Facts on Smoking Fiction
Denial and Other Signs of Drug Addiction

The facts on smoking are undeniable. Smoking kills.

To keep your nicotine addiction going you use denial and rationalization which are the true signs of drug addiction.

If you want to stop smoking cigarettes you must face the smoking facts and stop using smoking fiction to minimize and otherwise dismiss your actions as trivial and unimportant.

All addicts engage in denial and rationalization. You use these tidy bits of smoking fiction to protect yourself from the stark reality of the smoking risks to your health and the health of those around you.

Your tobacco addiction is likely accompanied some or all of the following bits of smoking addiction fiction. You cannot stop smoking cigarettes unless you give up your denial and face the smoking facts.

If you want to stop smoking cigarettes you need to start by changing your attitude and beliefs about your nicotine addiction.

Here are the Top 10 Facts on Smoking Addiction Fiction

Smoking Fiction	Face the Facts on Smoking
I have the right to do what I want, it is my body.	Fact #1 Smoking contributes to air pollution, global warming, accidental poisoning, escalating prevalence of asthma and even sudden infant death syndrome. Your addiction is harming not only you but those around you. Your are not alone on this planet, and you are not alone in your life. There are other people who love you and need you and your smoking is as harmful to them as it is to you. (See Effects of Cigarettes and Smoking Behaviour in Families)
If I keep the windows open when I smoke in the car I am protecting the children from the harmful effects of smoking.	Fact #2 This does nothing to protect your children from the smoking risks to health. Every time you smoke a cigarette in the car they smoke it with you.
Smoking is a bad habit.	Fact #3 Smoking is a nicotine addiction not a habit.
Everybody smokes.	Fact #4 Everybody does not smoke. (See Why Do People Smoke) So many people in Canada are giving up smoking that the national rate for smoking is approaching 18% . If you smoke you are in the minority not the majority.
Smoking is cool.	Fact #5 When you smoke you do not look cool, you look stupid. Your intelligence must be questioned when you choose to engage in an activity that drains your wallet and harms your health. Smoking statistics in Canada show that smoking is more prevalent among the unemployed, lower income groups and populations with 12 years or less of grade school education. Smoking doesn't make you look cool it makes you look uneducated, unemployed, and poor.
It is only tobacco. Its not like its heroin or anything.	Fact #6 Nicotine is more dangerous that cocaine, heroin or alcohol when it comes to dependence. Dependence develops quickly. The product is legal and easily available making the dependence easier to maintain. Nicotine addiction causes more health problems worldwide than heroin. See Signs of Drug Addiction
It is legal so it can't be that bad.	Fact #7 See smoking fact #6
I only smoke socially when I am with friends.	Fact #8 See smoking fact #6 Your social smoking will likely result in a nicotine addiction. So you like your friends? If you value your friends do not harm them. You have a moral obligation to protect them. If you quit smoking cigarettes and your friends pressure you to have a smoke with them you need new friends not more cigarettes
I am still young and will quit before I get older	Fact #9 See smoking fact #6 Smoking statistics show that most people start their cigarette addiction when they are teenagers.
It is hopeless, I have tried many times and I cannot quit cigarette smoking.	Fact #10 Not everyone is successful the first time they try to stop smoking cigarettes. The facts on smoking show that most former smokers had several unsuccessful attempts before they finally overcame their nicotine addiction. Keep trying!

You don't even need to be a smoker to be in denial and use smoking fiction. If you live with a smoker there is a good chance that their smoking addiction is harming you.

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Of all the known smoking risks to your health perhaps the most significant one is not facing the facts on smoking and living in a world of denial.

If you want to quit smoking cigarettes your reality check should include facing the facts on smoking fiction.

This one is so important it bears repeating.

Smoking can kill you.

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Facts on Smoking Fiction Denial and Other Signs of Drug Addiction

Here are the Top 10 Facts on Smoking Addiction Fiction

Facts on Smoking Fiction
Denial and Other Signs of Drug Addiction