Amazing benefits you stand to gain when you stop smoking
Smoking is dangerous to health, period. Everyone knows that smoking is dangerous to health yet the number of smokers is still on the increase, why?
Maybe the time has come to stop emphasizing on the dangers of tobacco smoking, and start focusing on the benefits from quitting the habit in the long run. It is a fact that people are more affected by positive things than negative things. The reason is that negative things bring down one’s mentality causing depression and the “it’s impossible” mentality.
Do you have a smoking spouse, brother, sister, etc., and you want him or her to quit smoking? Focus more on the positive side of things like discussing what they stand to gain when they stop smoking instead.
Stop smoking and enjoy these benefits
There are many benefits one stand to gain from quit smoking resolution. The benefits are explained according to the number of days, weeks, months and years one maintained the non-smoking habit.
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20 minutes to 3 months benefits
After 20 minutes, the first recognized effect after you stopped smoking is a reduction in heart rates and blood pressure. Increased heart rates mean your heart is pumping blood at an abnormal rate, and if the case is not controlled can lead to heart failure, stroke, and other debilitating health conditions.
It is indeed a great thing indeed to stop smoking. After 12 hours of quitting the level of carbon monoxide in your blood decreases. After 2 to 3 months, a blood flow improves, so does the functioning of the lungs.
After 2 to 9-month benefits
Usually, smokers experience shortness of breath problems called cilia. After you stop smoking, this condition would have reduced between 2 to 9 months after your action. This, of course, means your lungs will regain normal functioning abilities as the aptitude to control mucus and reduce the risk of infection also increases.
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1 to 5 years after stopping smoking
The very high risk of developing coronary heart disease reduces by half compared to that of a smoker. After 5 years, the risk of developing cancer of the mouth, bladder and esophagus decrease by half.
10 to 15 years of stopping smoking
The risk of death due to cancer of the larynx and pancreatic disease reduces by half. If you were able to quit smoking for 15 years, congratulations! Your risk of developing coronary heart disease has now equaled that of a non-smoker.
Apart from these benefits listed here, there are others and they include the reduction in the risk of developing diabetes, improved heart/lungs operations, improved blood vessel performance and so many others!