A client asked me the other day if it was really worth her stopping smoking. She'd read in the press that smokers die about 10 years younger than those who don't smoke - but to make sure you get those 10 years back you have to stop smoking before you're 30.
Well she was quite a bit older than 30 and I can see how her thought-process was working.
But sometimes it's not how long you live but the quality of the life you live!
Smoking related diseases are often painful and slow. We all know we're going to die and I don't think we're scared of dying - we're scared of how long it will take and how painful dying will be. What we're all trying to avoid is suffering.
Of course, I'm sure there's someone reading this thinking well, I'm only 24 so I don't need to stop for another 6 years! Yes, there's always some reasoning, some creative thinking - some excuses!
So maybe you will live 10 years longer if you stop smoking. Maybe you won't. But you will certainly feel fitter for longer, be able to breathe and probably sleep better too!
Which brings me to an other piece of information in the e-mail bulletins this week. According to new reserach in the British Medical Journal, people who take sleeping pills have a 5 times higher risk of early death than people who don't.
The study compared over 10,000 people who took sleep-aid drugs, with over 23,000 who didn't.
and the results showed that the people taking the sleeping pills were up to 5 times more likely to die during the study period.
To add to that on average, sleeping pills only get you about 11 minutes extra sleep a night!
So instead of sleeping pills why not look at why you're not sleeping. Could it be stimulants like coffee, alcohol, watching TV, playing on the internet or, yes you guessed it smoking that's keeping you awake?
So when is a good time to stop smoking? NOW!
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