World No Tobacco Day is celebrated every year on May 31. Careful people will find that the second day of No Tobacco Day coincides with Children’s Day, and the World Health Organization has chosen this day as No Tobacco Day in the hope that our next generation will be free from the dangers of tobacco. Smoking is harmful to health, why many people just can not quit? In fact, this question is not only confusing to women, sometimes men themselves are also confused: because when he wants to quit smoking, he finds that things are not as easy as he thought! Why is this? Today we will talk about this topic. 1, do you really understand the harm of smoking? Data show that currently there are 316 million smokers in China, and up to 740 million passive smokers. You may not smoke yourself, but it is difficult to escape the ubiquitous secondhand smoke. We only know that smoking is harmful, but in fact, the harm of secondhand smoke may be even greater. We know that PM2.5 is less than 2.5 microns in diameter particles, such small particles can be deposited directly through the airways in the alveolar tissue, damaging the lungs. Tobacco smoke haze is PM0.35-0.45, smaller than PM2.5, more harmful. Tobacco combustion produces more than 7,000 compounds, including addictive nicotine, as well as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, formaldehyde and other harmful substances identified by the International ai Research Agency as Class A ai-causing substances, greatly increasing the risk of lung ai, cardiovascular, asthma and other diseases produced. But some people say, I see some long-term smokers well, but also do not see ai disease ah! This is actually ignoring the characteristics of individual physique and probability: if you smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day, continuous smoking for more than 10 years is certainly a high-risk group of lung cancer, this is not questionable. In fact, according to a 50-year study in the UK, the average life expectancy of smokers was found to be about 10 years less. 2.What is so difficult about quitting smoking? Many smokers think they are not “addicted” to smoking, but they just can’t quit. Although the reasons for this vary, the following are the most common: Reason ①: I think smoking is cool Because of the influence of advertising and television dramas, many people, especially young people, have a feeling that “smoking is cool. In fact, many young people start smoking, not because they think it is particularly good, but because they think that “smoking is the performance of men”, “smoking is the performance of maturity”, “smoking looks cool “. In fact, is smoking cool? Not really! If you have seen people who have been smoking for a long time, you will find that most of these people have yellow teeth, bad breath, and a raspy voice. We know that “smoking is bad for your health” is a long-term feedback – you don’t immediately feel the health effects of smoking now, but often 20 years later. If you could get lung ai from just one puff, no one would be smoking. It’s like asking a bedwetter to get up early for an ideal, he may not be able to get up, but if you agree to go to breakfast with a beautiful woman the next day, the results are often much better. Because the struggle for the ideal belongs to the long-term feedback, not easy to feel, while a date with a beautiful woman can be felt instantly. Therefore, it is important to know that quitting smoking is a long-term feedback thing, and you need to stick to it more to have good results. Reason 3: Habit of quitting halfway Some people who want to quit smoking give up trying to quit because they have lost their self-confidence to quit smoking. This is called “learned helplessness” in psychology – introduced by the American psychologist Seligman in 1967 – and refers to the behavior of people who, after repeated failures, become disillusioned with any attempt to quit. Similarly, many regular smokers, no matter how many times they watch smoking cessation ads and how many times they listen to their loved ones, do not do so because they do not believe that smoking is harmful to health, but because they have entered a state of “learned helplessness” and have lost the motivation to try to quit. The motivation to try to quit is lost. It is important to let them know that smoking is just a nicotine addiction and that they will get better after a few more days. Reason 4: Excuses for quitting When people cannot break a bad habit, they will actively make excuses to make the habit more reasonable. For example, people who stay in bed in the morning will make excuses and say: I’m sleepy now, I have to hurry and sleep some more, otherwise I’ll be sleepy all morning. When in fact, the sleepiness will disappear as soon as you get up immediately. Many smokers often find rationalization excuses: smoking can make me concentrate; smoking can make me relax; smoking is actually nothing – the old man next door smoked until he was 80 years old and still alive; it is these excuses that allow smokers to find a reason to keep smoking, and thus gradually lose the motivation to change. 3, breathing maintenance way: regular lung cleaning! Outdoor PM2.5, indoor second-hand smoke, modern people’s respiratory health is always facing a test. Haze may not be every day, but if you have a smoker around, are subject to second-hand smoke every day. An exhale is a matter of life, lung health is worthy of everyone’s attention. In the increasingly serious environment of various air pollution, the best way to maintain the health of the respiratory system is undoubtedly: regular removal of lung waste! To deal with PM2.5, the first thing we can do is to reduce smoking and avoid second-hand smoke inhalation, while reducing the inhalation of pollutants through external physical barrier methods such as air humidifiers, air purifiers and masks. In addition, you can also use traditional Chinese medicine conditioning methods to regularly cleanse and detoxify your lungs. The most direct way to maintain the lungs is to remove the toxins and garbage that have been deposited in the lungs, which is the most direct way to maintain the lungs.