Health benefits of stopping smoking

We all know smoking is injurious to your health. Needless to say, the habit of smoking is an extremely unhealthy habit. There are numerous benefits to quitting smoking. Listed below are just some of the health benefits of quitting smoking.

 Immediate health effects

There are some immediate health benefits for quitting smoking. These are:

•   After quitting smoking, you can expect your blood pressure and pulse rate to return to normal
• After 24 hours your lungs start clearing and your shortness of breath will improve
•          After 2 days your taste and sense of smell start to improve,
•          After 3 days you will be able to breathe easier, and your energy levels will increase,
•          If you have a chronic cough, your coughing will begin to improve immediately,
•          Your risk factors for heart attack and stroke will be reduced,
•          You will have 50% lesser vulnerability to lung cancer than a smoker.

Other benefits and effects of stopping smoking

There are other health benefits associated with quitting smoking. Some of the most important and viable ones are discussed here:

2. Quitting smoking will help keep your teeth white. Due to the nicotine effects associated with smoking, your teeth often turn yellowish. After quitting smoking your teeth will begin to return to their normal white state within several months.

3. The habit of smoking makes the skin tone rough and wrinkled. Once you quit smoking, your skin texture will improve.

4. It has been researched and well-studied in various places about the benefits of quitting smoking with regard to sex. It has been found that after quitting smoking, an individual can lead a better sexual life.
5. If you are pregnant or wanting to get pregnant, you should quit smoking immediately.  It is a proven fact that smoking in injurious to pregnancy/reproductive fertility.

6. Quitting the habit of smoking helps you manage stress with better efficiency.

7.  One of the greatest effects of not smoking is longer life span. It has been documented that people who have quit smoking live longer.

8. Quitting smoking will save you money. If you quit a pack-a-day habit, you will save about $2,000 per year by not buying cigarettes.

9. Within 5 years of quitting, your chance of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder is cut in half. 

10.  Secondhand smoke causes immediate harm to non-smokers, especially children and the elderly.