The 8 Reasons to Kick Smoking This Year

The 8 Reasons to Kick Smoking This Year

February 16, 2017
1. Improved Joints
Smoking is a major cause of pain and inflammation in your joints. Smokers are also more likely to get rheumatoid arthritis and RA medications don't work as well on people who smoke. Kick the habit to improve joint health.

2. Better Skin
Smoking speeds up the aging process and your skin is one of the first organs to show the effects. It can make the skin of a 40-year-old look like that of a non-smoking 70-year-old. This damage is irreversible and can make many skin diseases, including skin cancer, worse.

3. Better Eye Sight
Smoking significantly reduces your risk of macular degeneration, an eye condition that destroys the central vision you need to read, write and see. You’re also three times as likely to develop cataracts, which also decreases vision.

4. Improved Sexual Function
Male smokers are more likely to have erectile dysfunction (ED). And the more you smoke, the worse it can get. Worse still, smoking increases the risk of testicular cancer.

5. Brain Health
Smoking increases your chance of having a stroke by 300%. A stroke is aa blood clot in the brain that can cause any number of problems, including facial paralysis, blurred vision, trouble walking and sometimes death. You’re also more likely to have high blood pressure, which can lead to a cerebral aneurysm. This is when the wall of a blood vessel in your brain balloons out. It can leak or burst and spill blood into the nearby tissue.

6. Increased Digestive Health
Crohn’s disease, pancreatitis (inflammation in your pancreas) and cancer of the pancreas are some of the illnesses related to digestion you’re more likely to get if you smoke. You’re also 35% more likely to get type 2 diabetes, which affects your liver and pancreas.

7. Reduced Lung Cancer Risk
90% of lung cancer is attributed to smoking. Smoking also makes a lot of other cancers more likely, including cancers of the mouth, kidney, liver, bladder, pancreas, stomach, colon and rectum. Lung cancer is probably the most common condition associated with smoking and by giving up the habit you massively reduce your risk of the disease.

8. Better Heart Health
Smoking is a major cause of heart disease, which is the biggest killer in Australia. It hardens and narrows your arteries and it causes your blood to thicken and clot, which could cause a heart attack.   If you've read this far ring Grassel Hypnotherapy to schedule a session with Michael  on [061] 0434351584