smoking. Cancer Research UK estimates that 114,000 people die each year from smoking related diseases including cancer. Smokers find it extremely difficult to give up smoking due to the highly addictive nature of nicotine in cigarettes.
What a waste of money
The cost of a single person smoking twenty cigarettes a day is 2,135 Franks per year and this takes no account of the income tax and the national insurance you paid the government from your wages. If these taxes were included then a twenty a day single persons smoking habit would cost you 2,669 Franks per year. That’s the cost of a family holiday abroad including spending money. A couple who some twenty cigarettes a day would spend 5,338 Franks per year including tax deductions from their wages. That’s 102.66 Franks per week for a couple and 51.33 Franks for a single smoker. What a waste of money!
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The third Thursday of every November has been designated the Great American Smokeout by the American Cancer Society since 1977. While it’s important to quit smoking the other 364 days a year, designating one day allows everyone to rally around and draw more attention to the cause. From websites, to a mobile and even Twitter tool, here are nine resources to help you quit smoking.
Cancer.org – The official site from the American Cancer Society features a section on the Great American Smokeout with all of the reasons you should quit and how to get started.
DeterminedToQuit.com – Developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, DeterminedToQuit.com offers numerous resources to help you quit smoking. They offer progress charts, support messages, video blogs from other quitters and much more.
QuiText.com – A subscription based service that sends you text messages over six weeks from ex-smokers to encourage you in your effort to quit smoking. Also provides widgets for the Google (Google reviews) homepage, your website and even desktop images to help keep you on track.
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General hints for friends and family
- Do respect that the quitter is in charge. This is their lifestyle change and their challenge, not yours.
- Do ask the person whether he or she wants you to call or visit regularly to see how he or she is doing. Let the person know that it’s okay to call you whenever he or she needs to hear encouraging words.
- Do help the quitter get what she or he needs, such as hard candy to suck on, straws to chew on, and fresh veggies cut up and kept cold in the refrigerator.
- Do spend time doing things with the quitter to keep his or her mind off smoking — go to the movies, take a walk to get past a craving (what many call a “nicotine fit”), or take a bike ride together.
- Do try to see it from the smoker’s point of view — a smoker’s habit may feel like a cherished friend that has always been there when times were tough. It’s hard to give that up.
- Do help the quitter with a few chores, some child care, cooking — whatever will help lighten the stress of quitting.
- Do celebrate along the way. Quitting smoking is a BIG DEAL!
- Don’t judge, nag, preach, or scold. This may make the smoker feel worse about him or herself. You don’t want your friend to turn to a cigarette to soothe hurt feelings.
- Don’t take the quitter’s grumpiness personally during his or her nicotine withdrawal. The symptoms usually pass in about 2 weeks.
- Don’t offer advice. Just ask how you can help with the plan or program they are using.
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20 minutes blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal
1 hour circulation starts improving
20 hours carbon monoxide is removed from the body
1 week the bronchial tubes begin to relax making breathing easier
1 month circulation improves throughout the whole body
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