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Now please also consider that:
One in two smokers is doomed to contract a smoking-related disease.
Please stop and think about this - it is not a bet you would place in any other situation. You have a 50 per cent chance of getting a serious illness from smoking. A 50 per cent chance of contracting a terrible disease that leads to premature death!
So why would you take your chances? There is no way you would do this if you could avoid it, but you don't have a choice because you are addicted. Your clarity of mind is obstructed by the influence of a psychoactive drug, nicotine.
Here are some of the most common diseases that result from smoking:
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• Cardiovascular disease.
• Lung cancer.
• Cancers of the lips and mouth, the throat, larynx, bladder, pancreas, stomach and kidneys.
• Emphysema: the slow disintegration of your lungs.
• Peripheral vascular disease: where less efficient blood circulation can possibly lead to gangrene.
• Impotence in men: resulting from damage to the blood vessels in the penis.
• Lower levels of estrogen, resulting in premature menopause.
• Smoking also reduces female fertility and increases the chances of miscarriage.
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In addition, your smoking increases the chances of your children or loved ones contracting diseases.
Cigarettes contain an estimated 5000 different chemicals, about forty of which are definitely carcinogenic. Why would you pursue cancer with such passion?
By smoking you inhale the deadly poison carbon monoxide. The quantity is not enough to kill you, but carbon monoxide occupies the red blood cells and makes them less efficient carriers of oxygen. Less oxygen, more carbon monoxide. It makes your heart beat faster and it shortens your breath.
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With all due respect, what do you think you're doing? |
Well, it might not be exactly what you want to hear.
Research shows that smokers do not like to be reminded of the health risks and prefer to live in denial.
General practitioners are often reluctant to encourage their patients to stop smoking because they don't want to lose a client.
We don't mean to offend you in any way, but you need to be woken up and we will use any method that might work. We care, and we are on your side.
Remember that we are on your side.
Also remember the first and second Sessions, where we discussed the importance of listening. So please listen.
The fact is - whether you acknowledge it or not - you are involved in an activity of self-destruction. In other words, you are essentially attempting suicide and you have a 50 per cent chance of success.
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