How to quite smoke

Cambridge seller 

Basing on my research Papua Newp Guineans are sitting on a time bomb of social disaster. Many people are already chained to bad social habits. The research findings were on bad social habits like smoke, beer [etc.] that are widespread amongst the young generations.

Almost all the bad social habits are socially learned that are influence by peer social club's members. Once they are hooked to it, it’s difficult to find liberty but chained forever. 

Some of these bad social habits are; smoking, buai/betel nut chewing and substance abuse (alcohol) and gambling.

• Smoking habits.

Where did one start smoking?

I asked the above question to one hundred Smokers, the first answer they said was from the “social club” influence of peer pressure.

The first pull blankets their lives with lots of fun and smiley faces, then it ended up with the symptoms of headaches, nausea (feeling of vomiting) etc.

You know, friends are doing it so to qualify ourselves in the social club and walking on the same path – we register ourselves in the smoking club without knowing the significance of financial, health and family cost, John Morris said.

The 100% of interviewees said they have started smoke for only to secure social qualifications, which have chained them into bad social habits forever.

One guy said, “he had been smoking for 39 years”.

The 50% said they try their very best to quit the smoke but return to their old habit. Almost [100%] everyone said, “smoke is our life” and “if we do not smoke, simply we’re dying”.

They do not know why they are smoking. Even today, they still do not understand the magnitude of damage they are causing to their health, finance and families, especially their children.

They do not realize how much they have spent since start smoking. John Morris said he has been smoking for 20 years at the rate of K20.00 per day. 

He said, “he did not realize how much he spends per year and it’s surprising to know the cost of smoke for the last 20 years”. Below is how much Mr Morris spent on smoke in 20 years.

Financial cost.

365 days per year x K20.00 =K7, 300.00

20 years x K7, 300.00 K146, 000.00

(Workout your own cost using this example).

The cost of other spendings on buai/betel nut, gambling and beer is increased to K8, 000.00 per year.

K8, 000.00 x 20 years =K160, 000.00

If he continues smoking for the next 20 years,  how much money will Mr Morris spend at such a rate?

Chaining their lives (addictive).

Smoking behaviour is very addictive it's not an easy road to quiet.

Do you take smoke leave or holiday? Have you tried not to smoke for a day?

100% of the interviewees said, “they do not take smoke leave or holiday”, which means they smoke every day.

What happens to their bank account? Without notice, the smoke cost draining their bankaccount 24 hours every day until one quits it.  So, the smoking companies’ is feeding the population with rubbish to make money, while the Smoker's bank balance sheets continue to reduce.

Those people who smoke are not better than those who are in the state prison. Their lives are chained to smoke and other bad social habits forever.

To understand how we are chain to smoke, let’s consider the following two [2] scenarios: 

Scenario 1:

Two friends visit you! One will ask for K2.00 and another one will ask for K100.00. Their reasons are: They want to use the money to buy food or things they need.

Which amount easy is pop-up in your pocket?

K2.00 or K100.00!

Answer: 100% of interviewees said K2.00! Good!

Scenario 2:

We are having a dry season. Luckily the sky has blessed the land with rainfall. Now the two tanks are filled with sky juice. Unfortunately, one tank tape is linking and the other one, kids have opened the tape and it's flushing.

Which tape/tank will one pay attention to?

Answer: 100% said the flushing one! Correct!

What many do not realize is the small things that add up to big things. In executing a task, if you do not get the smallest procedure correct, you will not complete the task correctly thus put the lives of humans and properties at greater risk.

How much do you spend on smoke?

So, spending little by little, the individual is developing a new behaviour of not caring for small things, which adds up to the big thing, which is further explained below. 

The accumulation of K2.00 over the 365 days will add up to the significant financial cost. If you put the empty bucket under a leaking tape. What do you notice early in the morning or in the afternoon? The bucket is full. That’s how you waste your money on smoke.

It’s direct harm to an individual's health where one is reducing their life expectancy every time he smokes and certainly will die young with many medical complications.

How does one quiet?

You have started the smoke for no good reason, but you have the reasons now to quit smoking. The followings are few tips one can use to STOP smoking.

1. Stop the activity that prompts you to smoke.
2. Engage in an activity that interests you a lot on smoking time
3. Carry less cash in your pocket.
4. Stop smoke for your children: Promise your kids that for them you will stop smoking
5. Stop smoke for your health
6. Stop smoke for your money
7. Engage in physical exercise
8. Drink plenty of water daily.
9. Associate with non-smokers than smokers.
10. Seeking psychotherapist support.

                       Be a man…stop smoke!