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Zyban shows very good results if combined with nicotine products (nicotine patches, nasal sprays or gums) and this is a recommended combination for the heavy smokers (people who have been smoking for more than 10 years or people who smoke more than a pack of cigarettes per day). The first week after you put away the cigarettes you will be nervous and irritable so it is vital that they understand your behavior and help you. In fact most people find that they experience only good effects from this method used to stop smoking, instead of being nervous or uptight. Consequently the physical side of the addiction to nicotine is resolved.
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Zyban being the first anti-smoking medication licensed in the UK that does not contain nicotine is a plus in helping people to quit smoking. Many, which are considered middle aged. Smokers are addicted to nicotine - a substance found in cigarette smoke. You may not be able to get a free stop smoking patch or any free stop smoking product. No matter how long you've smoked or your age, quit smoking will help you live longer.
If you ask yourself why you should give up smoking just take a look at the risks and costs of continuing to smoke. First you should know that 22% of all male deaths are due to smoking and 11% of all female deaths have the same cause. Narrowed and hardened arteries, cold hands and feet, weakened bones, peripheral vascular disease, cold skin, osteoporoses and decreased fitness are just a few smoking effects, but the risk of developing smoking related illnesses can be reduced by giving up smoking.
Chemicals in Tobacco Smoke
In tobacco smoke are over 4,000 chemicals like carbon monoxide which is a colourless, odourless gas that in large doses is lethal, but in smaller doses causes shortness of breath and increased heart rate.
Another harmful ingredient within cigarette smoke is hydrogen cyanide, a colourless gas that evens a short-term exposure can lead to vomiting, dizziness, headaches and nausea.
And let us not forget about nicotine, the reason why cigarettes are as addictive as they are (to give up smoking would be far easier if you didn't have this little nasty in there!). In larger quantities nicotine is extremely poisonous; a person would die within minutes if you place 60g of pure nicotine on her/ his tongue.
Costs of Smoking
If you want to give up smoking, just think about the costs of smoking, and I am not just talking money, giving up can be a good idea. Besides the financial costs, smoking also has physical costs such as wheezing, reduced fertility, risky pregnancy, damaged circulation, damaged taste buds, nicotine-stained fingers, heart attack, lung cancer and the list goes on. And do not forget about the social costs like polluting the air with carcinogens, dusty and stuffy home, spoilt clothes and furniture, smoke gets in your eyes and so on.
Second-hand Smokers
Smoking also affect your love ones not only you. Non-smokers are also exposed to the 4,000 chemicals when they breathe other people's tobacco smoke. Secondhand smoking can affect your children; they are more likely to get chest illnesses, ear infections, wheezing and childhood asthma, tonsillitis and to smoke themselves. Exposing people around you to secondhand smoke you will put them at risk of the same diseases as you.
But it's not all doom, the minute you give up smoking your body starts to recover; your circulation improves, you breathe more easily, your skin warms up, your risk of disease starts to fall, you will have a cleaner, fresher house, you will no longer put the persons around you at risk and you will be a lot richer!