After one month of living smoke-free:
[icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=” You will be able to perform activities with less shortness of breath.”][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=” Your clothes, your body, your car and your home will smell better. “][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=”Your sense of taste and smell will return to normal. “][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=”The stains on your teeth and fingernails will start to fade.”]
This is how the body starts to recover when you quit smoking:
[icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=”In the first 20 minutes after quitting: your blood pressure and heart rate recover from the cigarette-induced spike.”][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=” After 12 hours of smoke-free living: the carbon monoxide levels in your blood return to normal. “][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=”After 2 weeks to 3 months of smoke-free living: your circulation and lung function begin to improve. “][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=”After one to nine months of smoke-free living: clear and deeper breathing gradually returns; you regain the ability to cough productively instead of hacking, which cleans your lungs and reduce your risk of infection.”][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=” After one year of smoke-free living: your risk of artery disease is half that of a smoker’s risk.”][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=” After five years of smoke-free living: damage to your arteries is repaired, which reduces your stroke risk significantly. “][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=”After 10 years of smoke-free living, your lung cancer death rate is about half that of a person who has continued to smoke. The risk of other cancers, such as throat, mouth, esophagus, bladder, cervix and pancreas decreases, too.”][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=” After 15 years of smoke-free living: Your risks for heart disease are about equal to those of a non-smoker!”]
You must WANT to quit smoking. There are several options to HELP you quit smoking and they include:
[icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=” Nicotine replacement with patches, gum and lozenges, spray or inhalers “][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=”Non-nicotine prescription medications”][icon_list_item icon=”fa-heart” icon_type=”transparent” icon_color=”#8e2b28″ title=”E-cigs’ success in helping smokers quit is debatable”]
Since 1965, more than 45 percent of adults who have ever smoked have quit. You can be one of the millions of people who successfully quit every year.