What if you do not want to quit smoking

I have written about quiting smoking in the post A natural way to stop smoking and it is the best thing you can do for yourself if you can gather up your will power to do so. However, what if a smoker do not want to quit smoking? The next best thing is to get yourself a smoker life insurance policy. You can get an instant quote for a smoker life insurance policy at Smoker Life Insurance Quotes. This is only for those who are located in the United States of America, Guam, American Samoa and Virgin Island.

Quiting smoking is the best step for yourself, as continuing smoking exposes yourself to all kinds of risks like the well known lung cancer, but it can cause other problems as well. The smoke that you inhale contains at least 400 toxic chemicals among which are tar, a carcinogen, nicotine which is addictive and increases the cholesterol level in your body, carbon monoxide which reduces the oxygen carried in your blood to the rest of your body and other components which causes chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). Smoking quickens the hardening and narrowing process in your arteries and blood clots are two to four times more likely.
Smokers tend to develop coronary thrombosis (a blood clot in the arteries supplying the heart, which can lead to a heart attack) 10 years earlier than non-smokers, and smokers make up 9 out of 10 heart bypass patients.

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Smoking as a way of weight control

It is commonly believed that smoking helps one to keep slim, and this belief leads many teenage girls to start smoking. It also gives a good excuse for other smoking women to not quit smoking.

American researchers have found that smokers are just as likely to put on weight as non-smokers, but about 33% of smokers gain a lot of weight when they quit smoking. Another 33% gain a little weight and the rest don't put on weight at all. This could be because nicotine in the cigarette smoke suppresses the appetite and increase metabolic rate. A more important factor is that the action of putting a cigarette in the mouth (up to 200 times a day) prevents a smoker from eating.

A common habit of smoker is to smoke after a meal. The nicotine delays gastric-emptying and the emptying of the stomach so the food stays in the stomach longer, making the smoker feels full. When a smoker quits, the stomach empty more quickly and there is a temptation to eat more.

Researchers say that smoking itself does not lead to weight loss, but quitting smoking may lead to weight gain.

Dr. Chris Steele, a British general practitioner and the resident doctor on the popular British TV show "This Morning" and has run smokers' clinic for more than 30 years offers this piece of advice: "People should realise that continuing to smoke is a very dangerous way of trying to trying to maintain weight. Furthermore, it is going to be useful in only 30% of the cases. If you smoke 20 cigarettes a day, you are spending about 60 to 100 minutes a day. Why not devote some of that time to exercising? For example, you could go for two 30-minute walks. This is a more effective way of controlling your weight, and one which will make you look feel better."

Dr. Helen Truby, a senior lecturer in nutrition and dietetics at the University of Surrey also have this piece of advice: "If there is a choice between stopping smoking and putting on a couple of kilos, I would advise people to stop smoking first, as this has a far worse impact on your overall health. Once you stop smoking, you can deal with the extra weight that may have crept on (with other ways)."

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