What Are The Benefits of Quitting Smoking Both Recent and Long Term?

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Preparation is necessary when you feel you are ready to stop smoking. Think this through, list on a piece of paper why you want to quit smoking. Put them in the places that you smoke. (Ex: on the table beside your favorite chair) Hang your lists on the refrigerator, cabinets or any where you will see this throughout the day and leave them there. This will help with the mind set of quitting.

What Are The Benefits of Quitting Smoking Both Recent and Long Term?

What happens now when you quit smoking?

20 minutes after smoking your blood pressure and heart rate drops to normal
12 hours after quitting the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops
2 to 3 weeks after you quit your lung increases and your circulation improves
1 to 9 months after quitting the coughing and shortness of breath decreases and lung function goes back to normal
1 year after quitting your chance of coronary disease decreases 50% more than smokers
5 years after quitting your risk of stroke is cut in half
10 years after quitting the lung cancer death rate is about half that of a person who still smokes. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix and pancreas disease is also lessens about 50%
15 years after quitting your risk of heart disease is that of someone who has never smoked

Quitting smoking offers benefits that you will notice right off such as;

Your breath smells better
Your teeth are whiter
Bad smelling clothes and hair goes away
Your yellow fingers and finger tips disappear
Food taste much better
Your sense of smell returns to normal
You are no longer out of breath with everyday activities

The cost of cigarettes today is very high. With the money you save in just one year you could treat yourself to a nice vacation.