Quitting smoking is another issue to smokers but do they know that quitting smoking can help them a lifelong?
Diagram 5: Smokers' Challenge
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The sooner smokers quit, the more they can reduce the chances of getting cancer and other diseases. Do you know?
1. 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.)
2. 12 hours after quitting
The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1988, p. 202)
3. 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)
4. 1 to 9 months after quitting
Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) 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)
5. 1 year after quitting
The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
6. 5 years after quitting
Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker 5 to 15 years after quitting.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
7. 10 years after quitting
The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a person who is still smoking. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix, and pancreas decreases.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp. vi, 131, 148, 152, 155, 164,166)
8. 15 years after quitting
The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker's.
Therefore, do you think that A MINUTE of quitting smoking are important and does reduces the chances of smokers from getting cancer and other diseases?
