Stop Smoking and Enjoy Better Health

Here are some very good health reasons why you should stop smoking:

Within 20 minutes after quitting smoking:

• Blood pressure drops to normal
• Pulse rate drops to normal level
• Body temperature of hands and feet increases to normal level

Within 8 hours:

• Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal
• Oxygen level in blood increases to normal
• Smoker’s breath begins to disappear

Within 24 hours:

• Chances of heart attack risk decreases

Within 48 hours:

• Damaged nerve endings begin to redevelop and regrow
• Sense of smell and taste noticeably improves

Within 72 hours:

• Bronchial tubes begin to relax
• Breathing is easier

Within 2 weeks to 3 months:

• Circulation improves
• Walking becomes easier with improved breathing
• Lung function increases approximately 30%
• Chronic coughing disappears.

Within 1-9 months:

• Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease and continue to improve.
• Cilia regrows in your lungs, thereby increasing their ability to handle mucus which keeps your lungs clean and reduces infections.
• Your body’s overall energy increases.

Within one year:

• Risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker.

Within 2 years:

• Heart attack risk drops to near normal.

Within 5 years:

• Your risk of stroke declines to that of a non-smoker.

Within 10 years:

• Your risk of death from lung cancer declines by almost half that of an average smoker (one pack per day).
• Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus decreases.
• Pre-cancerous cilia are replaced with healthy ones.
• Chance of other cancers, such as those of the mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas dramatically decreases.

Within 15 years:

• Your risk of coronary heart disease is now that of a person who has never smoked.

Why not make a decision to quit smoking right now and start enjoying better health?

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