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It's About Time You Quit Smoking
There's no argument that smoking cigarettes or using smokeless tobacco
is a serious health hazard. It's also an expensive habit, since a
one-pack-per-day will cost you approximately over $500 per year.
To quit smoking may not be easy, but it can be done, as many ex-smokers
have proven. You may be able to do it yourself or you may need some
outside help. It isn't important how you do it. What's important is the
fact that you quit smoking for good.
You choose to smoke or not to smoke. Cigarettes don't accidentally
land, lit and ready for puffing, in your mouth. You choose each time
you smoke, to smoke!
Smoking is no accident. You have chosen to smoke every cigarette that
you ever smoked. Even if you had peer pressure to smoke, you still had
the choice to simply walk away.
Make your decision, right now, to quit smoking forever. Then, start
making those minute-by-minute choices that make your overall quit
smoking goals become a reality.
Results After You Quit Smoking
* Within 30 minutes after you quit smoking, your pulse rate slows down and blood pressure drops toward normal.
* Within hours after you quit smoking, the level of carbon monoxide in your blood drops, enabling the blood to carry more oxygen.
* Two days after you quit smoking, nerve endings begin to recover and your sense of smell and taste begin to return.
* Within 72 hours after you quit smoking, your lungs’ bronchial tubes expand and lung volume increases.
* Months after you quit smoking, shortness of breath diminishes.
* In the first year after you quit smoking, the risk of heart attack attributed to smoking declines for both men and women.
* Two to three years after you quit smoking, the risk of heart attack attributed to smoking is virtually gone.
* After 10 years that you quit smoking, the risk of developing cancer is about the same as for non-smokers.
Related topics to be discussed on the next chapter are:
how to quit smoking
ways to quit smoking
quit smoking tips
reasons to quit smoking
quit smoking support
quit smoking help
what happens when you quit smoking
quit smoking programs
quit smoking aids
quit smoking hypnosis
quit smoking benefits
best way to quit smoking
easy way to quit smoking |
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