Uncover the exciting benefits that your body,family and finances will enjoy when you eventually quit smoking from these slides.

1. Stop Smoking Benefits
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2. Introduction
• Summoning the courage to quit smoking can
be tough but if you succeed in doing it, your
body experiences several stop smoking
benefits,which cut across financial,health,self
esteem and social relationship lines.

3. You Will Live Long
• A vote for smoking cessation is a vote for a
longer life. When you drop off your cigarette
sticks for good, you become free from deadly
diseases that are caused by carbon monoxide,
nicotine and other poisonous substances that
get into your body through smoking. Some of
these sicknesses include, but are not limited
to, a simple ulcer, a severe cough or cold or
worse, lung cancer.

4. You Will Live Long(2)
• If you desire long life and a qualitative life,you need to
hear this. A recent report released by the National
Research Council shows that “smoking and obesity are
shortening Americans’ potential life spans. Though life
expectancy in the US is indeed increasing, it is
increasing at much slower rates than other areas in the
world. The study showed that within the last five years
the average life expectancy of women is 80.4 years and
75.3 years for men in the United States, contrasting
with the Japanese, whose women live for an average of
86 years and men live around 79.2 years.

5. You Will Live Long(3)
• These statistics are directly related to
smoking, according to the report, as people who
smoke, or used to smoke, have a decreased life
expectancy. While smoking isn’t as prevalent
now as it used to be, the damage of the past still
leaves an impression on the present and
future. Each person’s smoking history makes a
difference as every inhale leaves a lasting mark
on their health. This is why every day of choosing
whether or not to quit smoking counts.”

6. Health Benefits of Quit Smoking
• Suffice to say that many positive gains will
accompany your decision to quit smoking.
Now, let’s quickly review the positive health
benefits that will prolong the life of a smoker
once he stops.

7. When smokers quit — What are the
benefits over time?
• 20 minutes after quitting
• Your heart rate and blood pressure drop.
(Effect of smoking on arterial stiffness and
pulse pressure amplification, Mahmud A, Feely
J. 2003. Hypertension:41:183)
• 12 hours after quitting
• The carbon monoxide level in your blood
drops to normal.(US Surgeon General’s
Report, 1988, p. 202)

8. When smokers quit — What are the
benefits over time?(2)
• 2 weeks to 3 months after quitting
• Your circulation improves and your lung function
increases. (US Surgeon General’s
Report, 1990, pp.193, 194,196, 285, 323)
• 1 to 9 months after quitting
• Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny
hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs)
start to regain normal function in the lungs, increasing
the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and
reduce the risk of infection. (US Surgeon General’s
Report, 1990, pp. 285-287, 304)

9. When smokers quit — What are the
benefits over time?(3)
• 1 year after quitting
• The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a
continuing smoker’s. (US Surgeon General’s Report, 2010, p.
359)
• 5 years after quitting
• Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder
are cut in half. Cervical cancer risk falls to that of a non-
smoker. Stroke risk can fall to that of a non-smoker after 2-5
years. (A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke
Causes Disease – The Biology and Behavioral Basis for
Smoking-Attributable Disease Fact Sheet, 2010; Tobacco
Control: Reversal of Risk After Quitting Smoking. IARC
Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 11. 2007, p 341)

10. When smokers quit — What are the
benefits over time?(4)
• 10 years after quitting
• The risk of dying from lung cancer is about half
that of a person who is still smoking. The risk of
cancer of the larynx and pancreas decreases. (A
Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco
Smoke Causes Disease – The Biology and
Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease
Fact Sheet, 2010; and US Surgeon General’s
Report, 1990, pp. vi, 155, 165)

11. When smokers quit — What are the
benefits over time?(5)
• 15 years after quitting
• The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a
non-smoker’s.
• This piece was extracted from an article made
available by American Cancer Society, you may
read the full article @ Guide to Quitting
Smoking.

12. Stop Smoking Will Save You Money
• There is no doubt about the fact that smoking
cessation will save you money. A pack of decent
cigarettes is like $6-$10 in the US now, depending
on where you are. Since July 1,2010,residents of
New York have had to buy a pack of cigarettes for
$11.As an average smoker, smoking just 1 pack a
day will amount to $33o a month. Now, that’s a
lot of money. Wasting money on something you
really don’t need, but “have to have” is really a
form of madness but if you are able to quit, you
can channel the money into other productive
ventures.

13. You Will Look and Feel Better
• Smoking reduces the amount of blood flowing
to the skin and dries it out. Over time,the skin
loses elasticity and gets more wrinkled. Once
you stop smoking,the skin takes on a healthier
tone.The color improves and retains moisture
better, which means less wrinkles.
Overtime, you will not only you look
better, but you should start feeling better also.

14. You Will Find Peace of Mind
• Not having to wake up and bother about
cigarettes puts your mind at absolute rest.
There’s something about addiction that puts
vulnerable people in a constant state of worry.
They claim to smoke to relieve stress but they
end up more worried than ever. But when you
successfully, stop smoking, you will find peace
of mind.

15. You Will Break Free from the Shackles
of Smoking
• Being addicted to nicotine is just like being in
shackles but if you quit, you totally break free
from the slavery. You gain power over a habit
that has held you captive for years(or for
months depending on how long you have
been smoking).In essence, you become totally
free.

16. You Will Gain Social Recognition and
Self Esteem
• When you quit smoking, society tends to
warm up to you, more than before. This could
be due to the fact that your body no longer
smells of smoke, neither does your teeth look
yellow. You have whiter teeth, a better smell
and more money in your hands. Everything
falls into place and you become an established
member of the society.

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