This document discusses the health benefits of quitting smoking. It notes immediate benefits within 20 minutes such as lowered blood pressure and pulse rate. Within 48 hours, nerve endings begin to regenerate and senses of taste and smell improve. Within a few weeks, circulation, lung function, and energy levels increase. Long term benefits are realized within 1-15 years and include reduced risk of cancer, heart disease, and lung cancer equivalent to nonsmokers. Resources for quitting smoking are also provided.

3. Why Quit?
• Health Benefits
– Immediate
– Long Term
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Increases Lifespan
Quality of Life Improves
Lower Insurance Premiums
Eliminates Secondhand Smoke

4. Drawbacks
• Weight Gain
• Short-term Emotional Changes
You would have to have 80 to 100 pounds of
weight gain before you'd even begin to
approach the health risks you have from
smoking!

5. Immediate Benefits
• After just 20 min:
– Blood pressure goes down
– Pulse rate slows
– Temperature of your hands and feet increases due to improved
circulation
• After eight hours:
– Carbon monoxide levels go down
– Oxygen levels return to normal
• Within 24 hours:
– Chances of a sudden, drop dead on the spot heart attack are cut in
half
– Risks of a second heart attack rapidly diminish

6. Immediate Benefits
• Within 48 hours
– Nerve endings begin to regenerate
– Sense of taste and smell improves
– Nicotine by-products are removed from the body
• Within 3 days:
– Bronchial tubes start to relax
– Lung capacity begins to improve

7. Immediate Benefits
• Within a few weeks:
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Circulation improves
Lungs have begun to function
Exercising is easier
Phlegm production, coughing, and wheezing decreases
Bad breath disappears
Stains on your teeth, fingers, and fingernails fade.
Smoke smell dissipates from your hair, clothes, car, and
furniture.
– You have more overall energy and enjoy life more

8. Immediate Benefits
• Within 1 to 3 months:
– Lung function increases
up to 30 percent.
– Bronchial cilia begin to
re-grow, ability to clean
lungs increases, chances
of infection are
reduced, and pollutants
are cleared

9. Long Term Benefits
• Within 1 year:
– Risk of coronary heart disease decreases to half the
risk of a continuing smoker
• Within 2 years:
– Risk is reduced for recurrence of ulcers
– Ability for short-term healing improves
– Risk of death from heart disease declines 24%
• Within 3 years:
– Risk of heart attack and stroke approaches that of
someone who has never smoked

10. Long Term Benefits
• Within 5 years:
– Risk of developing mouth, esophageal, throat and
bladder cancer reduces by 50%
• Within 10 years:
– Pre-cancerous cells are replaced by healthy,
normal cells
– 50% to 70% reduction in the risk of developing
lung cancer

11. Long Term Benefits
• Within 15 years:
– Risk of coronary heart disease is similar to that of
people who never smoked
– Risk of dying is nearly back to the same level as that of
non-smokers
• Benefits for Women:
– Not smoking during pregnancy reduces fetal and
infant deaths by approximately 10%.
– Risk of cervical cancer reduces after 2 years
– Menopause occurs 1-2 years later

12. Smoking Causes 440,000 Premature,
Preventable Deaths Annually (USA)
25% Lung Disease
40% Cancer
35% Heart Disease
& Stroke

13. The Choice is Yours
• Step-by-Step Quit Guide: http://www.smokefree.gov
• Call: The NCI Smoking Quitline at 1–877–44U–QUIT (1–877–
448–7848) for individualized counseling, printed
information, and referrals to other sources
• Fact Sheet: Where To Get Help When You Decide To Quit
Smoking
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/tobacco/help
-quitting

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