| No matter who may tell you that smoking cigarettes | | | | 4. Smoking for stress relief is also self-cheating |
| does also have positive side effects, do not believe | | | | Smoking cigarettes builds up stress. Now you may say |
| that! It might be true, that there is one or two minor | | | | "STOP!". Perhaps you have heard that smoking |
| positive side effects, but compared to the amount of | | | | cigarettes relieves stress, but this is one BIG lie! It is just |
| harmful effects it is worthless. If you want to know | | | | the same thing with the stress as with the |
| more about what effects smoking really has, keep | | | | concentration. Once you start smoking, your brain gets |
| reading. | | | | addicted to it, and every time it needs nicotine it starts |
| 1. The Addiction | | | | giving you the feeling of something missing. By smoking |
| I think I do not need to tell you, that it builds smoking | | | | and with it giving your brain what it wants, smoking |
| builds up an addiction to nicotine very quickly. I'm just | | | | gives you the feeling of solving a stress problem, but in |
| mentioning it, because it is one of the first effects, and | | | | fact it is just the same thing with the concentration. |
| the major effect that is responsible for the disability of | | | | You solve a problem that has originally been caused |
| people to quit smoking. | | | | by smoking cigarettes, and this way you keep on |
| 2. The Metabolism | | | | cheating yourself. |
| Smoking has the effect of accelerating the | | | | 5. Your senses break down |
| metabolism. WARNING: This is NO appeal to start | | | | Another effect of smoking cigarettes is the damping |
| smoking for weight loss! It does not work, as the | | | | of your senses. Many smokers just don't want to |
| weight loss effect does only last for a very short time, | | | | believe that, but this is a major effect of smoking. How |
| and gets lost afterwards. In exchange, you will be | | | | often have you been in situations in which others told |
| addicted to cigarettes, so please leave it! | | | | you, that something smells pretty strange or even bad, |
| 3. Smoking for concentration is self-cheating | | | | and you just had to tell them, that you cannot smell |
| Smoking seems to be able to raise the concentration, | | | | anything? Think deeper: Can you be sure, that you do |
| but this is just an illusion. Let me explain: Once you start | | | | always smell good, if you are not able to smell |
| smoking, your brain starts to make you feel the need | | | | properly? As a matter of fact you will only be able to |
| for nicotine. As soon as you feel this need, you are not | | | | smell the difference when you stop smoking. The |
| able to stay focused anymore. Giving your brain what | | | | same thing goes for tasting. |
| it wants makes it feel pleased and you will be able to | | | | The effects mentioned above are of course some of |
| concentrate (usually for the next 45 - 60 minutes after | | | | the major effects, but believe me when I say that |
| the last cigarette). This means that smoking does only | | | | there's a lot more of them. In fact there are far too |
| solve a problem that was caused by smoking. | | | | many to list here. And you have to trust me when I |
| Considering this smoking cigarettes to raise | | | | say, that there is not a single effect of smoking |
| concentration is nothing else that cheating yourself. | | | | cigarettes that does not harm you in at least one way. |