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I am completely against smoking tobacco.
Cigarettes are a weapon, they kill and destroy lives. Cigarettes consume the smoker’s lungs and make them non-functional.

Cigarettes:

1. Make the teeth and nails yellow,
2. Wrinkle the skin faster, so smokers give the appearance of being 10-20 years older than they really are
3. Make your cloth, body, hair and breath smell pretty bad.
4. Cigarettes decrease the oxygen flow to the brain causing brain embolism.
5. Cause you to walk with difficulty, because it’s harder to breath,
6. Impossible to become well fit athlete because it’s difficult to run, bicycle, swim or to do any kind of sport or physical activity because it feels like the lungs just can’t expand anymore and the gasping for air starts.
7. Cause a decrease of taste
8. Reduce the sense of smell.
9. Cause lung emphysema or COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: chronic bronchitis or emphysema)
10. Could develop cancer of the lips. mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, lungs, stomach, kidney, bladder, and more.
11. Cigarettes could cause premature osteoporosis.
12. Smoking could be an important risk factor to develop Macular Degeneration (of the eyes)
Male smokers could notice an important decrease in sexual potency.
13. Increases the risk of infertility or delay in conception
14. The risk for a heart attack increases immensely.
15. Morbidity and mortality rates are severe.

It is hard to quit smoking, no doubt about it, but it’s not impossible. If I quit, believe me, anyone can do it. I’ve been cigarette free for 9 1/2 years, and the improvement I’ve noticed in my health is remarkably positive.
I am now an avid fanatic cyclist. I bike around 14-16 hrs. a week (not counting my commuting time -only training). I’m in my power zone about 9 to 12 hrs a week. And I feel fantastic.

There are approximately 5 million deaths a year due to cigarette smoking. That means that someone dies to smoking addiction every seconds somewhere in the world. If you are smoking right now, I strongly advice you to put the cigarette away and make a decision to quit. Look for help and support.

NOTE: If you feel like adding more reasons to the list, please, feel free to do so.

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