Title: 
Stop Smoking, Regain Your Health

Word Count:
528

Summary:
The article discusses different factors of smoking 

that could have disadvantages in healthy living. It 

relates smoking costs, health risks, and social 

acceptance. By quitting smoking, one could lessen 

their health risks, of other people, as well as save 

on costs and be accepted.


Keywords:
stop smoking


Article Body:
No one would say that it is easy to stop smoking. But 

since millions of people have successfully quit 

smoking, it simply means that kicking the tobacco 

habit is not impossible. Quitting smoking does not 

only make one feel better, it also entails making 

drastic yet positive changes in one's life. Putting 

an end to one's nicotine addiction will enable a 

person to have better health, gain savings by no 

longer spending on cigarettes, enhance social 

acceptance, and set a good example for the younger 

generation to follow. 

Taking care of one's health is the most obvious and 

equally the most important reason why a person should 

stop smoking. Almost everyone knows that smoking can 

cause lung cancer, but only a few know that smoking 

also increases the risk for other types of cancer, 

lung diseases, heart attacks, stroke, and peripheral 

vascular disease.  The said habit also causes 

premature wrinkling of the skin, bad breath, yellow 

fingernails, pregnancy problems (miscarriage or low 

birth weight), and higher risks of heart attacks, 

stroke, and clot formation for women who uses oral 

contraceptives. It really does not matter how long 

one smoked, but as long as one stops smoking, this 

will definitely bring benefits to one's health. In 

fact, those who stopped smoking before 35 avoid 90 

percent of the health risks associated with nicotine 

and tobacco. 

The next thing to consider would be the actual 

financial cost of smoking. Smoking is expensive, and 

the economic cost of smoking is estimated to be about 

$4,000 a year for an average smoker. Figure out how 

much a person spends on smoking by multiplying how 

much money is spent for tobacco each day by 365. Now 

multiply this by the number of years that a smoker 

used tobacco. This equals to how much one spends on 

smoking. Another way would be multiplying the amount 

spent per year by 10. This will be the cost if one 

keeps smoking for another ten years. Think of other 

ways to spend that kind of money. This computation 

does not even include higher costs of health and life 

insurance, and the medical costs due to 

tobacco-related conditions.

Smoking is less socially acceptable now that it was 

in the past. In fact, employers nowadays prefer to 

hire nonsmokers. Some workplaces even restrict 

smoking. The reason for this is probably because past 

studies reveal that smoking employees cost businesses 

more because they are "out sick" more frequently. 

Smoking in a building also increases the maintenance 

costs of keeping cleanliness and odors at an 

acceptable level. Landlords, too, may choose not to 

rent to smokers since maintenance costs and insurance 

rates may rise when smokers occupy buildings. Friends 

may ask you not to smoke in their houses or cars. 

Public buildings, concerts, and even sporting events 

are largely smoke-free. And more and more communities 

are restricting smoking in all public places, 

including restaurants and bars. In fact, finding a 

place to smoke nowadays can be quite a hassle. It can 

be frustrating but that's only because smoking is an 

inconvenient habit. It is really much easier to stop 

smoking than try to change or adapt the 

circumstances, things, and people around you to 

accept smoking.


