Patients with high blood pressure who cannot quit smoking can try to gradually replace smoking with other hobbies and recreational activities to reduce the amount of smoking. Patients can gradually replace smoking with activities such as playing chess, jogging, and walking quietly. When the addiction strikes, try to divert your attention and get busy doing other activities to distract yourself. Smoking cessation is advocated because of the numerous health risks associated with smoking. 1. Smoking is one of the factors associated with the development of hypertension and affects the cardiovascular prognosis of hypertensive patients. Smoking can increase blood pressure by increasing the release of norepinephrine from sympathetic nerve endings, and it can also cause an increase in blood pressure by impairing nitric oxide-mediated vasodilation through oxidative stress. The prognosis of patients with hypertension is not only related to the level of blood pressure, but also to the combination of other cardiovascular risk factors and the degree of target organ damage. Smoking is one of the cardiovascular risk factors that affect prognosis. 2. Smoking also affects other clinical diseases. Smoking is associated with the development of many lung diseases, such as bronchitis, chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 3. Smoking also has a certain relationship with the development of a variety of cancers, such as lung cancer, bladder cancer is closely related to the development of. Therefore, you are advised to quit smoking, reduce your bad habits and change your bad lifestyle. In order to have a better therapeutic effect and control your blood pressure, it is necessary to quit smoking.