The Benefits Of Quitting The Act Of Smoking For Good
I must say, its high time smoker’s starts taking the warning of The Federal Ministry of Health found on every single cigarette pack as well as their health seriously, as the saying goes “Health is Wealth”.
I figured most smokers don’t know the infinite
benefits they get once and immediately they stop smoking thus my reason for
preparing this enlightening and also extremely benefiting article elaborating
the benefits derived from quitting the act of smoking.
Just as the problems and
bad outcomes associated with habitual smoking are numerous, unfortunate, fatal,
adverse, colossal, life threatening and ill-fated so it is for non-smokers or
smokers who are quitting the act but just the reverse case or outcome which is
good health is what prevails.
The benefits of quitting
the act of smoking cannot be overemphasized, at the very first twenty four
(24) hours a smoker desist from smoking, the benefits starts to accumulate and
become visible and also clearly noticed.
Once a person stops smoking
for good, the benefits immediately starts to accumulate. These benefits
include; mentioning but a few; improved oral health, stable hormones, strong
immune system, and lesser risk of many types of cancers.
Let’s take a good and
unruffled look at the unending benefits quitting the act of smoking brings about
with respect to time.
20 minutes later – 12
hours: Heart rate and carbon monoxide in the blood immediately drop to
normal levels once an individual desist from smoking.
Subsequent one year: Quitting
smoking makes the risk of a heart attack as well as hypertension to drastically
reduce. Coughing as well as upper respiratory problems begin to improve
positively.
Within 2–5 years: Quitting
smoking makes the risk of stroke unbelievably drops to that of a non-smoker.
By the next five or
fourteen years: The risk of mouth cancer, throat cancer, esophagus cancer,
as well as bladder cancer is reduced by half (½) once a smoker quits smoking.
By 10 years: When
a smoker finally quits smoking for such log period, the possibility of lung
cancer and bladder cancer is halved compared to that of a person who smokes.
15 years later: The
risk of heart disease is similar to that of person that has never smoked.
It is indeed hard to embark
on stopping something that has become a habit, but remember a journey of a
thousand miles begins with a step. So prepare your mind and start quitting the
act of smoking.
Also, fruits like oranges,
apples, bananas, and pears are very important diets for a person that wants
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