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Brother Zhang is just 40 this year, and it stands to reason that he still looks full of energy at this age, but Brother Zhang is completely the opposite.
The gray-haired and old face made him look almost 50 years old. The main reason for this is the excessive pressure of the burden.
Some time ago, my mother was suddenly diagnosed with a disease and urgently needed a lot of medicine. This had to make Brother Zhang work overtime to earn money.
The only way he can get away is by smoking.
Yes, Brother Zhang is an old smoker, and he has had this habit since he got married. Smoke violently every time you are stressed.
And his wife repeatedly told him that he wanted to quit smoking for the sake of his health, but Brother Zhang never listened.
It wasn't until that day when he went to visit his mother and the rest of the ward discussed information about cigarettes that Brother Zhang learned that if he quit smoking for more than ten years, the mortality rate would be close to that of non-smokers.
Since then, he has started to quit smoking.
I believe that there are many people like Brother Zhang in life, who have the habit of smoking for many years, but want to ensure that their bodies are in a healthy state, and quitting smoking is the only way.
Surprisingly, one study showed that people who quit smoking for 10 years had a similar mortality rate to non-smokers.
What's going on here?
1. The dangers of smoking
With the rapid development of society, people have to face more and more employment pressure, marriage and childbirth pressure, and psychological pressure, which leads to a large number of people falling into negative emotions for a long time.
In order to relieve the problem in time and give a massage to the mood, more and more people choose to smoke.
The tobacco in cigarettes is actually a plant from South America, so the first people to use tobacco were American Indians.
Later, it spread to Turkey, and after the Crimean War, the British learned how to smoke, and since then it has spread to all parts of the world.
Up to now, different brands of cigarettes have emerged, but the only thing that remains the same is that more and more people are smoking, especially more and more women are smoking.
And this phenomenon can pose a great threat to human health.
According to a set of data surveys, there are more than 1 billion smokers in the world's population, accounting for 1/4 of the total population, and nearly 500 smokers die from tobacco every year.
At this current rate, more than 8 million people are expected to die from tobacco use by 2030.
Specifically, the main chemical in cigarettes, tobacco, and other components are combined to produce more than 4,000 chemicals when cigarettes are lit, many of which are carcinogens.
Inhaling cigarettes, though, will allow people to enjoy the pleasure of dopamine, serotonin and adrenaline for a short period of time.
However, for the inside of the body, it can cause symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and nausea, and severe symptoms of leukemia, chronic bronchitis, heart disease, and the risk of cancerous transformation of various body organs such as the stomach, lungs, stomach, colon, and mouth.
Especially those who smoke for many years and smoke excessively are more likely to become cancerous.
For women, smoking during pregnancy will affect the life and health of the fetus in the womb.
Smoking in women of childbearing age can cause menstrual disorders, difficulty conceiving, low estrogen, and the risk of premature menopause.
Even if they are not of childbearing age, new women have half the risk of cervical cancer than women who do not smoke.
What's even more terrifying is that because of the presence of nicotine, the human body will feel excited because of the stimulation of the nerves, making people have the urge to take another breath.
Over time, the number of cigarettes smoked will increase. Therefore, for the safety of yourself and your family, it is important to start quitting smoking as early as possible.
When it comes to quitting smoking, there is a growing body of research that shows that quitting smoking is good for your health.
There is even a study that studies have a mortality rate similar to that of non-smokers in people who have quit smoking for 10 years.
Second, the effect of quitting smoking
This is a study that was previously published in the prestigious medical journal NEJM Evidence.
The researchers divided the people who participated in the experiment into two genders, men and women, and on this basis, divided into six groups: non-smokers, less than three years of quitting, and more than 10 years.
After a large number of observations, tests and final summarization, the following phenomena were finally found:
Overall, quitting smoking helps reduce mortality, and the longer you quit smoking, the more you reduce mortality.
In men and women who quit smoking for less than three years, the risk of death was reduced by 90% and 95%, respectively, in men and women compared with men and women who did not smoke.
The risk of death is very similar to that of never-smokers in both men and women who have quit smoking for more than 10 years.
In addition, they also unexpectedly found that for any cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, quitting smoking can play a very significant role in reducing the risk of death.
In addition, a study from Seoul, South Korea, can also prove that quitting smoking can significantly reduce mortality.
The research team, which was jointly formed by the National Institute for Cancer Control and Inhwa University, involved more than 2.97 million Koreans over the age of 30.
After more than ten years of continuous tracking, the following conclusions were finally reached:
Of all the Korean people who participated, 197,000 people developed cancer during the more than ten years of follow-up.
In addition, non-smokers had a 17% lower risk of cancer than those who continued to smoke.
Among them, the probability of developing lung cancer will be reduced by 42%, the probability of liver cancer will be reduced by 27%, the probability of stomach cancer will be reduced by 14%, and the probability of intestinal cancer will be reduced by 20%.
The study also found that if you quit smoking for 10 years, your cancer risk was significantly lower, although higher.
In particular, quitting smoking for more than 15 years reduces the risk of cancer by half.
Among them, the reduction effect on lung cancer is the most obvious.
For example, people who successfully quit smoking before the age of 50 have a 57% lower risk of lung cancer than those who quit smoking by the age of 50.
There is also a study in the British media that can show that quitting smoking can lead to healthier lungs.
This is a report from the BBC in January.
The report directly pointed out that quitting smoking can strengthen the repair function of the lungs.
Even if some smokers smoke a box a day for 40 years, just quitting smoking will allow the lungs to produce this function.
Regardless of the above studies, they all point to quitting smoking to make the body healthier.
So what are some ways to quit smoking in your daily life?
3. How to quit smoking in daily life
1. Smoking for a short time
If you haven't smoked for too long, you can choose some common methods to quit smoking.
The first step is to throw away all cigarettes, lighters, ashtrays, matches, etc., and then start the real action to quit smoking.
For example, buy some snacks and fruits in advance, drink plenty of water, such as going to less or not going to places or activities that are used to smoking. For example, wear clothes that do not smell of smoke, etc.
If you want to smoke, you can prepare the food you bought in advance, or curb your cravings by taking deep breaths while drinking warm water.
2. Smoking for a longer period of time
If you smoke for a long time, you can't really quit smoking with ordinary methods, and you need to rely on other external forces.
For example, look for alternatives to quit smoking by taking foods such as chewing gum and lozenges.
Smoking can also be quit with acupuncture.
This mainly refers to the use of acupuncture to make smokers feel nauseous about the smoke they breathe, so as to achieve the purpose of quitting smoking.
In addition, no matter how long you smoke, if you want to really quit smoking, you must rely on personal willpower, eliminate negative emotions, and strengthen exercise to assist.
The first is to improve one's willpower, since you have decided to quit smoking, you must constantly tell yourself that you can no longer smoke, and under the guidance of your thinking, you will actively avoid all environments or objects related to cigarettes.
And the elimination of negative emotions is mainly due to the reason for smoking.
Just like the aforementioned Brother Zhang, as long as there is too much pressure in life or work, and you want to get rid of it, you will have the idea of smoking.
Therefore, if you want to quit smoking, you must keep your emotions positive and maintain a positive attitude.
For example, by changing the work environment and work procedures, and strengthening communication with friends, family or colleagues, you can regulate and transform your mood.
The last point is to intensify the exercise.
Exercise can not only effectively improve the body's immunity in the process of quitting smoking, but also reduce the risk of various diseases.
What's more, after exercise, the body produces endorphins, dopamine, substances that can make people feel uplifted just like cigarettes.
In addition, it is possible to divert attention by developing new hobbies.
For example, by doing some games that are beneficial to the body and mind, keep the brain and hands busy all the time, reduce the idea of smoking, or choose some interest classes to sign up for learning, and you will not be able to think of smoking after fulfilling your life.
Of course, if you don't stick to it in the process of quitting smoking, don't be discouraged, reorganize your mentality, carefully analyze the reasons why you haven't quit smoking, and reformulate your plan on this basis.
epilogue
For a variety of reasons, more and more modern people have the habit of smoking.
Although after smoking, under the effect of nicotine, people will get a short period of mental relaxation.
However, from a health point of view, smoking is harmful to the body and not beneficial.
For the sake of health and longevity, quitting smoking is a difficulty that every smoker has to overcome.
The four studies mentioned above can also prove that quitting smoking can greatly reduce the risk and mortality of various cancers.
Since this is the result, it is even more urgent to quit smoking.
At the end of this article, I also mentioned some ways to quit smoking, and I believe that through these methods, you will eventually be able to quit smoking.
Do you have people around you who have successfully quit smoking? How did they do it?
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1. Baidu Encyclopedia to quit smoking cigarettes
2. Xinhua News Agency 2020-02-05 "British Media: New Study Finds Quitting Smoking Can Help Lungs Repair Themselves"
3. Guangming.com 2024-02-07 "Research shows that quitting smoking as early as possible is effective"
4. Medical Original Story Meeting 2024-05-29 "The Amazing Effect of Quitting Smoking! The study found that after quitting smoking for more than 10 years, the mortality rate was close to that of those who had never smoked》