Ok, I did register last month on dwo-day course of "Indignation of smoking consultants" (In case I did translate it wrong then it should mean I will be once a person who can advise smoker to give up with their habbit what kills... if not them then others around them). Today was first day... My head is full of new knowledges and I watch every smoker in the streets like potential murderers. I have really big desire take their sigarets and stromp on them! But as our lector said, it is normal...
First: Why did I turn in my name into the course?
I have smoked 15 years. I did stopped about 3 years because I just didn't want anymore. Got enough. But maybe it could be because of some disease and my organism couldn't maintain the poisons and nicotine I got from cigaretts. But it is not important at all. I am just working in cancer clinicum and arund me are so many people who owe a penny for death and they still smoke. It is just absurd and I would like to find a way to help them. If not to give up with smokes then at least to explain to them what means smoking at all for them and for others around them. Also once I will become as a midwife and I am not so blue eyed that I could believe all future mothers don't smoke! So... I just want to heal the world! Again...
And next: What had doctor Ülle Ani to say..
The lecture started with statistic. Seems that it is common methot for nonplus auditor. I didn't petrified. She told that 1.1 billion (I doubt in the number actually because there should be already almost 7n billion human beings on the world so 1/3 of it should be about 2,33 billions but what do I know about that...;o)) human beings smoke in whole world. It is 1/3 from whole human race on the Earth. I didn't amaze probably only because I am not able to image so many people together. ... and that they can light their cigaretts what all will smoke and will poison other 2/3 of human race on the Earth.
Why are they doing that then. Well, I got to know how the addiction works. Since I am exsmoker myself I can see it clearer now. I faild so many times with quiting smokes. Actually I am angry I did have the information about 20 years ago. It could give me possiblility to belong into non-smokers and I mean under non-smokers men and women who have never destroyed their health with smokes. I would like to scream "What have I done!?!?!" because I know that all healthproblems I ever will get can be caused because of smoking and doing that during the time when my body was still in progress phase!
So... How does it work?
Nicotine works in your brain. Nicotine is extremely addictive because when you to ingest it then it will increase the natural release and levels of serotonin, dopamin, and norepinephrine in your brain. It acts as a stimulant by increasing adrenaline production what increases blood pressure and heart rate. You feel you are powerful, your brain and memory work with better efficientcy and you don't even understand that it does that during very short timeperiod. So you need more and more to feel better again. Especially hard is when you wish to quite but withrawal symptoms makes you live in hell.
You suck in your first lungfull nicotine and your brain will get basically overdose of it. Your brain maintain it with producing more nicotine receptors. And you give more and more nicotine for your brain because all those receptors shout into your ear they need nicotine and you overdose it again and your brain will produce MORE receptors of nicotine what shout louder "Give me nicotine!" and you are in magic circle what can sound intresting but is not so intresting at all when you are in it. Every time you smoke a cigarett you ingest about 4000 chemicals. There has been proven that 40 of them will cause cancer... Smokes are the cause about one-third of all cancer deaths and about one-fourth of all fatal heart attacks. In fact, many degenerative diseases are directly linked with cigarette smoking - lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, heart disease, respiratory ailments, angina, diarrhea, heartburn, peptic ulcers, etc.* Since nicotine irritates your food canal it starts product more slim to defend it. You will start coughing and expectorate. Yuki!
* There is possible that men will be soon impotent and/or their sperm has no vitality.
* Your face tone is gray
* Your skin is wrinkled
* You can't sleep well anymore
* Your hair is going gray
* You have heartburns and your stomach hurts because of ulcers. Years already! You didn't notice it before? Oh really? Think back and maby it reminds to you how often have you got medicine from apotecha or you have eat just soda powder at home...
* You are irritated and don't feel well if you won't get smokes and everybody around you are irritated because you are.
* You smell bad. I mean you really do! Your mouth, your clothes, your skin, your intimate parts... Fui!
* You poison everyone around you. Including your children and that before and after born...
Bah! It reminds me ... ee... a frog. Hmm... but it is ok probably because he told he did quit. Or maybe he restart? Does he know the effects of smoking? Naaah.... of course he does. He is EDUCATED! Well... but does he understand it too? Bffff. How is it my problem! Or is it? I still care of him. A lot. How should I act then? To ask him to read it? No! It would look like I want something from him more he is able to give me... Well, I would like it. But if you care about someone wount you worry about them then? And if you do care and won't do anything is it nice? Ok.. but what should I do then???? Maybe if he would read it he would understand that all of his problems are based on his bad habbit? But who am I that I am going to tell it to him! Hmm... just a person who cares! Bah!
If I do care and do nothing what am I then?
And if I do care and do something how does it seem now then?
AAAAAAAAAAA!
And women... If statistic shows that number of smoking men in Estonia decreases then number of smoking women increases. Painful. Especially because the beginners are almost always young girls whos body is still growing and developing. The breastcancer has most common among women who have began smoking during teenage. But not only that! They damage whole theri reproductiv organs as well. There will be more problems with fertilzation among smokers. The babies growth will get damaged aslo their organs may not get ready for birth. It's quit common that the smokers' babies need more often Caesarean section before right time because they just feel so bad inside mom's tummy. Their development will be damaged as well as they will have strong nicotine addiction and withdrawal symptoms will be really hard for them as well. Even when mom is passive smoker all those symptoms may happen. Those babies will begin smoking with bigger probability than non-smokers babies.
It is too painful to think about that. More painful to write. I really hope that the awareness of smoking affects will increase at least in Estonia. I am really happy I was taking part of the course and I'n deeply amazed about the workers who deal with the problem. It will be my fight now as well...
Myths
* There are no smokes what would be less-danger than others!
* Thinking that you need to quite slowly like a cigarette less per day... Absurd! You will irritate everytime your receptors of nicotine and they demand you give more and more. You have to quit to the day!
* I do smoke infront of the oven or on the window so noone will be harmed. Wrong! The CO will be even in your bedroom trough closed doors with 4-5 minutes
* If your friend tells you that pregnant woman should not quit smoking to the day then you should find a new friend for yourself. Everyone should quit to the day. Especially pregnant women.
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How to stop? Or like said Mark Twain: "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."
The first thing what you should do when you have decided to quit smoking is definately seeing a counselor. They will know exactly how to help you and what should you do. Also they can advise you how would it be the best for you. It is not like that "I can stop when I want" because nicotine is the moste addictive drug. You have to know that withdrawal symptoms may include:
Anger
Anxiety
Craving for Nicotine
Difficulty Concentrating
Frustration
Headaches
Increased Appetite
Increased Blood Pressure
Irritability
Reduced Heart Rate
Restlessness
Stomach Cramps
Smoking is disease not bad habbit.
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