Stop Smoking Motivator
There are lots of reasons why people want to stop smoking. Below are some very emotive reasons. We don’t mean to offend or upset you, just help.
- Family: Do you want to see your family grow up? Do you want to cause your parents, sisters or brothers pain when you die a premature death? Do you want to poison the people you live with with your secondhand smoke? Stop Smoking.
- Cash: You can see more about this on the facts and figures page but you will save a TON of money when you stop smoking. Quit and buy yourself lovely holiday.
- You: Do you want to make the most of your life? See all the world has to offer and experince life to its fullest? You need to stop smoking now to have the lifespan and money to do this.
It is sometimes hard to appreciate how much you smoke and how much it is costing in terms of money and health. We’ve built a little machine that will calulate how much you’ve smoked and what it has done to you. Just enter how many cigarettes you smoke a week, and how long you’ve smoked for and it will calculate some shocking facts for you.
Number of cigarettes smoked
It has been calculated that each cigarette you smoke takes 11 minutes off your life. The amount you have reduced your lifespan has been calculated for you below.
Cost of cigarettes smoked
Amount of tar ingested
Although tar is brown and sticky, it’s not the same stuff that they put down on roads. It’s actually a much deadlier substance made up of 200 different toxic compounds. It stains your teeth, skin and hair, gives you a smokers cough and can eventually lead to emphysema and lung cancer.
Amount of nicotine ingested
Nicotine is the chemical that you are addicted to. It’s not that harmful in itself, just very very addictive.
Amount of carbon monoxide inhaled
Carbon monoxide is the same gas that car exhausts pump out. Many people each year die from carbon monoxide posioning caused by faulty exhausts and boilers.
Amount of arsenic ingested
Arsenic is a deadly poison that has been used in many assassinations through history.
100 milligrams of arsenic, accumulated over a two month period is enough to kill. Arsenic can cause cancer at much lower levels than this.
Amount you have reduced your lifespan by
If you stop smoking now, you will stop chipping away at your valuable time on this planet.
Amount of Time you have spent smoking
Many people see the time they spend smoking as valuable networking time. But, if you really think about it, how much time have you spent stood outside a building, alone and in the freezing cold, while you desperately try to drag smoke into your lungs as quickly as possible?