Benifits when you quit smoking

Quitting smoking may improve the length and quality of your life. When you give up cigarettes, your body starts to renew itself as early as the first day of quitting. You may live longer and reduce your chance of developing heart disease, cancer, breathing problems, and infections. And there are other rewards too.

Health benefits of quitting

You will start seeing health benefits soon after you smoke your last cigarette.
After quitting, within:

• 20 minutes - your blood pressure  drops to a level similar to what it was before your last cigarette.
• 8 hours– the level of carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) in your blood drops to normal.
• 24 hours – your risk of having a heart attack starts to drop
• 2 weeks to 3 months – the airways in your lungs relax and your can get more air into your lungs and breathe easier
• 1 to 9 months – you cough less and your lungs work even better.
• 1 year – your added risk of coronary heart disease is half than that of a smoker’s
• 5 years –you have the same chance of having a stroke as a non-smoker
• 10 Years – your chance of dying from  lung cancer is much lower. So is your chance of getting  cancer in your  mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and/or pancreas
• 15 Years - your risk of coronary heart disease is  similar to that of a non-smoker

The health benefits of quitting are the same for all types of smokers (men and women, young and old). And by quitting, you will lower the chance that people around you will have health problems from second-hand smoke.
Even those who have developed smoking-related problems like heart disease can benefit. Compared to continuing to smoke, people who quit smoking after having a heart attack may reduce their chances of having another heart attack by as much as 50%.

What are the benifits of quitting smoking?

Benefits of quitting smoking

Smoking is bad for you. About that no one really has any doubt. If you smoke, quitting would be one of the best things you could do to improve your health - and your life. It doesn't matter how old you are or how long you have smoked: a nyone can enjoy health benefits from quitting. Here is a quick rundown of a few of the perks of "butting out":

• Reduced risk of illness: Right away you will have reduced your odds of developing heart disease, breathing problems, cancer, or infections.
   
• Reduced risk of heart disease complications: Even if you have had a heart attack, quitting can slash your risk of having another heart attack by 50 percent.
   
• Reduced risk of dying: Say you quit before you are 50. Over the next 15 years, your risk of dying is half that of those who keep on smoking. And people who quit smoking after a heart attack will reduce their risk of dying prematurely by 50 percent.
   
• Reduced risk of pregnancy complications: Are you a female smoker hoping to become pregnant? Stop smoking before pregnancy or early in your pregnancy to reduce your chances of having a low birth weight baby, or of experiencing stillbirth or early infant death. Quitting isn't just good for the baby - it will improve your health too.

Your health is not the only thing that benefits from quitting smoking, though. Imagine all of the other things that will improve:

• You will save money. You will save a lot of money! Smoking is an expensive lifestyle to maintain. And when you quit smoking, you cut a bunch of expenses out of your budget. Think about the ever-rising cost of cigarettes or how much time and money you spend cleaning the scent of smoke out of your clothes, furniture, carpets, and your car. Your life and home insurance premiums may even decrease!
   
• You will look better. Smoking takes a toll on your appearance, causing wrinkles and other signs of premature aging. Leave the bad habit behind, and you will no longer have to deal with yellow teeth or yellow fingertips.
   
• You will feel better. Your energy will rebound, and you will have the time, money, freedom, and health you need to do things you really love. Food will taste better as your senses of smell and taste improve. The pride you will feel at accomplishing a challenging goal doesn't hurt either!

Whether you quit cold turkey or take your time, you can be sure that the payoff in the end will be well worth the effort.