Stop Smoking and Start Living: Plus a Link to a Helpful Site for Would be Quitters

My friend and I gave up smoking a few years ago after numerous attempts. We are at last free of the evil weed and are finally in a place from which we can start helping other people to do the same. We always intended to do this but we made a point of writing down what we didn’t like about the people paid to help us give up smoking. Chief among these were the people who had never smoked a cigarette (or anything else) in their entire lives. Second were the sanctimonious quitters who had never had a really bad problem with nicotine addiction. Third were the health professionals who could only see the health implications of smoking as a reason to stop. 

With these people in mind we have penned this article which aims to give you some reason to stop smoking other than lowering the risk to get lung cancer, heart disease or have a leg amputated. Below this graph we’ll give you other reasons to quit smoking. 

The Clean Feeling

Until you have stopped smoking for a few days you won’t understand how bad the stink of cigarette smoke is. Worse still is the smell of stale smoke and stale smoke in combination with other foul odours can be absolutely repulsive. What is the point of spending money on your favourite perfume if it is going to have to compete with the stench of burning tobacco? The blunt answer is none; their is no point.

Smoking also prevents other pleasant smells from being perceived by poor smokers. The smell of clean clothes, the aroma of good foods, the smell of wax furniture polish and soap. All these and more are compromised by smoking. The tobacco industry prevents its addicts from smelling clean sheets and cut grass by keeping them in a miasma of tobacco.

Fresh Breath and Hair without that Tobacco Honk

The breath of smokers is often like that of the devil’s (or at least a cat’s) bottom! We actually swoon with disgust when a smoker with no idea of how bad their breath is gets in our space. Not only does their breath smell but their teeth are discoloured too. On top of all this smokers are more prone to tooth decay and if they don’t know or don’t care the smell of tooth decay and stale smoke is perhaps one of the most disgusting smells ever made by man…or woman!