THE BLESSINGS OF SMOKING CESSATION
20 Minutes: Your blood pressure, heart rate and the temperature of your hands and feet normalize.
- 8 Hours:
The oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in your blood normalize.
- 1 Day:
Your likelihood of having a heart attack decreases.
- 2 Days:
Your sense of smell and taste improves. Nerve endings start to regrow.
- 2 Weeks - 3 Months:
Your circulation becomes better and breathing improves; it becomes easier to walk.
- 1 - 9 Months:
Coughing, sinus congestion, shortness of breath and fatigue decrease and you have more energy.
- 1 Year:
Happy Birthday! Your excess risk of heart disease is now less than half what it was a year ago.
- 5 Years:
Your risk of cancer of the lung, mouth, throat and esophagus is half that of a pack-a-day smoker.
- 10 Years:
Your risk of dying of lung cancer is similar to non-smokers'. Pre-cancerous cells have been replaced.
- 15 Years:
You are at no more risk of heart disease than if you never smoked.
For more information about smoking cessation ... ask me!
FRED CREUTZMANN,M.D. – CARROLLTON – 972-394-7277 or www.DrCmd.com