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Thousands of people are addicted to smoking, and, every day, thousands of people fight the battle of breaking this addiction. But why does one smoker successfully quit smoking, while other smokers battle with attempting to quit smoking for years with no real success? The key is in the reason for quitting. There are many reasons to quit, but the most important reason is for your self.

Many people attempting to quit smoking may be quitting in order to make other people happy. They may attempt to quit so their spouse will quit nagging. They try to stop because their employer frowns upon smoking. They may attempt to put out the cigarette because society has made smoking unacceptable. They may attempt to quit because their kids ask them to stop. While it is great to have family and friends around you who care and who want to see you live a longer and healthier life than you will have if you continue smoking, the only reason that will truly motivate you is if you quit for yourself.

Of course, pleasing the people around you may get you to start on the road toward recovery from nicotine addiction. You might tell yourself, “I’m doing it for my kids. I don’t want them to see me go through cancer.” Or, you might think, “If I quit smoking, my spouse might finally just leave me alone about it.” While these thoughts may get you initially motivated to quit smoking, they are unlikely to help you sustain a cigarette free life.

If you quit for others, you're more likely to make excuses to start smoking again. For example, you might quit for your spouse, and then when you have a disagreement about something, you might say, “I’ll show him (or her).” Next thing you know, you’re lighting up. You may not think you would do that, but we do strange things when we’re upset - even to the extent of resuming habits which damage our own bodies.

Quitting Smoking for Yourself

There are plenty of reasons you should quit smoking for yourself. Some of them are tied in to other people in your life, but with a slightly different slant. For example, you might quit because of your kids, rather than for them. You might want to quit so you can enjoy spending more years with them, rather than specifically to please them. It's important that you think about yourself when you are trying to quit. You must convince yourself of the many reasons to quit that will benefit you personally.

Of course, there is the obvious health benefits involved with quitting. If you quit, you put years back onto your life. This is because you have now effectively reduced your chances of developing high blood pressure, heart disease, throat cancer, lung cancer, and emphysema. You have also lessened your likelihood of having a heart attack and of developing gum disease and ulcers, just to name a few.

If you aren’t feeling too concerned about the inside of your body, consider the outside. Smoking makes your fingers and teeth yellow, not to mention the bad smell which you emanate from your person, and bad breath. You probably don’t realize just how bad you smell because your senses of taste and smell have both been dulled by smoking! Fortunately, quitting will help bring back these small joys of life.

Smoking definitely makes your skin wrinkle faster, particularly on your face. Not only that, the notion that smoking makes a person look “cool” has been gone for a long time. In fact, the majority of people are less attracted to people who smoke than to non-smokders.

And don't overlook the financial rewards of quitting smoking. Most smokers will save literally thousands of dollars every year by simply quitting smoking. Just imagine all of the things you can do for you if you quit. Perhaps you have seen some new outfits or shoes you would like to buy at the end of a year of successfully not smoking. Maybe you can purchase a new entertainment center, or buy that new transmission for your project car. Perhaps you'll even be able to afford that vacation you have always wanted to take.

If you manage to win the battle against this addiction, go ahead and spoil yourself - you deserve it! Consider it a celebration for saving your own life.

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