According to the medical profession there are many dangers associated with smoking.

But what are these dangers?

Yes, of course we all know that smoking is bad for us. Smoking can cause cancer and heart disease - we're aware of that.

But did you know  that...

Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that women exposed to second hand smoke, either as adults or children, significantly diminished their chances of being able to have children. A study of almost 5000 women who were non-smokers indicated that they faced a 68% greater chance of having difficulty getting pregnant and suffering one or more miscarriages if they had been exposed to second hand smoke six or more hours a day either as children and during adulthood. (source: study presented at the Society of Research of Nicotine and Tobacco conferences - available from the University of Rochester Medical Center)

Or how about the fact that.........

Even if you choose to smoke outside of your home or only smoke in your home when your children aren't there, you're still exposing them to a cocktail of lethal toxins. When you come into contact with your children, even if you're not smoking at the time, you're exposing them to the toxic tobacco particles that are in your hair and clothing.

(source: study reported in Pediatrics, Jan 2008).

If you're still not convinced that stopping smoking is the correct thing to do take a look at these shocking statistics relating to smoking and tobacco:

Every 8 seconds someone dies as a result of tobacco.

Over the last 50 years, six million Britons have died from tobacco-related diseases.

It's estimated that one in two regular cigarette smokers will eventually be killed by their tobacco habit, half of these in middle age.

Tobacco kills about 4.2 million people worldwide every year.

Tobacco consumption will kill 10 million people worldwide a year by the late 2020’s. (Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland)

Cigarette smoking kills more than 120,000 people in Britain every year.

Smoking causes 30 per cent of all cancer deaths in the UK (including at least 84 per cent of lung cancer deaths), 17 per cent of all heart disease deaths and at least 80 per cent of deaths from bronchitis and emphysema.

In the UK smoking related health issues result in 8 million consultations with GPs and over 7 million prescriptions each year.

More than 17,000 children under the age of five are admitted to hospital every year because of the effects of passive smoking.

Second-hand smoke may result in as many as 500 deaths a week, (according to Health Select Committee).

Around 34 million working days are lost to British industry each year due to smoking related sick leave.

The cost of smoking related absenteeism to industry in the UK is approximately £3 billion.

The National Health Service (NHS) pays more than £1.5 billion a year for the treatment of smoking related illnesses. That doesn’t take into account sickness benefits, social security benefits for dependants or widows’ pensions.

The toxins in cigarettes and tobacco smoke - What dangers are lurking in cigarettes and tobacco smoke?

Tobacco smoke is highly toxic. The U.S. National Toxicology Program warns that the hundreds of poisonous gases, chemicals, and metals present in the particles contained in tobacco smoke include:

 

hydrogen cyanide  

carbon monoxide

butane

ammonia

toluene (found in paint thinners)

arsenic

lead

chromium (used in the manufacture of steel)

cadmium (used to make batteries)

polonium-210 (an extremely radioactive carcinogen) 

..... and 11 are Group 1 carcinogens, the most hazardous!

The U.S. Surgeon General has stated that stopping smoking is one of the best things you can do for your health. That's not surprising when your read these statistics. Do you want to be one of the 50% of smokers who die from smoking related illnesses? That's more than 120,000 people in the UK alone each year.

The good news is that in the UK every day around 1,000 people stop smoking. Why not join them? Hypnotherapy is officially the most successful smoking cessation method around.

Some stop smoking tips and hints

There are certain things you can do to make the process of quitting easier. Try these tips and hints to help you stop smoking and if you still need help you can give me a call.

If you try these and still need some help why not contact me to find out more about my smoking cessation program?

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