QUIT BEFORE IT IS TOOLATE

DO NOT SMOKE

• I am sure that we know, smoking is harmful to our body. Then why do we continue smoking?

• There are a lot of reasons why we shouldn’t smoke. Let me enumerate some of them…

a) Smoking affects our health b) We spend a lot of money on cigarettes and c) That when we smoke, we are not respecting

the people around us.

I would just like to mention two very important reasons why smoking is injurious to health

2 issues

Reason 1

• We shouldn’t smoke because it affects our health. If we smoke our physical condition gets negatively affected and it will be difficult for us to succeed in life.

• Smoking also produces lethal diseases like cancer and reduces the quality of life . Maybe we don’t realise all the physical effects of smoking immediately but we will surely be sorry for it one day.

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Last but not the least

The last but not the least reason why we shouldn’t smoke is out of respect for the people around us. When we smoke, we not only harm ourself but also the people around us. Also many people don’t like the smell of cigarettes, so they wont enjoy our company and I don’t think any of us would like that.

A small saying

• Smoking injures our health BUT no smoking insures our health.

• Smoking batters our health BUT no smoking betters our health.

• Smoking tortures our health BUT no smoking nurtures our health.

Polluted Lungs of a Smoker

Thinking to quit, let me help you

Just three ways

• Pick a day to quit smoking. Having a specific day in mind will help us stick to our goal.

A man tossing a filled cigarette pack into the trash

Visit the doctor

• Discuss your decision to quit smoking, I am sure that the doctor will be very happy with your decision. Also ask if other medicines could help you quit.

Patient telling his habit to the doctor

Cut back now

• In the days leading to the quit smoking day, being trying to cut back the number of cigarettes each day. Try to just smoke half a cigarette, then quarter and then quit to lead your life happily.

Picture of a half burnt cigarette

You can do it

• It may be hard for you to quit smoking at first but slowly you will stop thinking about it.

• At first even I used to bite my nails, when my father got to know about this, he got very angry he made me understand that why we should not bite our nails. Now whenever I fell like biting my nails I always remember what my father told me that day and I STOP

This is the tendency with every living being but if you have made a firm decision then try and stick

to it.

Debojyoti Mishra ,music, director, composer

• I was a chain smoker. But the day my son was born and my doctor advised me not to come close to a newborn as my breathe could him, I was shaken. I dumped the remaining cigarettes and quit smoking that day, nearly 8 and a half years ago.

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Be cool but don’t be a smoking fool

Thank you