When You Quit Smoking Life Improves
We are not here to preach to you about the evils of smoking - you know them. What we want to tell you is how much things improve when you quit smoking.
You will feel better, your body will heal. It's a fact. Within hours your body is healing, and you are changing your life, for the better.
The Benefits of Not Smoking
Throwing your cigs out the window can actually change your life. In days you will see that your breath smells better, your wallet is fatter, your teeth are brighter, you smell things more and on and on. Life will change, and you will feel healthy.
Smoking is no longer the sign of ?cool? that it once was. Today, smoking is more like a stigma that keeps you out of restaurants, out of bars, outside in the heat, in a parking lot at hotels and so forth. It keeps you off rides at DisneyWorld, sets a bad example for your children and beyond. When you quit, all this reverses as your world opens up and your health improves.
Your Health will Improve
Some people think that it is too late to quit smoking. They think they have already done too much damage to stop now, but that's not the case. The American Cancer Society tells us many ways that your health rebounds when you quit. In fact, the following are true after you become a non-smoker:
Just 20 minutes after you quit your heart rate and blood pressure drop. A brief 12 hours after you quit the carbon monoxide level of your blood returns to baseline. Within the first 3 months of quitting your circulation and lung function improve. Within 9 months of quitting your breathing is better, the cilia that cleans mucus from your lungs functions more normally and your risk of lung infection is reduced. A year after quitting your additional risk of heart disease is half that of a current smoker. Within five years after you quit your risk of a variety of cancers is cut in half or better and your risk of stroke falls to that of a non-smoker. Ten years after you stop smoking your risk of dying from lung cancer is half that of a person who is still smoking. Fifteen years after you quit your risk of heart disease is the same as a non-smoker.
In short, the quicker you quit smoking the better for your health. But do not be discouraged if you have smoked for years, even decades. Quitting now can make a big difference. If you live in a developed country you can expect to live to be 78, 88 or beyond. This means that even if you are 40, 60 even 70 years old, you still have time to experience health benefits by becoming a non-smoker today.
by Crispian Jones
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