Break the habit of cigarette smoking and feel the results in minutes
Time is of the essence when it comes to stopping smoking.
The health hazards of cigarette smoking have been emphasized so strongly stressed since time immemorial. Initiatives and ways to make smokers quit nicotine consumption through cigarette smoking have been developed and but ironically, the number of cigarette smokers have increased over the years.
Fatal diseases have been traced to cigarette smoking. In more ways than one, heart attacks, cancers, and birth deficiencies in newborns are linked to cigarette smoking. Even with all the startling numbers of deaths attributed to smoking, smokers seem to just want more.
In Australia, the government, in a bold move, featured in a commercial former cigarette smokers who are inches away from death. Stories of health struggles and personal tragedies attributed to cigarette smoking were shown and their actual physical deterioration of their bodies were featured. The results? The dropdown rate went down by almost 50%.
Taking cue from this move, my light bulb moment came and made me realize that people need to see the literal results in order to make the drastic change of quitting cigarette smoking.
Live longer in a minute’s withdrawal
Numbers are what people look for before making the decision to change. If you stop cigarette smoking, the benefits are instant in as fast as 1200 seconds.
Once you’ve decided to actually STOP puffing a smoke,
After 20 minutes – Blood pressure and pulse return to normal rates.
After 8 hours – Carbon monoxide levels in the blood are reduced by half, your oxygen levels in the blood return to normal as well.
After 24 hours – Carbon monoxide is eliminated is eliminated from the body and the lungs start to clear out the build up if tar.
After 48 hours – Your sense of taste and smell improve considerably.
After 72 hours – Your breathe easier because you bronchial tubes begin to relax, thus, energy levels will increase.
After 2 to 12 weeks – Blood circulation improves, making walking and running a lot easier.
After 3 to 9 months – Coughs, wheezing, and your breathing problems improve as the lungs have more room for up to 10% more oxygen.
After 5 years – The risk of heart attack is cut in half.
After 10 years – The risk of cancer is reduced in half.
Easier said than done
I don’t smoke but I can relate that quitting from cigarette smoking is so way easier said than done. Have seen that with a friend who stopped smoking. A year ago, before Christmas, he decided to quit smoking for a week, but fell ill after and then went back again after that and then quit again and even put on a patch and then went back again. After 7 months of bouncing from smoking, he hasn’t smoke for almost 5 months now.
When it comes to addiction, in this case, cigarette smoking, I feel that we all know the hazards deep in the consciousness. Just don’t know how to stop or when to stop and how to stop permanently. The decision is in your hands. Maybe soon should be now.
