Denial
Denial is a defensive coping mechanism for not facing up to the reality of nicotine drug addiction.
There are over 69 chemicals found in cigarette smoke that are known carcinogens - that's 69 good reasons to give up smoking now!
Tobacco smoke is more dangerous to health than nicotine. Long-term inhalation of tobacco smoke exposes every cell of your body to powerful chemicals that can cause cancer and cell mutations, and that ultimately cause tobacco-related illnesses.
Nicotine however is now known to accelerate the growth of cancerous cells in the human body, as well as speed up the onset of the menopause in women.
Tobacco smoke from cigarettes, cigars and pipes contains over 4,800 chemical compounds and breathable, suspended particles. Some of the chemicals present in tobacco smoke have been proven to cause cancer and increase the risk of birth defects.
These include: ammonia, arsenic, benzene, cadmium, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, lead, mercury, naphthalene, urethane and a variety of nitrosamines (potent human carcinogens). Formaldehyde, ammonia, urethane, and naphthalene are contained in household products with labels telling you to avoid inhaling them.
There are also radioactive chemicals in tobacco smoke, like polonium-210. So far, over 69 chemicals have been found in tobacco smoke that are known human carcinogens. This means that these chemicals have been proven to cause cancer not only in laboratory animals, but also in people.
These chemicals make smoking too high a risk.
So, begin a new life… Quit Now!
Further Reading
You may also be interested in the following resources:
- The Stop Smoking Video
- Smoking Related Websites
- Testimonials From Ex-Smokers
- 599 Chemical Additives in Tobacco
- Brainwave Entrainment
- What's really in a cigarette?
- Smoking Ban reduces cadmium
- Studies comparing Hypnosis with or NRT
- What is NLP?
- Phobias
- Denial
- If You Could Spend a Day With Me...
- The benefits of stopping smoking?
- What makes nicotine addictive?
- Nicotine and more...
- Smoking: The Facts
- What makes Nicotine Addictive?
