The Benefits on Why to Quit Smoking
Why to quit smoking is a question that many are asking today especially with the high cost of a pack of cigarettes.
I have listed them in two categories to help us better understand the benefits to quit.
Oh, did I mention that a one pack a day smoker could buy a new car in ten years with the money he/she spends on a pack of cigarettes.
Now there is a good benefit - somewhere in the neighborhood of $140 each and every month.
I have listed them in two categories to help us better understand the benefits to quit.
- The Immediate benefits of quitting smoking:These immediate benefits are substantial to say the least.
Smoking causes high heart rate and blood pressure and they begin to return to normal as soon as you stop smoking.
Carbon monoxide an odorless, colorless gas found in cigarette smoke reduces the blood's ability to carry oxygen declines after you quit.
Once you quit smoking your circulation improves and you have less phlegm and you will not wheeze as much as you did.
Your breathing will become easier within six months of quitting smoking. - The long-term benefits of quitting smoking:The risk of having a heart attack or stroke is reduced by as much as 50% when you quit.
The risk of cancer and lung disease are reduced considerably when you quit smoking.
Regardless of their age, the person who quits smoking is less likely to die from smoking related illness than the one who does not quit.
Recent studies have shown that if you quit by age 30 your chance of dying form smoking related diseases is cut by more than 90 percent.
Even those who quit by the time they are 50 reduce their risk of prematurely dying by as much as 50 percent over those who continue to smoke.
Oh, did I mention that a one pack a day smoker could buy a new car in ten years with the money he/she spends on a pack of cigarettes.
Now there is a good benefit - somewhere in the neighborhood of $140 each and every month.