Once you're ready to quit, looking at the hazards smoking presents to your health is powerful medicine. As smokers, we all know tobacco is bad for us, but we keep a layer of denial in place and avoid looking at the dangers too closely. We have to in order to be able to smoke in relative peace. We tell ourselves we have years before we need to worry; that it won't happen to us; that cancer doesn't run in the family...the list of justifications goes on and on.
An important part of learning how to quit smoking involves removing the blinders and soaking up every bit of information we can find about the damage tobacco use causes and the diseases it has been linked to. It will help you shift your attitude away from thinking of smoking as a buddy and help you see tobacco for the killer it is.
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