Stop Smoking Help

There are a plethora of reasons why you should quit smoking.  For most, the obvious reason is that smoking can severely damage the lungs and will eventually kill most who smoke.  Some who smoke will contract emphysema.  Emphysema will cause your lungs to contract and you will not be able to breathe well. 

This lack of being able to breathe will mean that you will need to have an oxygen tank in order to live.  You will have to have this oxygen tank with you at all times to be able to give your body the oxygen it lacks due to your previous smoking habits.  

You will also need the oxygen to help your heart.  Many smokers understand the damage that smoking will cause to the lungs, but they miss that smoking puts a large strain on the heart. 

When the blood is not getting enough oxygen, the heart needs to pump faster in order to get the correct amount of oxygen to the body. 

By smoking, you are taking away much needed oxygen from the body. 

This is why the heart can be strained and why, for those who have health problems due to smoking, may need to be on oxygen for the rest of their lives.  You will also have to quit smoking when you go on oxygen, it just makes sense to quit now before that need arises.

Here are some facts about what happens to your body when you quit smoking:

1. 20 minutes after you stop smoking, your blood pressure and heart rate will decrease.
2. 12 Hours after you quit smoking, the levels of carbon dioxide in your blood will return to normal levels
3. 14 days after you quit smoking, you will experience an increase in circulation and an improvement in lung function
4. Between one and nine months after you quit, things like shortness of breath, coughing and mucus build up will decrease. The cilia in your lungs will return to normal and go back to cleaning out your lungs and moving out the mucus
5. At 12 months out, your risk of coronary heart disease will be cut in half
6. 5 years after you stop smoking, your chances of having a stroke will be reduced to the same level as a non-smoker

The damage that is done to your lungs can repair themselves over time if you quit smoking.  It can take many years for your lungs to clean out all the toxins that you have been putting into them for so many years of smoking.  You will be surprised at just how well you will begin to feel after just a few months of dropping the habit. 

Not only do your lungs become damaged from smoking, but your throat and mouth can also suffer the consequences as well.  Many have had to have their voice boxes removed due to throat cancer. 

The same can be said about the mouth as well, many smokers have had partial or full jaw removal due to mouth cancer that has been caused by smoking.  When you damage your lungs, the effects are internal and not seen by any without an x-ray. 

For throat and mouth issues, you will have huge scars and that plastic surgery may not be able to cover up.  This is not only damaging to your body, but also to you appearance.  You will have to live with these scars for the rest of your life.  Having a damaged face may not seem like it will happen to you, but it can. 

In many instances, you will lose more than just part of your face, mouth or throat; you can die from these types of cancer as well.  If it is not caught in time, you can lose your life as well.   

It the health scares are not enough to encourage you to stop smoking, perhaps then the aesthetics of smoking will.  Smoking causes the mouth to grow wrinkles much quicker. 

This is because of the constant puckering of lips when you drag on a cigarette.  You can always tell when a person is a smoker, they smell of stale smoke, it is in the hair, on the clothes and sometimes it can even be noticed as a smell on the skin.  Standing next to a person who smokes can be an unpleasant experience for the non smoker.

Finally, the cost of smoking is getting higher and higher each year.  Many states are continually raising the taxes on what are considered luxuries.  You will be hard pressed to find a pack of cigarettes in the United States for less than five dollars. 

When you have a three pack a day habit, this can be a very expensive addiction.  Even for a smoker who only smokes a pack every two days, this can add up to hundreds of dollars in just a few months.  Imagine the other necessities that can be purchased with the money saved when you quit smoking.