Stop Smoking

Why You Must Stop

Even the package of cigarettes with your favorite brand tells you the truth. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year, more than 430,000 deaths in the United States - about one in five - can be linked to tobacco use. Forty-five percent of smokers will die of a tobacco-induced disorder.

On the Other Hand, When Smokers Quit

Within 20 minutes of smoking that last cigarette, the body begins a series of changes that continue for years. In the first 20 minutes your blood pressure, body temperature and pulse rate drop to normal. In eight hours smoker’s breath disappears, carbon monoxide levels in your blood drop to normal and oxygen levels rises to normal. In 24 hours your chance of a heart attack decreases. In 48 hours nerve endings start to regroup. The ability to taste and smell improves. Within three days breathing is easier. In 2 weeks to 3 months your circulation improves and your lung function increases up to 30%.Walking becomes easier.Within one to nine months coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decrease and the cilia regain normal function in your lungs, increasing your ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce infection. In one year your excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker’s. In five years your risk of stroke is reduced to that of a nonsmoker’s five to fifteen years after quitting. In 10 years the lung cancer death rate if about half that of a continuing smoker. (The risk is similar to that of a non-smoker and precancerous cells are replaced.) Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidneys and pancreas decreases. Finally after 15 years the risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a person who has never smoked.

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