The harm of smoking and the effect of cigarettes on the male body. Why do men smoke and why is it harder for them to quit? What to do if a man smokes

“Good sex,” one of my acquaintances likes to say, “the kind after which even the neighbors go out to smoke!”. There is some truth in his words. I had to somehow live a floor below a couple in love, who either quarreled or reconciled. In the process of their passionate “reconciliation”, pieces of plaster flew on their heads - and they wanted not only to smoke, but also to pop two hundred drops of ethereal valerian. And call the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu.

How did we get to this life?

A cigarette after sex has long been consecrated by tradition, like Olivier salad on New Year: you can get by, but still something is missing. Even for non-smokers, in general, people, sex is a good reason to inhale, blow a puff of smoke into the ceiling and dreamily close your eyes. Why a cigarette and not green tea, For example?

Why do people smoke after sex?

Only to your partner, look, do not hint that after sex with her you take off a cigarette. You can get an ashtray on the back of your head.

And what do we end up with?

Let's start with the fact that not only doctors, but first of all firefighters will forbid you to smoke in bed for the coming sleep. Because after sex it is very easy for a person to doze off with a lit cigarette in his hand, and wake up already on a pile of smoldering firebrands. If you wake up at all. So if you really want to smoke so much, it’s better to run unromantically to the kitchen and smoke through the window. It's safer that way.

At the same time, the bedroom will not smell through and through with tobacco smoke. For an experienced smoker, the smell does not matter much, of course (his sense of smell has become very dull), but still, you see, it is more pleasant when the bed of love smells of perfume and rose petals, and does not evoke associations with a boiler room. Some especially sensitive girls do not want to admit that a real man should smell of at least tobacco smoke for lack of gunpowder. So in some cases, a real man cannot count on the continuation of a sex marathon.

Speaking of the sequel. Suppose the partner did not sniff you with disgust and express her fi, but on the contrary, she is again all in languor and expectation. And you don’t seem to mind, but somehow you already don’t really want to ... and you can’t really!

Do not rush to kill yourself against the wall and swallow Viagra in desperation. It's all about the peculiarities of our blood circulation. Here you were having sex ten minutes ago, and the load on the vessels of the reproductive system grew. Here you blissfully leaned back and lit a cigarette. And nicotine, let it be known to you, sharply narrows these very vessels. Circulation is disturbed, and where? In the most strategic places for sex! Such is the effect of smoking on blood vessels. And if the number of cigarettes will grow, then the number of love acts will also gradually decrease, perhaps. Did you have to buy a pack of cigarettes in a stall with a frightening inscription "Smoking leads to impotence"? Well, maybe not always, but the risk doubles.

However, not only men are so unlucky: smoking after sex (active or passive) can also bring a woman to frigidity. After all, her pleasure and women's health directly depend on proper blood circulation. A short-term inability to get it sooner or later can have an irreversible effect.

For the same reason, it is not recommended to abuse even nicotine patches. By the way, there was a rumor recently that some Swedish company has already released nicotine condoms. Practical, of course, but maybe, well, them - in such and such a situation?

It is interesting just how smoking affects conception. Danish and Japanese scientists scare smokers with a demographic crisis: according to their research, a couple who smoke after sex ... is much more difficult to conceive a son. Women who smoke, for example, give birth to boys a third less often than non-smokers. And if dad also smokes, then the chance is halved. Nicotine, as it turned out, destroys the Y chromosome. The X chromosome was more stable. All this is sad: according to statistics, we already have nine guys for ten girls, and our descendants will have to live in a woman’s kingdom at all, if things go like this ...

So maybe it makes sense next time not to reach for a cigarette and not think about why others smoke after sex, but to feed each other strawberries with whipped cream? Quite erotic - and much more beautiful than smoking from under the covers. At the same time, it’s good for health: stock up ...

There was a time when a pack of "Parliament" in the hands of a man was a symbol of his good financial condition, personified independence and masculinity. Over the past decades, the attitude of society towards smoking has changed dramatically: more and more young people think about a healthy lifestyle, sports, proper nutrition where there is no place for a pack of cigarettes. Today, the notion that smoking is not fashionable is gradually taking root in the public consciousness, and a smoker is a person who is at odds with his inner world, engages in self-destruction and ... causes pity, misunderstanding, condemnation both from society and from his loved ones. . Increasingly, a cigarette in hand is not an indicator of toughness and strength, but weakness and serious problems in a man's life.

What does he feel when he sends another dose of nicotine into his body?

What should a woman do if her husband is addicted to cigarettes? How to behave and how to help your loved one?

From the history of tobacco

Archaeologists have found that more than 4,000 years ago, the inhabitants of North America used tobacco in their lives, believing that it was endowed with magical properties. For example, the priests of the Mayan tribe distributed tobacco smoke in their religious rites to all four cardinal points, calling on the gods to protect them from enemies, empower them and defeat their enemies.

Most likely, the word "tobacco" is the same name of the island of Tobago. The first distributors of tobacco were sailors who arrived in the Columbus team to the shores of modern Central America, where they saw a prototype modern cigarettes- tobacco wrapped in large leaves. Thus began the spread of tobacco in Europe. One day in 1560, the French ambassador sent a parcel of tobacco to Queen Catherine de Medici, advising it as an excellent cure for headaches. By the way, the word "nicotine" originates from the French Ambassador Jean Nicot. After this event, the popularity of tobacco grew significantly, it was used as a remedy for migraines, and by the middle of the 16th century it was already being used to treat colds and pain, and to improve skin conditions.

The creation of a tobacco plantation by an Englishman Sir Walter Reilly in Ireland is considered a historical event, he called it "Virginia". Tobacco from this plantation soon became one of the most popular in the world.

It is fair to say that in many countries the most noble persons smoked tobacco - from the court aristocracy to kings and princes. In Russia, Peter 1 became the ruler - an admirer of tobacco.

Of course, there have been opponents of tobacco in history, for example, Cardinal Richelieu, who considered this habit one of the most detrimental to the health of the nation and even spoke of the detrimental effect of tobacco on the national strength of the country as a whole. But even in those days, the ban only provoked an increase in the smuggling of tobacco. And in the end, for example, in England, the government set high duties on tobacco products, "tying" a significant part of the budget revenues on it. The society itself treated tobacco quite friendly, many prominent figures of science and art not only were not opponents of cigarettes, but they themselves were not averse to smoking. A great influence on the masses was made by the work of Dr. Tobias Venus: "The victory of tobacco over beer", where he said that only large doses of nicotine are harmful to health.

At the beginning of the 19th century, cigarettes appeared, replacing in many ways not always convenient cigars. But the real "cigarette boom" began during the First World War, when cigarettes began to spread among the soldiers of almost all armies.

With the development of scientific and technological progress, machines for the production of cigarettes appear, competition arises among a number of large tobacco companies that take on women: from 1925 to 1935, the number of women who smoke has tripled!

The golden age for tobacco is considered to be 40-50, when in almost every Hollywood movie a cigarette flickers in the hands of the main characters. Two decades later, the Marlboro brand is considered number one in the world, ahead of even Coca-Cola in terms of profitability.

In subsequent years, the process of smoking began to be actively studied, many scientific works proving bad influence cigarettes on the human body, many activists and public organizations whose purpose is to disseminate information about the dangers of smoking. With each new generation, the number of smokers decreases, but nevertheless, smoking is still a big problem in many families.

Why does a man smoke

The life of a woman whose spouse smokes can be full of experiences in this regard: cigarette kisses, the smell in the apartment, additional expenses, a bad example for children (if the father in the family smokes, then most likely his child will also smoke), and in general a woman understands that every cigarette affects the health of her lover, clearly aware that smoking can be the cause oncological diseases in future.

According to surveys, out of 100 percent of smokers, 70 want to quit, and more than 80 percent have made at least one attempt in their lives.

So for what reason does a strong part of humanity still take out another cigarette from a pack? Let's look at a few key factors:

• Calm the nerves - if you look closely, men with a nervous job most often suffer from a strong nicotine addiction. It has been established that nicotine, like sweet coffee, contains a substance that, on the one hand, helps the brain to quickly relax, and on the other hand, gives new energy, activating short term brain work. So the cigarette begins to be associated with both a means of relaxation and a source of additional energy. In addition, if you look closely at the process of smoking, what does it look like? Meditation: inhale-exhale-inhale, smoldering cigarette, relaxation - this is how smoking becomes a ritual, a part of life and a way of relaxation. In addition, “going for a smoke” is an opportunity to take a time out to abstract from everyday processes, get distracted and be alone for a couple of minutes, “airing” your brains.
• The influence of others - if a person falls into a group consisting of smokers, most likely, he will also smoke. Nobody canceled the herd feeling, the majority always affects the minority. In a smoking team, a full-fledged one is considered to be one who acts according to the general laws of the group.
• Spirit of resistance - often the desire to take a cigarette in hand arises even in adolescence when a cigarette symbolizes adulthood. Young men are ready to smoke a cigarette to spite their parents. At an older age, parents are replaced by wives and girls. The spirit of contradiction is manifested in the fact that the more the wife or girl screams and swears, the more the man wants to smoke. It would seem, what is the logic? There is no logic, habitual reactions of behavior work.

The smoker's secret: many people want to quit

Who is the man in the family? This is the head, the breadwinner, strong, brave, ... in any case, he wants to be like that. And here is a cigarette that has tied him to itself and from which he cannot get rid of. He himself would like to forget about this addiction, because he perfectly understands what consequences this can have.

There are psychological and physiological dependencies.

Physiological dependence is dependence on nicotine itself, when it becomes an integral part of the body's metabolic processes. At the same time, if the body does not receive a share of nicotine, then there are difficulties with the production of hormones and real suffering and health problems begin. It is fair to say that such physiological addiction is observed only in smokers with an experience of 30-40 years.

The most common is psychological dependence. Nicotine is eliminated from the metabolic chain within a few months or a few weeks. It would seem that everything should end there, but no - often a smoker again takes up a cigarette. What is the reason? The fact is that when a smoker quits smoking, it is important for him to fill the void formed in the process, to get distracted, to replace this habit with another one.

Smoker's excuses

• “I will get fat” - due to a lack of nicotine in the body, bouts of hunger often begin. Of course, if a man eats a large amount of rolls and fatty foods, it is not surprising that he will get better. You can make his life easier if you first stock up on healthy low-fat foods: seeds, fruits, vegetables.
• “I’m having a difficult period now ...” - the smoker firmly believes that cigarettes help him survive certain difficulties, and an attempt by a woman on a fake “sedative” will only exacerbate the situation. As a result, scandals are possible due to the fact that if there is no cigarette, then there will be no successfully completed transaction. The placebo effect can be destroyed only by gradual consistent work, explaining to a man that problems and troubles will never end, all life consists of them. This does not mean now that you need to smoke all the time. However, stocking up on sedatives still does not hurt.
• “I am a heavy smoker, I have 20, 30, 40 years of experience ... Does it make sense to quit at all?” - you need to understand that the more nicotine accumulates in the human body, the stronger the return will be in the future. The sooner you quit cigarettes, the rather an organism it will be cleansed of harmful poisons, and this will prevent possible diseases. If the disease is already progressing, then quitting smoking can have a positive effect by stopping the course of the disease.
• “I like the process of smoking itself, it calms me down” - and again, a life partner should think about whether she provides her man with the necessary support and assistance. Or, on the contrary, is it another source of stress for a man?

What to do if a man smokes

When it comes to smoking, a woman should be as wise as possible. It must be remembered that it is difficult for a man in this matter. A woman should understand once and for all that scandals, resentments will not only not help, but will also worsen the situation. A man wants to quit smoking, but he can't. In this matter, he will try for the sake of that woman who will be ready to take his side, to sympathize with him. For the sake of his family, he always wants to be the strongest and most courageous. In no case should you ever show that his weakness is visible to everyone. The man himself knows this.

A woman should focus on the positive actions of a man, not paying attention to defeats and failures. A man will be immensely grateful for such behavior.

Even if a man breaks loose and smokes, in no case should you break loose and criticize yourself.

The idea of ​​sharing an activity that is incompatible with smoking cigarettes works great. For example, running, swimming, playing tennis.

A man is especially irritable in the first days after quitting smoking. At this time, a woman should be ready to “take a hit” and realize that in her nervous breakdowns a man is angry not at someone, but at himself.

Facts about smoking

• Most heavy smokers start smoking before the age of 25
• Many smokers think quitting is easy, but when it comes to doing it, they realize it's not.
• Almost all smokers smoke despite the fact that they are well aware of the harm to health.
• According to the World Health Organization, more than 25 percent of all cigarettes sold in the world are counterfeit.
• Even the doctors themselves are not averse to smoking - according to statistics, more than 50 percent of doctors depend on cigarettes. Most often these are surgeons, anesthesiologists - those who have the most stressful work.
• Anyone can kick the habit of smoking
• 10 percent of accidents in America happened while the driver was lighting a cigarette
• In the world there are more than 120 ways to combat smoking, 40 of them are most often used
• Tobacco smoke reaches the human brain within 10 seconds of inhalation.
• It has been proven that menthol cigarettes are more harmful than regular cigarettes.
• Interestingly, more than 95 percent of people who have suffered a myocardial infarction stop smoking immediately.
• Nicotine is a catalyst for the influence of other external factors on a person. For example, if a person is a smoker, and plus he constantly takes alcohol, then the risk of cancer increases by 9 times.
• Tobacco smoke and tobacco include more than 3000 chemical compounds, some of them are carcinogenic, that is, they can damage the genetic material of the cell, and therefore cause cancerous tumors
• Philip Morris is the largest tobacco company and has more revenue than McDonalds and Nike

Live healthy. About smoking

The habit of smoking after sex is present not only in men, but also in many modern women who have developed a pathological addiction to nicotine. This phenomenon has several aspects: physiological, biochemical, psychological. Let's analyze each of them separately. This will clarify the question of why a cigarette is required after sex.

To begin with, it’s worth talking a little about what sexual intercourse is, how an erection occurs, and what role biochemical processes play in all this. So, sexual desire in humans, as in most mammals, is due to the release of excitatory hormones. Under their influence, biochemical reactions occur in the brain cells, which release a large amount of adrenaline, testosterone in men and oxytocin in women. These substances provoke a short-term spasm blood vessels, there is an accumulation of the maximum amount of blood in the genital area. In men, it provokes an erection, in women - swelling of the labia.

Nicotine is also chemical which causes spasm of blood vessels. When it enters the human bloodstream, it binds to red blood cells, causing a slowdown in the rate of blood flow. This causes hypoventilation, mild dizziness, chemical exposure on brain cells, due to which there is a feeling of relaxation and mild euphoria.

What does a cigarette do after sex?

The desire to smoke after sex is present only in those people who suffer from this bad habit V Everyday life. A cigarette after sex serves as a kind of relaxing factor that has a psychological and physiological effect.

First of all, nicotine starvation is satisfied. Physiologists know that nicotine is a drugs with a very short duration. The primary utilization of this substance in the biochemical metabolic system of the human body begins even at the time when a cigarette is smoked. After 30-40 minutes, 80% of the nicotine that has entered the bloodstream is disintegrated. Against this background, a person begins to feel the need for repeated smoking.

Sexual intercourse with foreplay takes about 20-25 minutes. In addition, sexual partners refuse to smoke 10-15 minutes before the start of love games for aesthetic reasons. Accordingly, at the time of the end of sexual intercourse, acute nicotine hunger occurs. At the same time, a person experiences psychological nervous tension, which partially eliminates the pleasure of having sex. In order to completely relax, you need a cigarette after sex.

Why do men smoke after sex?

The representatives of the stronger sex have another good reason to smoke after sex. This ritual helps them relieve excess muscle tension and allows them to evenly distribute the hemostatic load throughout all parts of the body.

As mentioned above, during the period of sexual arousal, blood flow to the external genital organs is observed. All the time of intercourse, a certain stagnation of blood is necessary in order to maintain the phenomenon of erection. But even after the completion of frictions and ejaculation, the movement of blood is not always restored immediately. Sometimes, especially if the man is a smoker, this requires a cigarette.

Now you know why men smoke after sex. Women have similar physiological and psychological reasons. This nicotine addiction, the habit of complete relaxation with a cigarette in hand and a sense of self-worth, which often becomes the first reason that forms the basis of this addiction.

Yes, cinema has always inspired mankind that smoking after sex is a natural process. In some paintings, you can admire the shots in which a man, after a violent sexual intercourse, goes out onto the balcony or, without even getting out of bed, thoughtfully puffs on a cigarette. But has anyone thought about what exactly caused this? Or, nevertheless, everything is connected exclusively with the subconscious, which, after sex, repeats: “Do it like in the movie! Take a drag on a cigarette and feel like a real macho.

Why do heavy smokers smoke?

Most likely, a heavy smoker cannot imagine his life without a cigarette, and therefore it accompanies him everywhere: at work, in a cafe, on a walk, while watching TV. Generally speaking, a heavy smoker goes to "smoke" after sex just because it's a reflex.

He completes any process, in this case - sexual intercourse, and the body immediately requires its dose of nicotine.

This may surprise women only because even a heavy smoker does not go after sex to smoke. It turns out that women, thanks to hormones, begin to actively raise the level of intelligence and they want to talk or just plunge into their own thoughts.

Why do men who rarely take a cigarette smoke?

If everything is clear with heavy smokers, men who smoke occasionally surprise some women. The fact is that a cigarette after sex can be an elementary way for a man to relax. He can also take a cigarette in order to repeat the sexual intercourse in the future, and in fact for this he needs to rest and gain strength. In addition, sometimes a man can smoke just to stay awake and talk to the woman he loves. There are situations in which the representative of the stronger sex is simply nervous, for example, because he was waiting for this sexual intercourse long time and the ending exceeded all his expectations.

A cigarette can be a way to get away from communication and overcome the stress of not being able to express yourself in all its glory.

It turns out that the reasons may be different, but you should not worry about this at all. But doctors do not recommend smoking immediately after intercourse, assuring that this clogs the vessels of the genital organs and can lead to impotence in the future. And therefore, maybe it's better to think about something pleasant with your partner and forget about nicotine?!

People often behave quite strangely: as soon as the question of the effect of smoking on the male body is raised, about the harm that it carries, everyone begins to smile mysteriously. And in general, it is clear why: at this moment, of course, one thinks about a direct connection between smoking and potency ... But a man is, first of all, a person who can experience feelings and experiences.

We have already written about the effect of smoking on potency. But let's touch on other features of smoking and the consequences of its influence on the male body, and also evaluate what chances men have to get rid of cigarettes compared to women.

Some facts about smoking men

Let's start with statistics: despite the fact that women are called the "weaker sex", they die later than men. The average life expectancy of women who smoke is 61 years, and men - 59 years!

But let's look at some factors that will allow you to better understand smoking, why it is dangerous for men, and what harm it does to the male body.

Why do guys worry less about smoking cigarettes than women?

Men are less concerned about health than women. Men consider themselves "hard nuts", so they smoke to the last, and only when they feel like it, they begin to train their powerful force will.

Of course, men are much less likely to seek and even more so seek professional help. After all, every “real man” believes that he can do it himself, just like in that advertisement where a little boy who recently learned to speak repeats everywhere and everywhere: “I'm fam! I'm fam! (Me myself! Me myself!)» It is a pity that each of these self-reliant men does not know about the statistics on those who quit smoking on their own. And they are disappointing: no more than 5 people out of 100 do not smoke during the year. But this is not surprising, since smokers, whoever they are - men or women - do not regard their cigarette smoking as a drug addiction.

Why do men smoke more than women?

Men tend to smoke more cigarettes because they weigh more than women. Men, unfortunately, take less part in the upbringing of children, and this is one of the factors that can limit smoking.

And, of course, men are rarely bothered by the smell of cigarettes from the mouth or from the hands, or from the clothes. And the fewer factors that limit smoking, the more they smoke, the more poisoning they experience. The stronger the man, the longer his epic with cigarettes lasts, and it's sad that for many it lasts a lifetime.

How to quit smoking yourself at home?

Do smoking guys have a way out?

It doesn't matter who smokes - a man or a woman, a guy or a girl. It doesn't matter how much. A drug can deceive anyone. It doesn't matter how smoking harms the male body and how it harms the female body - all this will not matter if you do not smoke. Just think for a second what is possible wonderful Life without an unpleasant smell, humiliation, suffering, self-flagellation. A new, clean, healthy and fulfilling life is possible!

Thousands of men and women have already quit smoking at the Allen Carr Center. Maybe it's time for you to think about smoking and its consequences and stop it? After all, one of the advantages of the "Easy Way" is that people quit smoking themselves. Happy to become happy non-smokers! And our task is to show how to do it easily.