There are many people who try to quit smoking many times. Perhaps you have quit smoking and started smoking again. Do you know why you can’t quit or you start back up again? It’s called Nicotine. One of the most addicting drugs on the market today, it is as addicting as Heroin or Cocaine.

In order to quit the smoking habit for good you have to know what you are dealing with. So let’s discuss Nicotine. Nicotine is a drug in itself. Found in tobacco and processed in chemicals like formaldehyde, benzene, ammonia, acetone, tar, carbon monoxide and arsenic. There are actually over 4000 thousand processed chemicals but the ones listed above are about the most harmful for the human body.

When you smoke you inhale, when you inhale the nicotine goes to your blood stream. Once the nicotine gets into the blood stream it effects your lungs, then your heart and your arteries. Smoking causes all sorts of health problems.

People who smoke and then quit before the age of 50 may not have the health problems that someone who waits until they are over 50 to quit.

Anyone who smokes needs to quit regardless of their age. Nonsmokers heal quicker in any surgery colds flu or any other circumstance.

So if you smoke for you own health and the people around you, please find a way to quit. It is hard but it can be done.