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QUIT SMOKING ... FOR YOUR OWN SAKE!

QUIT SMOKING ... FOR YOUR OWN SAKE!

Siebra Muhammad · Wednesday, April 21st 2010 at 2:45PM · 669 views
QUIT SMOKING ... FOR YOUR OWN SAKE!
If you do not smoke, then congratulations, keep up the good work.
However, You should share this info with a friend of yours who smokes.

We all know how harmful effects do cigarettes have on our health. So, the scholars have unanimously stated its prohibition.

What is in the cigarette smoke? (Source: Cancer Research UK)
More than 4,000 toxic chemicals are found in the cigarette smoke! Some of these are:

Nicotine – the drug that makes cigarette addictive.
Carbon monoxide – a gas that quickly enters the bloodstream, lowering oxygen supply and contributing to heart disease.
Tar – the black particles in tobacco smoke.
Formaldehyde – used to preserve dead bodies!
Nitrosamines – a group of chemicals used in pesticides!
Benzopyrene – a substance used to preserve wood!

Shocking Facts! (Source: World Health Organization)
Tobacco kills 1 jumbo jet full of people per hour everyday worldwide.
Tobacco usage causes cancer of lung, liver and oral, heart diseases, narrowing of blood vessels etc.
Therefore, it can also be regarded as a mean of committing suicide.

Benefits Of Quitting Smoking:
· Your lungs won't look like burnt BBQ beef and you'll be able to taste and smell food again.
· You save yourself the embarrassment of having bad breath.
· You'll cough less and your teeth will be much whiter.
· Last, but not the least, you’ll earn God’s special blessings for giving up what is prohibited by doing repentance and never returning to smoking again,

So would you like to quit smoking?

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Siebra Muhammad New Orleans, LA

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Comments (9)

Siebra Muhammad Wednesday, April 21st 2010 at 3:48PM

Awww...Sister Siebra you need to sit down...we ain't trying to hear all that (LOL)!!!

Cynthia Merrill Artis Wednesday, April 21st 2010 at 4:02PM

DATS RITE... SISTER SIEBRA.... LOL!!!!

Siebra Muhammad Wednesday, April 21st 2010 at 4:05PM

LOL...Most of you think I'm just a person who loves to hear herself talk!!!

Cynthia Merrill Artis Wednesday, April 21st 2010 at 4:33PM

do you???

Siebra Muhammad Wednesday, April 21st 2010 at 5:11PM

LOL...Nope!!!

MIISRAEL Bride Wednesday, April 21st 2010 at 6:15PM

Great advice Siebra! Second hand smoke is dangerous too...So even if you won't quit for yourself quit for those you love who are around your smoke. There you've heard it again.. RIGHT ON SIEBRA!

Siebra Muhammad Thursday, April 22nd 2010 at 1:10PM

Thanks Fellow Poetess!!!

Cynthia Merrill Artis Thursday, April 22nd 2010 at 1:46PM

Thank you my Sista Miisrael.... Oh.. Siebra...

Cynthia Merrill Artis Thursday, April 22nd 2010 at 1:49PM

you know In the words of Lady Irma (I Am Not Smiling).... LOL

When I was at the hospital with my mother... Her nurse saw me with my cigarettes... The day my mom was discharged... This little/Tiny woman had all kinds of flyers, pamphlets, brochures stuffed in my mom's overnite bag... on her night stand... on her tray.... LOL

I told her... OK... I get the message.... LOL

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