We all know that smoking kills and it causes cancer.  But do we know that smoking raises the risk of suicide.  We often find people committing suicide due to depression, financial reasons, love triangle and many more.  But a new study by the German researchers lead an in-depth study among the people of Bavaria.  The study found a link between a desire to kill oneself and smoking.

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich done this research based on the study launched in 1990 among 3021 people aged 14 to 24 living in Munich.  The people interviewed again 4 years later and 2548 volunteers responded.  ¼ of these individuals have not smoked.  Of the rest,

40% ----- Occasional smokers.

17% ------- “non-dependent” regular smokers.

19% ---- addicted smokers.

Among nonsmokers, 15% had suicidal thoughts defined as the following:

1)      Making plans to kill himself/herself.

2)      Spending 2 weeks or longer with the wish to die.

The rate was around 20% on non-dependent smokers but among nondependent smokers suicidal ideation was 30%.

Smoking is injurious to health.  In my life, I had no inclination of smoking. So no such suicidal tendency developed ever in my life.  My father also smoked in early life but left smoking and as he says, “I do not have frequent cough and cold when I was a smoker.” 

Smoking not only affects you but your family members inhaling the smoke becomes a passive smoker.

Ten ways to avoid smoking are as follows:

1. Never imitate your friends who thinks that smoking makes your smart and manly.
2. Never think that smoking boosts thinking.  It reduces your thinking.
3. Eat fruits rather than a packet of cigarette, which is beneficial to your body making your skin glow and leads to health improvement.
4. Nurture a good hobby.
5. Have a good circle of friends who do not smoke.
6. Try to think of your family if you fall in serious illness, then who will take care of your family?
7.   Take care of your body by going to gym or aerobics or yoga.  Taking great care of your body will prevent you from indulging in smoking.
8.  Smoking comes from movies also as movie stars show off their masculinity by smoking.  So it is better to avoid those movies.
9. Always remember wasting money by smoking is just forcing yourself to commit suicide day by day.
10. Think yourself valuable, think your life an important part of this society.  Yes..!! You have the capacity to change the world around you by proper thinking and that wishful thinking comes when you stop smoking!!