Stop smoking clinic

Continuing to smoke in later life no longer has anything to do with the original motives for starting to smoke. Smoking has become a habit. You are used to smoking in certain circumstances or situations, you don't think about it anymore. This is called psychological dependence on cigarettes. Smoking becomes a kind of reflex, like driving a car, eating or watching TV.

Besides the psychological dependence, there is also a physical dependence, which is caused by the decreasing nicotine level in your body. However, this dependence is relatively short-lived and disappears after about 2 weeks.

Quit smoking: why should I?

Everyone knows by now that smoking is unhealthy. It even says so on the packaging.

Examples of diseases associated with smoking are:

• Lung cancer
• Oral cavity, tongue and lip cancer
• Irritation of vocal chords, hoarseness
• Inflamed gums
• Cancer of the larynx
• Oesophageal cancer
• Bladder cancer
• Chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema
• Myocardial infarction
• Stroke with paralysis
• Intracranial haemorrhage
• Aneurysm (dilatation) of the aorta
• Amputations of limbs
• Reduced blood flow to the skin

Smoking also causes:

• ageing of your skin and increase in wrinkles
• blindness
• bad breath
• yellowing of the teeth and tooth decay
• impotence
• decrease of fertility
• decrease in skin temperature, making you look pale and grey and giving you cold hands
• dependence, you cannot go anywhere without taking your cigarettes with you