Smoking: its causes, harms, and how to quit

Many unhealthy pests have spread in our society, including smoking, and among the worst of them is smoking. Which has taken a great and wide spread, which is cause for great concern; Men, women or children are not excluded from this; But everyone is at risk. Therefore, we must warn each other, sound the alarm, and try to help as many people as possible from falling prey to this deadly disease; Except for smoking. We also urge those affected by this scourge to quit before it is too late. As the number of deaths as a result of this bad habit is increasing day by day; World health statistics indicate that this number will double to 10 million people who die annually due to tobacco smoking; Smoking is the main cause of premature death in developing countries, as it has become ahead of AIDS and constitutes a great burden on health systems

Cigarette smoke components?
There are more than 2000 substances in cigarette smoke that slowly kill a person, such as the remnants of smoking, including:
Nicotine: It is a deadly liquid alkaloid, as it is sufficient to inject 500 mg of it into a person’s blood to lead to his immediate death.
carbon dioxide gas
Tar:
It causes chronic infections in the mouth, lips, and tongue. It may also cause them to develop cancer, and if the tar reaches the stomach, it leads to stomach ulcers.

Smoking reasons ?!

1- Ignorance and lack of awareness are among the most common reasons that lead people to smoke. As most of them are unaware of the danger of the materials that make up the cigarettes.

2- Unemployment is one of the causes of smoking

3- Many young people rush to try it because of seeing their father or because of their association with people who smoke. And in another narration, there is someone who smokes to prove to himself or to others that he has reached maturity and complete manhood

4- Neglecting religious education and a healthy upbringing may also be one of the reasons

5- Lots of money for children and teenagers

Smoking is harmful to health!!
Smoking has many damages to health, as it brings many diseases that lead to the death of a person slowly, including:

First: Cardiovascular diseases:

Increased heart rate
Increased fat in the blood
Increased vasoconstriction
Increased blood pressure
cell oxygen deficiency
Second: respiratory diseases:
Bronchitis
Exhaustion of hairs and cilia
Emphysema
shortness of breath
Reduce air purification
Third, cancer diseases:
Lung Cancer
lip cancer
esophageal cancer
Throat Cancer
mouth cancer
Bladder Cancer

Religion’s opinion on smoking!!
It is established in Islam that it is not permissible for a Muslim to eat food or drink something that kills him quickly or slowly, or something that harms him; Because his life and health are among the blessings of God. It is a deposit with him does not solve him excessive.
It is well known in Islam that the prohibition follows malice and harm; Whatever is purely harmful, or its harm is greater than its benefit, then it is forbidden.
Whatever is purely beneficial, or its benefit is greater than its harm, then it is permissible.

Tips to avoid the risk of smoking!

The best way to avoid the danger of smoking is not to start it, because the process of stopping smoking is unfortunately difficult and every smoker has tried to quit again and again and failed in most cases; In order for the process to succeed, a good number of these conditions must be met, including:
Full conviction of the dangers posed by smoking
Having will and determination
Provides a family and social atmosphere that is anti-smoking
Attention to educational campaigns to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking
Avoid mixing with groups of smokers
How to quit smoking?!
reading
Playing sports
Drink low sugar fluids
Drink water regularly to avoid dry mouth and to moisturize the mouth
Use the miswak to clean the mouth permanently
Stay away from smokers
Take advice from those who have quit smoking before
There are many natural recipes that help quit smoking, including:
Watermelon recipe:
Suspended on an empty stomach for a week
It is a watermelon + 400 grams of honey
Method: Take half a watermelon and empty its contents into a dish, add honey to it, and put it in the oven at a temperature of 150 degrees for the next hour, and take it out of the oven, then leave it to cool and put it in the refrigerator, after which it is eaten hanging on an empty stomach.
watercress recipe
cup on empty stomach
It is arugula + water
Watercress and water are put in the blender until it becomes juice and then eaten..