Impact Of Smoking On Individuals
13 million adults smoke in the UK and whilst the overall trends show the number of smokers are declining, there is a large incidence of smoking amongst younger people. Unfortunately 1 in 2 of these smokers will die of smoking related illnesses.
Smokers are affected by their habit on several levels, any one of which impacts their lifestyles and their work.
Health deteriorates
- Heart attack risk increases threefold.
- Risk of heart disease increases by 70%.
- Cause 90% of lung cancers.
- Responsible for a proliferation of other cancers.
- Risk of type 2 diabetes increases by 2 to 3 times.
- Cause 1 in 3 deaths by 2020.
- Cause 13 deaths / hour in the UK.
- Reduced stamina.
- Risk of impotence in men increased by 50% (30 ? 50 years of age).
- Fertility reduced to 72% in women (compared to non smokers).
- Pregnant women pass effects to unborn children.
- Premature wrinkles around eyes and mouth.
- Skin becomes dry and older looking due to reduced blood circulation.
- Fingers become tobacco stained.
- Teeth become stained with an increased risk of gum disease.
- Smell of tobacco permeates everywhere - on clothes, in the car and in the house.
- Taste buds suppressed leading to unbalanced diets.
Children are three times more likely to smoke if their parents smoke. This is a particular concern as children are also exposed to passive smoking and their lungs and other respiratory tissue are still developing.
What Makes Smokers Addictive
It?s impossible to treat a problem that is not recognised and many smokers consider they are in control of their habit however, it?s very hard to stop smoking. A simple test is to consider - if you smoke everyday, if you haven't been able to stop permanently, if you think you are in control of your smoking but smoke regularly anyway; then the chances are you are nicotine dependent. Two factors bind smokers to their habit ? the physical addiction and an emotional reliance.
Consider first the physical addiction, each smoke inhalation introduces thousands of chemicals into the body including one of the most physically addictive substances, nicotine. Nicotine is actually more addictive than many recreational drugs such as cocaine. Nicotine is responsible for the addiction, while the tar (70% of which stays in the lungs) causes the brown staining on fingers and teeth, leaving the remaining chemicals in cigarettes to create havoc with your general health. Chemicals such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, lead, shellac and many others. The physical addiction has to be eliminated before any treatment can start to detox the chemicals from the body.
While the main problem making it hard to stop smoking is the physical addiction, we also need to consider the emotional attraction to smoking. The emotional attachments are the factors that can make a lapsed smoker reintroduce the habit.
The emotional feelings are often associated with fear ? fear of consequences, fear of failure, fear of dealing with a situation. Sometimes the feelings can be rooted in childhood experiences, sometimes they may be a means to handle current stress. Whatever the emotion, these tendencies can sabotage a positive intention to quit smoking unless they are identified and resolved.
Simply asking a hardened smoker to quit is insufficient, they need help at both the physical addictive and emotional levels.
Who Wants To Stop Smoking
71% of smokers want to quit according to a recent study (Lader D. and Meltzer H. Smoking related behavior and attitudes. Office for National Statistics 2001). The most common reasons given for the lifestyle change to stop smoking are:-
Health
- Improved health and wellbeing.
- Improved prospects of a long life.
- Improved physical appearance.
- Improved chances of a new relationship or marriage.
- Improved chances of becoming pregnant.
- Improved sex drive and performance.
- Setting a good example to children.
- - Improved job / career prospects.
- - Improved job prospects.
- Compliance with no smoking regulations.
- Being more socially responsible.
There are many different methods and products on the market to help smokers to end their habit ? they can read about stopping, they can talk about stopping or take counselling, they can take various tablets or gums or stick nicotine on their skin, they can have needles stuck in them with acupuncture or even take aversion therapy with hypnosis. All the methodologies work in different ways but none appear to provide a quick and easy resolution. That is until a new solution was recently introduced ? based on electromagnetic wave interference.
This new solution has been derived from a process used for many years for the treatment of allergy problems ? sometimes it is referred to as energetic medicine, sometimes as bioresonance. All cells in living matter have electromagnetic charges associated with them. The toxins and nicotine from cigarettes also have unique (pathogenic) electromagnetic charges which identify them, which stress the body field (the electromagnetic imprint of the body). Sensitive bio-electronic equipment detects the electromagnetic charges of both the nicotine and chemical pathogens, processes them to create mirror image frequencies and returns them to the body as a pattern of destructive interference. The returned (mirror image) frequencies cancel out the charge associated with the harmful pathogenic electromagnetic frequencies. The removal of this charge then allows the body to start its natural healing process, which smokers experience as de-toxing and removal of the nicotine craving.
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David Bacon MBA, BSc, MMRS, is a partner in Energy Medicine a UK energetic medicine (bioresonance) business that has been helping people with allergies since 2000. The company uses sensitive micro-electronic equipment to identify and treat allergies / intolerances and to help clients to stop smoking. Further information concerning smoking treatments can be found by contacting http://www.ENDsmoking.co.uk or by email to enquiries@energymedic.co.uk Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=David_Bacon |
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