1st

Cigarettes-a toxic inhaler


A small pleasure giving cigarettes contains about 4000 compounds and it has taken countless lives from all over the world. So what makes these cigarettes, a toxic inhaler? Let’s see………


Mechanism:


The two most harmful substances in cigars-nicotine, carbon monoxide increases your heartbeat rate. As a result it adds more pressure to the heart thereby straining your heart and blood vessels to work harder and ultimately it results in heat attack and stroke. Cigars also slow your blood flow and cuts off oxygen supply to your limbs. Within a course of time airways also swells up and reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of your lungs. Tar deposits on your lungs as in chimneys.


Diseases:


Diseases have a wide range similar to the compounds in the cigars. This includes emphysema, bronchitis, heart failure, lung cancer, strokes and other myocardial infarctions. Even one switches to low tar cigars it won’t make any difference since smokers normally take a deeper puffs and smoke in for longer, dragging the tar deeper into their lungs.


Facts to remember:

Every year hundreds and thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking.

One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle ages.


A 20-a-day smoker breath in up to full cup (210g) of tar in a year.


Men who smoke are ten times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers.


Smoking causes around one in five deaths from heart diseases.


In young people, three out of four deaths from heart disease are due to smoking.




People consume cigars frequently unknowing of the fact that it consumes their owners completely one day!!

2nd

Coming out of Tobacco Addiction

Healing from nicotine addiction is a process and there are lot of positive effects than one could imagine at the first thought itself. Let’s categorize it from the day you give up this habit.



After 20 minutes:


The healing process begins soon after 20 minutes and smokers feel really uncomfortable after leaving this habit. Blood pressure decreases to a greater extent and it is followed by the drop in the pulse rate. Body temperature will begin to increase.


After two to three weeks:


This stage is an important one since during this period circulation increases to normal and as a result lung functions in a normal way. Breathing problems like bronchitis, asthma will begin to disappear. Sense of smell and taste will start working normally.




After one to nine months;


One can see significant improvements in coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and in breath shortness. There will be a significant improvement in food and sleeping habits.
Thoughts of smoking may creep in and throw you out off balance if you're not prepared for them.


After one year:


Excess risk of coronary artery disease is decreased to half that of a smoker after one year. You might be free from most of your side effects by now. You will be as normal as people who never smoke


Social benefits:


Quitting smoking means one can allot those expenses to the family. It also works on their appearances. After looking at all these benefits leaving smoking is indeed a good thing






Quitting tobacco is the best thing you can do for your heart and for your health.


3rd
Inculcating Good Habits to prevent Smoking

Smoking has become a common hazard not only for our family members and friends but to the Mother Nature too. We as active citizens of the world should take pledge that we will promote a new future without tobacco. For that we have to inculcate good habits in our child’s mind itself so that we can prevent them from becoming smokers. Parents should take up this job to teach their children.
It is very heartening to see many teenagers smoking at a very early age. Parents should take responsibility and tell their children about the dangers associated with it. If your child is not addicted also, then also parents should warn their children not to go to for it. If you teach them at a very early age then the chances of their smoking after they grow up becomes less. In this way smoking can be curbed to some extent. Also tell about any family member who has suffered due to smoking. Make them active soldiers of the Nature protecting it at each and every step as much as possible.
If you find child already smoking then immediately stop him by telling the dangers of his act. Please don’t allow them to smoke more as it is easy to stop them when they are just beginners and it becomes quite difficult as they keep doing it. In fact plan a trip to a hospital and take your child there to see the patients who are suffering from cancer and other ailments after becoming addicted to this deadly disease.
If your son is old enough, then you may feel you are helpless, but still forbid him from smoking and take him to the world of reality where people are suffering due to smoking. Make him understand that he has to run a family and smoking does not help him in any way.


A Life without cigarettes is worth living than a tag called “SMOKER”

4th

Aftermaths of Quitting Smoking


If you ever wondered of quitting smoking then you must consider the side effects of both good and bad.


Benefits:


After you have quit smoking i.e. a few days later, you can see your health increasing formidably. It is marked by increase in oxygen level in the blood, proper functioning of lungs and overall increase in general fitness. You can also notice that you are breathing freely unlike before. Sense of taste and smell return to normal level and eating habits become better day by day and the chances of myocardial infarctions also become minimal. Giving up smoking can reduce the risk of many circulatory problems. They will slowly regain there stamina and within few weeks they come to normal again.



Bad effects:


The bad effects appear to happen with the onset of lessening of blood sugar amount. After quitting smoking your body has to adjust with the changed situation. Having several glasses of juices can reduce this risk. Cigars can also damage your anatomical system and hence it takes time to heal itself. Chances of the disease - Mesothelioma may increase and also its treatment is costly and cannot be done without financial support. Other than this one may face irritability syndrome, nausea, and light headedness. All the above effects last for short time. One may also have night time awakenings, poor concentration, constipation coughs, colds, ulcers, urges to smoke, increased appetite, restlessness and depression. In order to reduce most of these effects one have to do regular exercises. It is better to prefer the doctors to get better results.









Getting rid of smoking is not tough. It only depends on getting rid of psychological attachment to cigars.


5th

Prepare a Plan

Planning to quit smoking? Many say it is really tough, but the fact is if you have strong resolve then you will not find it difficult at all. If you want to quit smoking, first tell yourself that you won’t touch the dreadful cigar again.
Set a date:
If you are really planning to quit, then make sure you will not touch the cartouche again failing which there is no use. For that purpose, try to set a particular date so that you can start the cycle of no cigar in your life. You should follow the date wholeheartedly and make sure your mind your mind is stable and you don’t fall back to the same old habit again.
Prepare Yourself:
The next step is to prepare you for the date of leaving the habit. Some people continue to smoke till that date saying they have time. But if you have really made up your mind then you will at least reduce the cigars used day by day. It is difficult to leave smoking almost at once as the Nicotine keeps testing you to go back to the habit again.
Help is always at hand:
Nothing is impossible for sure in this world. With strong resolve people have become successful in their lives. So don’t think that you are the only one suffering as there are accounts of people who have come out of this habit and are living happily. So get to know what they did and how they overcame the period that you undergo. You will get confidence from nowhere. Also join public forums and you will see a lot of people similar to you. Interact with them and share your problems and come out successful.
Miscellaneous Tips that is helpful:
Finally after you have entered the date, it is the process of removing all thoughts and junks in the form of cigarette lighters, cigarettes which are unused, other forms of tobacco and all rubbish and throw them in to the dust bin and heave a sigh of relief that you are now free from tobacco. Also clean your clothes that smell of tobacco to get rid of the feeling itself from you.
Studies also say that by consuming Orange Juice, the effect of Nicotine after stopping smoking can be considerably reduced thereby it helps to start a new life!!


Kill the thoughts of smoking in your mind and clear all the rubbish created by smoking. Be clean and happy!!!!

6th

Quit Smoking

Planning to quit smoking? If you have made up your mind to go that way, then it is for good. But it is not as easy as you think. The Nicotine content in your cigarettes leaves you addicted to it making it very difficult for the smoker to come out of it. It is more or less like watching TV. Can you remain even a day without watching it?

It is easier said than done! Yes, it is not that very easy. The Nicotine addiction is very powerful that it can make a person feel like he cannot live without it. So if you are planning to quit smoking, then go for the kill completely. Don’t even try to smoke again if you really want to stop this habit. Otherwise you will go nowhere in achieving it.

There are numerous methods to help a person come out of this deadly habit. It differs from one person to another. If the person wants really to come out of this habit, then the treatment becomes easy. So it depends on how strong they are mentally to come out of it.

Quit Gradually:

It is well known that to stop smoking, you need to quit cigarettes. But you can still control the addiction by the process of reducing the number of cigarettes used everyday. But then you have to tell yourself that you don’t want nicotine from now on. So it is all about self control and good intentions. You should not have second thoughts at all. Remember it should be two weeks when you stop smoking completely.

Seek family and friends support:

Tell your family members and your friends that you are quitting smoking. Remember they are of great help to you as they understand you more than anybody. Tell them that you will not go back to it, so that even by mistake if you hold one cigar in your hand then your family member or a friend will stop you.


Seek doctor's help:

Medicines are also available from the market and your doctor can help you get the names. These medicines are effective in making you feel that you don’t need Nicotine anymore that you will stay away from it completely.



Develop a diversion:

Develop a diversion. Yes you can like going for a holiday, recreation clubs, playing a game of cricket with your child and so on. The possibilities are endless and you have to pick one and go for it

There are easy ways to quit smoking and stay away from the cigarettes. Be it the medicine or whatever it is, it is you who can effectively stop without the help of all these stuffs. Have a healthy life!!

7th

Smoking- The Gateway to Death

You may feel by holding the cartouche in your hand, you are showing your talent and style. If you feel so then you are wrong. In fact cigarettes take you closer to the graveyard where your remains will only be left. Then where will your style be?
It is well known that smokers live for a short time when compared to a non smoker. In fact the difference is 13.5 years for men and 14.5 for women. So just spare a thought before holding the deadly cigarette.
Well it is understood that with each cigarette you are shortening your life span. It also depends on they type of tobacco, the temperature at which the cigarette burns and various other factors like the period of usage of the cigarette, etc. Also the cigarette varieties differ from one another and also threat levels.
Cigarette smoking as seen earlier does nothing other than lessening the life expectancy level as seen earlier. A smoker cannot attain the age limit that a non smoker attains, thanks to the deaths caused by cancer like Mouth Cancer, Lung Cancer and various other types too.
The American Cancer Centre says that 30 percent of the deaths of smokers are caused by Cancer. As seen the cancer may be of different types like Lung Cancer, cancer of esophagus, Mouth Cancer, etc.
Also it is learnt that smoking accounts for 80 percent cases of Lung Cancer. It can affect both men and women and causes death. It is one of the most difficult to treat cancer of all types and is the cause of intense suffering and death. Also the Mormons and The Seventh day Adventists who normally don’t smoke have almost no history of lung cancers.
The Cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive systems are also affected by smoking. Studies say that intense smoking fills the bronchi with mucus thanks to the dangerous substances present in the cigarette.
The Mucus is constantly produced in bronchi thanks to the dirt and bacteria. They also act as a filter to the air behind inhaled. The cilia move the mucus out of the nostrils.
Since smoking causes more mucus they accumulate in the nostril adding to the already present mucus. This results in clogging of the bronchi with more dirt and bacteria. The cough from the smoker tries to release these substances in the form of phlegm
Besides it also leads to Bronchitis and Emphysema which are the irregular inflammation of bronchi and enlargement of air passages. They in turn affect the cardiovascular functions resulting in the formation of blood clots in an intact artery and coronary thrombosis. They can cause massive heart attacks immediately resulting in death.



Want to live happily with your family? Then stop smoking, in turn give pleasure to your family using the money to buy more cartouches. Go and live happily or suffer. The choice is yours!

8th

Attending Programs to Quit Smoking

Smoking is one of the worst habits that a person can have. Many people suffer from the withdrawal symptoms of smoking thanks to the drug Nicotine.

Nicotine:

By far it is one of the deadliest drugs found in cigarettes. The Nicotine is the main culprit that separates a smoker from the helping hands of quit smoking programs. The Nicotine has a special power that it can induce the need for smoking almost every time once a person stops smoking.

It creates a special longing for cigarettes right from the morning from coffee, breakfast till night dinner. So it is the main constituent that induces smoking habit again. A small cartouche of cigarette is enough to cause severe problems in health for the smoker. But normally a person smokes almost 3 to 4 Packets, and then the effect multiplies by 3 to 4 times too. So it is not that easy to come out of it once you are addicted to it completely
Stop Smoking Programs:
To help you come out of this big hole you have help always at hand ready to serve you. Ask your nearest doctor for knowing about Quit Smoking Programs that are in your locality. The good thing about these programs is that they give you a lot of options to help you come out of this deadly habit.
You can also learn few practices like Yoga and Meditation to make you feel better. In fact Yoga revitalizes you to such an extent that you will feel fresh even without a cigar being burnt. This is due to the fact that Yoga kills completely the toxins and other chemicals in the body accumulated due to smoking. Besides you will find more people like you so you can share your problems with them
Tips on Stopping Smoking:
Clear all the junk associated with smoking you have at home and office in the form of Lighters, Cartouches, and other things like your own clothes which smell of tobacco. Also consider about going for a Quit Smoking Program nearest to you. Try to eat the right food during the quitting process like carrot and apple slices. Also tell yourself that you will not touch the deadly cigar again. Also if you see the bills of money spent on cigarettes then you will realize how much you have spent. Remember you have a family and they will suffer if something happens to you and they will also be affected as they also become innocent second hand smokers. Also drink extra water to wash out the poison content in your body thanks to the deadly habit of smoking.
When you have decided to quit smoking, then without any hesitation go and join a Quit Smoking Program so that you completely get out of this habit and give your family the happiness that they deserve!!!!

9th

Children and Cigarettes!

Children at their young and nascent times are one of the poor sufferers of Cigarettes Smoking. Either they smoke directly thanks to the adults influence or they become passive smokers thanks to smoking overall. It is generally said that they are the most susceptible to diseases due to cigarette smoke because their breathing rate is higher than that of adults.
Why Children?
The reason being the higher breathing rate puts children especially young in great danger due to the tobacco smoke. The breathing rate of adults is generally 16 times per minute, whereas for children it is 20 times per minute. As they breathe in more air compared to adults, their susceptibility factor is also high when compared with the adults. They breathe in more toxins and other chemicals released during smoking in turn affecting their young lungs!!!
Smoking Mothers:
Know what will happen to your child if you smoke? Your child unnecessarily gets the junk that you breathe in into his lungs resulting in significant changes. In fact you decrease your child’s life expectancy at a nascent age and you expose him to variety of diseases resulting in death finally. In fact children born to smoking mothers are prone to death after birth. It is also said that the child may even develop disabilities and it may even lead to cerebral palsy and death.
Gradually children exposed to smoking develop other complicated respiratory and other problems in the form of Asthma. Asthma is a serious disorder affecting millions in the world. If the child is already asthmatic then it may lead to other second hand complications also. It is said that children also develop some serious diseases like pulmonary bronchitis and Pneumonia, both killer diseases affecting adults. Just spare a thought, you want your new born to suffer?
Likewise children also suffer from increased fluid in their middle ear causing hearing and speech problems. Others include development of toxins in the lungs resulting in severe cough and even may result in blood sputum and other problems.



Other Complications:
If you want your child to attain good health in terms of height and weight, then you should avoid smoking during pregnancy. In fact it is now learnt that children of smoking mothers results in poor development of intellectual memory and poor health along with the above mentioned problems also.

Let your child live a happy life. Don’t make him suffer for your faults!!!

Finance is called the life blood of any business. The requirement of funds by any form of business to carry out its various activities is called Business Finance. The financial needs of a business can be categorized into Fixed Capital Requirement i.e. the funds that are required to purchase and maintain fixed assets such as machinery, building, plant and fixtures. On the other hand, the fund that is used for meeting its day to day operations are called Working Capital Requirements.

CLASSIFICATION OF SOURCES OF FUNDS

In case of sole proprietorship and partnership concerns, the funds may be raised either from personal sources or from borrowings from friends, relatives, banks etc. In case of a company form of organization, the different sources of business finance which are available may be categorized as below:

Retained earnings: The portion of the net earnings of the company that is not distributed as dividends is known as retained earnings. The amount of retained earnings available depends on the dividend policy of the company

 

Trade credit: The credit extended by one trader to another for purchasing goods or services is known as trade credit. Trade credit facilitates the purchase of supplies on credit.

 

Factoring: Factoring has emerged as a popular source of short-term funds in recent years. It is a financial service whereby the factor is responsible for all credit control and debt collection from the buyer and provides protection against any bad-debt losses to the firm.

 

 Lease financing: A lease is a contractual agreement whereby the owner of an asset (lessor) grants the right to use the asset to the other party (lessee). The lessor charges a periodic payment for renting of an asset for some specified period called lease rent.

 

Public deposits: A company can raise funds by inviting the public to deposit their savings with their company.

 

Commercial paper (CP): It is an unsecured promissory note issued by a firm to raise funds for a short period the maturity period of commercial paper usually ranges from 90 days to 364 days.

 

 Issue of equity and preference shares:

 

Equity shares represent the ownership capital of a company. Due to their fluctuating earnings, equity shareholders are called risk bearers of the company. These shareholders enjoy higher returns during prosperity and have a say in the management of a company, through exercising their voting rights.

 

Issue of preference shares: These shares provide a preferential right to the shareholders with respect to payment of earnings and the repayment of capital. Investors who prefer steady income without undertaking higher risks prefer these shares. A company can issue different types of preference shares.