There was a time when cigarette smoking was seen as glamorous - a habit practiced by Hollywood starlets and gritty gangsters. But today, we know better.
Smoking kills 480,000 people every year in the United States, over 40,000 of them from secondhand smoke. Nowadays, around 36.5 million American youngsters identify as current smokers putting them and those who are around them at high risk for a host of conditions, including an array of cancers, heart disease, stroke, and many other chronic conditions.
Here, I've described 12 surprising benefits of quitting smoking!
1) 20 Minutes
Only after 20 minutes of quitting cigarettes, your heart rate and blood pressure will drop closer to normal levels. Nicotine is very harmful to the insides of blood vessels and reduces the amount of oxygen the heart receives, making the heart beat faster and the damaged blood vessels work harder. This very short period of time allows your body to begin repair itself.
2) 2 Hours
Within 2 hours of smoking your last cigarette, your peripheral circulation will improve. Peripheral veins and arteries are located in the arms, hand, legs, and feet and supply oxygen to the body. As your body rids itself of the chemicals in cigarettes, your hands and feet will are starting to feel warm.
3) 12 Hours
Around after 12 hours of quitting cigarettes, the level of carbon monoxide in the blood falls back to normal. Carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood cells making it so that your heart is not getting enough blood. Once the carbon monoxide is gone, there is more oxygen in your body.
4) 24 Hours
After one day, the risk from the heart attack falls. people who smoke have a 70% higher chance of having a heart attack because of the cardiovascular dangers affiliated with smoking. Smoking also increases your risk for blood clots, another major issue related to heart attacks.
5) 3 Days
By day three, there is no more nicotine in your body. Each time you smoke, the nicotine your body needs to get that "buzz" is up and requires more frequent cigarettes. This cycle leads to addiction.
6) 1 to 9 Weeks
Around one to nine weeks after quitting, "smoker" norms become less pronounced. Coughing and shortness of breath decreases. You will be able to do physical activity without feeling winded or sick. Your withdrawal symptoms will also start decreasing.
7) 1 to 9 Months
After one to nine months, the lungs will begin to repair themselves. Even the smallest of functions within the lungs will begin to work perfectly and shortness of breath and coughing will decrease even further.
8) 1 Year
About one year after quitting smoking, the risk of getting coronary heart disease is only half as high as smokers. Smoking has been proven by health organizations, as the direct cause of 1 in 5 heart disease deaths. The threat of developing heart disease is two to four more times as likely in smokers & one can decreases by half when you quit smoking.
9) 2 to 5 Years
Between two and five years after quitting, the risk of developing mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder cancer are reduced by 50%. Women's risk of cervical cancer is also decreased.
10) 10 Years
Within 10 years after quitting smoke, your risk of dying from cancer is now half that of smokers.
11) 15 Years
Once you completed 15 years of quitting tobacco, the risk of heart disease is like the same as if you had ever never smoked.
12) 20 Years
After 20 years, it's estimated that you have saved over $71,000(approx)by not buying cigarettes.
Congratulations, you have been added respective years to your life by quitting smoking. All of the risk factors have been decreased or eliminated.
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