Smoking causes life threat : Look at some tips to quit smoking

Smoking majorly affects lungs and can also lead to life-threating conditions. Smoking can affect more than just your lungs. Most people try hard to quit smoking but are unable to do so.

But the health hazards of smoking are enough to quit smoking today. Some people are heavy smokers which is extremely harmful. Most people believe that light smoking will not affect their lungs and continue smoking. But this is not the truth. Even those who smoke fewer cigarettes in a day are also those are also at the risk of lung diseases.

“Many people assume that smoking a few cigarettes a day isn’t so bad, but it turns out that the difference in loss of lung function between someone who smokes five cigarettes a day versus two packs a day is relatively small.” Said study lead author Elizabeth Oelsner, Assistant Professor at Columbia University Vagelos College in the US.

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For the study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, the researchers looked specifically at lung function–the amount of air a person can breathe in and out–in smokers, ex-smokers, and never-smokers.

Tips to quit smoking

Keep your mouth busy when you crave for smoking

Stay active throughout the day to reduce nicotine craving

Whenever you feel like smoking call a friend

Give yourself a reward when you do not smoke

Beat stress with other methods so that you do not feel like smoking

Do not keep cigarettes handy

Try hard and keep motivating yourself

Lung function declines naturally with age (starting in one’s 20s), and it’s well-known that smoking accelerates the decline. Lung function in light smokers declines at a rate much closer to that of heavy smokers, as compared to non-smokers. This means that a light smoker could lose about the same amount of lung function in one year as a heavy smoker might lose in nine months.

According to the researchers, light smokers may have a greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).