Quit Smoking

Smoking is one of the biggest causes of crippling and fatal diseases across the world. Today every third male adult in the world is a smoker and the addiction kills one in every ten adults globally. This means nearly four million deaths annually. It this is not reason enough to quit smoking, what else can be?

Smoking is the biggest cause of deaths in the developed and developing countries and is responsible for more deaths every year than most other causes combined. You can get a better idea of smoking deaths from the fact that smoking kills a man every 8 seconds. If you quit smoking you can save yourself from a host of dangerous and deadly disease including:

• Heart disease
• Stroke
• Chronic lung disease
• Cancer of the lungs, larynx, oesophagus, mouth, and bladder
• Cancer of the cervix, pancreas, and kidneys
• Tuberculosis

You can find more comprehensive details about the diseases caused by smoking here: http://www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/cat.php?catid=912&docid=7328

It is very important that you quit smoking at the right time and early enough if you wish to secure your chances of a full, healthy and long life. The longer you smoke the more number of years you cut off from your life. Are you aware you loose 11 minutes of your life for every cigarette you smoke? So if you smoke 20 cigarettes daily you are effectively shortening your life by nearly four hours. Research has found smoking related diseases can shorten life expectancy of smokers by as many as 14 years.

It is not easy to quit smoking and if you suddenly decide to go off cigarettes you might have to face some unpleasant side effects that come from withdrawal. However there are now hundreds of resources available to help those who wish to quit smoking. These resources can be in the form of your local health authority or several international agencies that provide online help for smoking cessation.

A number of medications are also available to help smokers who wish to quit smoking. There are over-the-counter and herbal medications as well as prescription only drugs presently on sale in the market that can be used by smokers to get them on the right track to stop smoking. Some of the best known prescription medications to quit smoking include Zyban and Chantix.

Acomplia, the newly released weight loss drug from Sanofi-Aventis also showed positive results for smoking cessation in clinical trials. However the drug is pending approval from the FDA to be used as an anti-smoking medication.

There are many resources available from where you can get information online for Zyban, Chantix and other anti-smoking medications. Many of these sites also allow you to buy Zyban online if you have a prescription. You can also buy Chantix as an alternative to Zyban to help you with your efforts to quit smoking.

You can find links to some of the best resources for smoking cessation here.