Myth 1. The most harmful in cigarettes – nicotine is

The fact that the drop of nicotine kills a horse and causes cancer, known to every child. But vykurivaya cigarette, you ingest from 0.1 to 1.8 milligrams of nicotine and “horse” scheme would have to go to the cemetery after the first bundle. In fact, nicotine is not carcinogenic. This is primarily a drug that is addictive and causes smoke. And now with the smoke into your body get really dangerous substances contained in cigarette resins.

Their ingredients, with smoke and blood coming into contact with any of the bodies (from the oral cavity to the bladder), initiating the development of tumors.

Myth 2. Cigars and pipe smoking is safer because they have not tightened

These smokers really rarely cause lung cancer because they are not made to inhale the smoke. However, it is cigar and pipe smoking contributes to cancer of the larynx and lips. By the way cigars – are the leaders on the content of resins.

Myth 3. Smoking calms the nerves and rescues from stress

In fact, the components of tobacco (tar, nicotine, smoke, etc.) do not relax, and simply “slow down” the most important parts of the central nervous system. On the other hand, accustomed to the cigarette, without her man is relaxing in fact not. A vicious circle: the emergence and cessation of stress become dependent on smoking.

Myth 4. Smokers will keep shapely figure

First, the full range of polluting fat. Second, blunting cigarette hunger, you provotsiruesh development of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Third, lose weight with the help of smoking – it’s like to instill a contagious disease and “melt in his eyes” from her.

Myth 5. Light cigarettes are not as harmful as regular

Alas, this is not true. Always use light cigarettes, smokers are more protracted and deeper than what ultimately may lead to cancer itself is not easy, and the so-called pulmonary “periphery” – the alveoli and small bronchi.

Myth 6. Smoking contributes to concentration

Certainly not! Stimulation of the nervous system, nicotine leads to depletion of energy resources of the brain. Tobacco becomes a kind of stimulant: when performing complex mental work, a person starts to smoke one cigarette after another, only to make this very concentration not to lose.

Myth 7. Quitting smoking, gradually reducing the dose of nicotine, it is impossible

Difficult, but possible. However, instead of smoke from 10 to 5 cigarettes per day, better get nicotine replacement therapy. It lies in the fact that the first time after giving up smoking in the body introduce a dose of nicotine, reducing the severity of withdrawal syndrome. Produced containing nicotine chewing gum, patches, lozenges and sprays.

Voobshchem, myths dispelled? Come on already, throw a smoke!

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