Question # 4:
Why smoke? Why fail to stop? Why succeed quitting smoking? How do you quit effectively? These are just some of the questions we should be asking ourselves. We indulge and we take pleasure in smoking. It is a social custom (that dies really hard!). This in itself could be ample for people NOT to want to quit, despite all the negatives already mentioned above. Here are some disturbing factors and facts in society about smoking: - It spills everywhere - It is messy and smelly - It burns holes and causes damage - It stains - It makes our breath stink - It puts others off (odor) - It is costly - Annoying and not endorsed in public places or viewpoint anymore - It is not the worst of all evils - There is conflicting information and findings about what smoking actually causes and contributes to - Not all believe or prove that smoking causes or leads to heart disease and lung cancer. - Research findings remain fragmentary and even contradictory in certain cases - Most are waiting for MORE solid outcomes and findings to have ample of a motivation to butt out. You might be asking if you should be quitting based on what we know – wonderful question and the answer is undoubtedly YES. WE know it's harmful and should act accordingly – yet we do not?! That is the puzzle and the intrigue. Findings about smoking and lung cancer is very definitive and disturbing: - 10 to 15 cigarettes everyday (moderate), are five-fold MORE likely to die of fatal lung cancer than those who do not smoke - 15 to 25 cigarettes everyday (heavy),fifteen-fold MORE likely to die of lung cancer than those who do not smoke. - 25 to 50 cigarettes everyday (very heavy or extreme/chain smokers), twenty-five fold MORE cancer deaths, than those who do not smoke. We know all this, yet we do not stop? Why? WE do not believe it quite frankly. We are taken in by the advertising of glamour and glitz that surrounds the lifestyle. We put off the decision to STOP WE survive for the moment, not for tomorrow or possibilities/uncertainties. That is our nature. It is counter-intuitive, smoking does not cause tension for us, it relieves it. Therefore we are less likely to want to believe that something this “good” on the surface can actually be harmful, even deadly. It just does not makes sense to us. We rationalize that they have filters and are more ‘healthier’ than they were before and that the numbers are wrong, inconclusive or just not relevant. Everybody does it, so there cannot be that much wrong with it, right? It is in enough supply and still on the shelves, legal and making wonderful money! So what could possibly be that wrong or dangerous about it. What are your excuses and rationalizations for continuing in your bad smoking habit? What have you persuaded yourself of? What do you believe about smoking and quitting? These are just some of the questions that you need to be asking yourself. Cigarettes sells an image (adulthood, independence, rebellion, expression) – dissimilar in appeal to dissimilar individuals, but we all buy into this façade. Kids practice and experiment. It is about affordable lifestyle and buy-in into the image more-so than the custom itself. Smoking cigarettes does not express maturity per se, but we somehow believe it. It enables social conversation and interaction – so what can be so wrong with it, right? WRONG! We are smoking for the wrong reasons. They break down barriers and make it easier to reach out and mingle with others. It fills silences and gives us something in common, even with strangers. |
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