Smoking
Everyone knows about the harm of smoking, about the diseases it can bring, such as ischaemic disease, strokes not everybody is informed. But a lot more people die from ischaemic heart disease than from cancer. These people are also supposed under the danger of a heart attack.
- smoking is narrowing the arteries.
- the oxygen in your blood is reduced by 15%.
- the heart is working more intensively.
- smoking women more often give birth to sick children.
- the persons which smoke look older.
Even the light cigarettes increase the risk of lungs diseases and heart attacks. The cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide, which develops atherosclerosis.
A lot of people are interested if there is a possibility to become healthy again after quiting smoking and to reduce all the consequences. Yes, there is a chance. The risk of having a heart attack starts to reduce once you quit smoking. And in couple of years you will be as a normal person.
What should you do?
A lot of people quit smoking by themselves, without anyone’s help. Some people quit smoking several times. There are no secrets for quitting, but there are three principles that will help you to quit smoking.
- you have to decide to drop on smoking. You have to understand it firstly and to desire it.
- Make a plan. You can quit smoking with someone else of your friends, together.
- make yourself a psychological support.