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The benefits of quitting smoking are almost immediate. Within 20 minutes pulse rate drops and blood pressure decreases. After 8 hours oxygen and carbon monoxide levels in the blood are normal. The benefits continue with time and include improvement in circulation and lung function. From 5 to 15 years after quitting smoking the risk of stroke is the same as for people who have never smoked, the risk of lung cancer is reduced by half, with other cancers; mouth, throat, and kidney are decreased considerably, and at 15 years the risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a non-smoker. Quitting smoking reduces the risks of lung cancer and other lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Smokers regain their sense of taste and smell, lose hacking coughs and their hair and clothes no longer reek of cigarette smoke.
Since smoking reduces life expectancy by 13-15 years. Studies have shown that even the elderly benefit from quitting smoking. Among smokers who quit at 65 years of age men gained 2 years and women almost 4 years and all experienced improved circulation and, after one year, cut the risk of heart disease in half.
Quitting smoking benefits children. Second hand smoke; nonsmokers exposed to second hand smoke are 25% more likely to suffer from coronary heart diseases. Children and babies are more likely to experience lung problems because their lungs are still developing. Breathing second hand smoke causes children to suffer from bronchitis and other respiratory infections and also causes fluid build up in the middle ear which can result in infection and childhood hearing loss. SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) may also be related to secondhand smoke.
For more information check out the americazn cancer society website by following the link
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