How to quit smoking

The smoke from cigarettes contains 7000 chemicals of which at least 250 are known to be harmful and at least 69 can cause cancer.
"Cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke cause about 480,000 premature deaths each year in the United States." (cancer.gov)
Smoking causes cancer heart disease, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Children work at many of the tobacco fields.
If you quit, you will make big gains for your health, fitness, finances.

By Carl Grinde | Date: March 15 2023
Updated March 20 2023


Cancerogenic chemicals in cigarette
The cancerogenic chemicals in cigarette smoke are:
Acetaldehyde
Aromatic amines
Arsenic
Benzene
Beryllium (a toxic metal)
1,3–Butadiene (a hazardous gas)
Cadmium (a toxic metal)
Chromium (a metallic element)
Cumene
Ethylene oxide
Formaldehyde
Nickel (a metallic element)
Polonium-210 (a radioactive chemical element)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Tobacco-specific nitrosamines
Vinyl chloride
cancer.gov
lung.org
cancer.org

Secondhand smoking is very harmful
nhs.uk
cdc.gov
theconversation.com
cancerresearchuk.org
livescience.com

Health risks with tobacco, snus, smokeless tobacco
webmd.com
cancer.org
cancer.gov
hopkinsmedicine.org

How to quit smoking
share.upmc.com
medicalnewstoday.com
youtube.com/ Quit Smoking | Stop Smoking | How To Quit Smoking
quit smoking products

Smokers spending
drugfree.org
youbeauty.com

You can earn a lot of money if you quit smoking
"Giving up smoking is like getting a pay rise."
"In a year you can save over $8,000 if you smoke 20 cigarettes a day."
smokefree.org.nz

What can you do for $8,000?
Travel to The maldives for a few months
Travel and stay at a luxury hotel
travelplusstyle.com/top-80-luxury-hotel
a new car

Smoking causes one in ten deaths globally, Tobacco kills.
theguardian.com
bbc.com

Slow death: Smoking negatively impacts you even 30 years after quitting
hindustantimes.com

Child labor in the tobacco corporations
unfairtobacco.org/en
stopchildlabor.org
cbsnews.com
theguardian.com

Green Tobacco Sickness, children working
Children working at the tobacco fields get sick by the plants.
Green Tobacco Sickness children working

Herbal Cigarettes - not so very healthy
Herbal cigarettes contain no tobacco or nicotine. Still they emit harmful chemicals such as tar and carbon monoxide.
consumer.healthday.com

Organic Cigarettes - still toxic
They emit harmful chemicals such as carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and arsenic.
healthline.com

People killed by cigarettes
people killed by cigarettes

Money smokers loose per day
money smokers loose per day

Cigarette packet warning pictures
Cigarette packet warning pictures

You get a better breath and whiter teeth if you quit.
Marlboro, Pall Mall, Camel