WHY QUIT SMOKING...???

1. Improve my personal appearance by eliminating such things as stained teeth and fingers, bad breath, coughing, and smoking odor on clothes. Prevent wrinkles and keep my skin nice. (Every puff on a cigarette puts 4,000 different chemicals into your body, but once you've stopped your skin should start to look brighter and younger than if you had continued to smoke. That’s because the levels of oxygen in your body will return to normal and your circulation will improve. You'll slow the formation of wrinkles around your mouth and eyes, and your eyes themselves will probably look brighter. The staining on your teeth and fingers will stop and your breath, hair, clothes and home will all smell better.)

2. Regain my sense of taste and smell, feel more energized and active, sleep better, and eliminate 'hairy tongue' and 'smokers cough' or wheezing.

3. Regain control of my behavior, gaining a sense of freedom, and owning myself again.

4. Reduce health risks, such as the risk of heart disease, cancer, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. I do not want a heart attack or to have problems breathing.

5. Reduce risk to unborn children and provide a healthy environment for children and others living with me.

6. Save money.

7. Once you’ve had your last cigarette…
You’ll be amazed how quickly you see the difference:
-After 20 minutes, your blood pressure and pulse should return to normal. Circulation improves, especially to hands and feet.
-After 8 hours, blood oxygen levels increase to normal and your chances of having a heart attack start to fall.
-After 24 hours, carbon monoxide leaves the body. The lungs start to clear out mucus and debris.
-After 48 hours, your body is now nicotine-free. Your senses of taste and smell begin to improve.
-After 3 days, breathing is easier and your energy levels increase.
-2-12 weeks, circulation improves throughout the body. Walking and exercise get easier.
-3-9 months, breathing problems, coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing improve. Lung efficiency will have increased by 5-10%.
-After 5 years, risk of having a heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker.
-After 10 years, risk of lung cancer falls to around half that of a smoker. Risk of a heart attack falls to about the same as someone who has never smoked.
-Increase productivity by regaining the time I now spend maintaining my smoking habit.
-Avoid possible injury or upset to others by such things as smoking in restaurants or dropping ashes on them.