If you’re like most cigarette smokers, you’ve promised yourself
you’d quit it when you got your first career job, or when you got
married, or even when your first child was born. It’s common to
make these promises time and again only to find significant difficulty
quitting the dangerous, addictive habit. Fortunately, millions of Americans
succeed at smoking cessation every year, and you can be one of them. It
also takes support to quit the habit, counseling may be helpful.
You likely already know the damage cigarette smoking can to your body,
including:
Shorten your lifespan
Cause lung cancer or other cancers
Dramatically increase your risk of cancer
Quicken the aging process
Bad breath and yellowed teeth
Persistent cough
How We Can Help You Quit the Habit – For Good
Smoking is a leading cause of lung cancer, and the best thing you can do
to protect your health is quit. Nicotine, the addictive chemical in cigarettes,
can be delivered to the body to help you taper off the habit. Nicotine
replacement therapies (NRTs) deliver the chemical to your body in a safer
form than cigarettes, which are packed with other cancer-causing chemicals.
NRTs come in various forms, including patches, gums, and inhalers. Over
time, you will taper off the amount of nicotine you consume until you
curb your cravings for cigarettes.
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