Why Can't They
Quit?
The man in the picture is Ali. Ali is from Saudi
Arabia, but he is living in the United States. Ali will stay in the
United States for one year. During the year, Ali wants to do two
things. First, he wants to learn English. Second, he wants to quit
smoking.
Ali has smoked form nine years. He smokes a pack
of cigarettes every day. Ali says, " I tried to quit smoking in
Saudi Arabia, but it was impossible. My brothers smoke. My friends
smoke. At parties and at meeting, almost all the men smoke.
Here in the United States not as many people
smoke. I think that in the United States I can stop smoking. It
will be easier to quit here."
Many smokers are like Ali. They want to quit
smoking. They know that it can cause cancer and heart disease. But
it is difficult for them to stop smoking. It is difficult because
cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is
nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.
The first few times a person smokes, the smoker
usually feels terrible. The nicotine makes the person sick. In a
few days, the smoker's body gets used to the nicotine, and the
smoker fells fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to feel fine.
Without it the smoker feels terrible. The smoker is addicted to
nicotine.
What happens when people quit smoking? What
happens when smoker don't have nicotine? People who quit smoking
are often depressed and nervous for weeks. Some people want to eat
sweets, so they gain weight.
Doctors sometimes give special chewing gum to
people who want to quit smoking. The chewing gum has a little
nicotine in it. When smokers need nicotine, they don't smoke
cigarettes. They chew the gum instead. Each day the smokers try to
chew the gum less often. With the gum, people can quit smoking and
then gradually give up nicotine.
It is very difficult to stop smoking. Many
people who quit smoking will smoke again. At a party or maybe at
work they will decide to smoke "just one" cigarette. Then they will
smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they are smokers again.
Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never
start.
Vocabulary:
nicotine
quit
impossible
terrible
used to
weight gain
depressed
addicted
gradually
Conversation:
- What are bad
eating habits?
- What are bad
study habits?
- Where do we
learn our habits?
- Do you
interrupt people when the are talking?
- Do your parents
have bad habits?
- Have you ever
been successful in getting rid of a bad habits?
- What good habit
do you want to have?
- How can we stop
some bad habits?
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