Smoking is a negative habit that is very widespread in our society and that is also accepted by the vast majority of the population. Smoking kills, and everyone knows that, although in many cases they prefer to look elsewhere. Tobacco is a big business from which many people and large multinationals profit every day. Pockets are being filled at the expense of people's health.
Smoking is a negative habit that many parents show their children every day as normal. But is not. Smoking is not normal. Smoking hides anxiety and addiction behind every puff, and kids see that every day. In addition to how harmful tobacco smoke is to children, innocent passive smokers next to their parents. It is necessary become aware of the seriousness of smoking And for this, we are going to dismantle some myths that are believed to be true and are not.
9 tobacco myths dismantled forever
You can smoke in pregnancy
Many women smoke 3 to 5 cigarettes a day during pregnancy, thinking that it is better to relieve the anxiety of wanting to smoke than to go through them. They hide in the belief that it is best for their baby, when in fact the opposite is true. Anxiety can be overcome in many different ways, instead, the consequences of smoking on the development of the fetus are irreversible. Smoking is not good under any circumstances, but even less so if you are pregnant.
There are elderly people who continue to smoke and are in good health
It may seem so on the outside, but in the vast majority of cases health is impaired in one way or another. Remember that people who die from tobacco will not be able to see them grow old because they have already suffered the horrible consequences of smoking… These people should also be taken into account when you think about the consequences of tobacco.
Stop smoking makes you fat
Many people take refuge in tobacco thinking that if they smoke they will not gain weight and if they quit they will gain extra kilos. If you get fat, it is because you eat more due to the anxiety that wanting to smoke can generate… But, you gain weight because you eat, not because you stop smoking. Quitting smoking does not make you fat, you gain weight from the extra foods you eat. There are many ways to relieve anxiety when quitting addiction, and eating is not one of them.
Furthermore, If you notice that you eat a little more when you quit smoking and gain a couple of kilos more, it is worth gaining weight (You will lose weight when you overcome the addiction to tobacco), than to continue smoking and slowly killing yourself. As if that were not enough, when you stop smoking you will begin to notice great benefits to your health, almost immediately after throwing the pack of tobacco in the trash.
You have a bad time quitting, the remedy is worse than the disease
There are people who say that they have such a hard time quitting that they prefer not to quit, because going through the remedy is worse than the disease. But the reality is totally different: it is worth the effort. Tobacco disease can lead to death ... Is it really better to die from not quitting than to make an effort to live without having to put a cigarette in your mouth?
Tobacco smoke only affects secondhand smoker's eyes and throat
A passive smoker is at risk of suffering from all the diseases that tobacco produces, as much as if he had a cigarette in his mouth ... And on top of that, the problem can be much more dangerous to health in the case of children. Secondhand smoke from active smokers causes health problems and even death for second-hand smokers.
Light cigarettes are less harmful to health
The cigarettes that are sold as low in nicotine and tar have all the other components that any other cigarette has and therefore can also create health complications and cause cancer in the person who smokes it. Tobacco kills, whatever cigarette you are smoking.
The only thing that relaxes is smoking
If you are nervous or need concentration, you may think that the only thing that can help you is smoking because you feel that it relaxes you, but this is not the case. Nicotine is a stimulating substance, so it will never relax you. You may find relief from craving for smoking by reducing the feeling of withdrawal, but the reality is that smoking increases the stress on your body, and also on your nerves. There are many other natural and better ways to increase your emotional well-being so that you can relax.
Breathing smoke is not as bad as smoking
There are people who suffer from lung cancer and even who have died from this type of cancer and who have never smoked ... But they have been related to tobacco. Perhaps because the people around him did smoke or have been in environments laden with tobacco smoke on many occasions. This means that a person who does not smoke but breathes other people's tobacco smoke, you have the same risk of dying from lung cancer as direct cigarette smokers.
I've been smoking for a long time, it's not worth quitting now
It is always a good time to quit smoking and improve your health. No matter how long you have been smoking, you can always realize how good it is to quit smoking, both for your physical health and for your emotional health. As if that were not enough, you will also notice positive changes in your physical appearance and in your pocket, (smoking is a bad habit that is quite expensive).
These are some myths of tobacco dismantled one by one, because the reality is that smoking does not contribute anything good to your health. It is never too late for you to quit smoking and so that you can improve your health and the health of those around you from now on.