Arguments

Promised to post this a while back.
Doing it now.

Why quit smoking?

First of all I’m not forcing you to do this, I’m not telling you to change yourself. This speech is just a piece of my advice, wich I want to share with you all.

Smoking is a habit.

So … What is a habit? It is a mental rut created by mechanical repetition of a task. The tires of a car traveling on a muddy road make a distinct impression. Similarly, the repetition of a task makes an impression on the mind. The more we repeat a task, the deeper becomes the impression. Every habit thus gets firmly fixed in the mind.

A habit can be uprooted by steadily and persistently working against it. Just as performing a task again and again creates a habit, performing an opposite task again and again eliminates it. If your mind forces you towards the old habit, gently but firmly divert it towards the positive habit you want to imbibe instead. It is always easy to go back to old habits and therefore the mind gets effortlessly inclined towards them. The formation of a new habit is therefore very difficult initially. However, with repeated performance, it takes roots and becomes a part of one’s nature.

Thus, if you work against smoking, instead of smoke try doing other things, and making new habits, like working out maybe, things will, after a while, be over, and you will be a non smoker!

Now you might say “But, smoking is good for me, it makes me relaxed, why should I quit?”

Well, you actually don’t become relaxed, what you feel is your brain rewarding you for doing something that it thinks is positive, you’d feel more relaxed if you DIDN’T smoke, truth.

And now you’ll say “What, is smoking realy that bad?”

Yes, it is, we know that smoking cause’s cancer and emphysema - we know smoking kills and those who smoke are playing roulette with our health. However, we also know that most smoking-related diseases take years to develop, so we tell ourselves we have time, that nothing will happen to us. Besides, the bad stuff always happens to other people anyway we’ll be perfectly fine, right?

Right?

Wrong. With upwards of 5 million people dying on this planet every year from tobacco use, chances are more than good that you'll end up a tragic addition to those statistics if you don’t quit.

Now, I know that there are these “Lucky few” that don’t get a single problem and survives perfectly fine… and why can’t you be that kind of person?

I mean, you probably are…

Right?

Wrong. Those people are such a small part; it’s not even worth mentioning!

So, why would you waste your life on something that only hurts you, besides, passive smoking IS a bad thing, the non-smokers will breathe in the "side stream" smoke from
the burning tip of the cigarette and ALSO the "mainstream" smoke that has been
inhaled and then exhaled by the smoker, it’s been INSIDE of someone by now, why would you want to harm your friends, and hurt them in the same way as you hurt yourself? And I know that some (Felix) will say “Bullshit” after this, and yeah, it dose sound like that, but honestly, we all know it is the truth… Right?

Right?

Yeah, it actually is true!

Now, I’m not just going to stand here and argue about why you should quit smoking, Ill give you a few tips aswell

Quitting smoking will be the single hardest thing you will ever do. Ever.

And when you are quitting, you should try not to go to places that makes you want to smoke, you should avoid coffee and alcohol, since you often take a smoke while drinking these beverages.

And speaking of, you shouldn’t do those two too much anyway, so a brake from those habits is just good brake!

And now you probably will throw one of your last arguments at me, that smoking is “social”.

Right?

Well

To that I say, if you need a cigarette to be social, don’t be social at all.

Oscar Anjou