Add years to your life by Quitting Smoking

Did you know that....

• male smokers who quit between ages 35 to 39 add an average of 5 years to their lives.
• female quitters in this age group add 3 years.
• men and women who quit at ages 65 to 69 increase their life expectancy by 1 year

Quitting smoking reduces the risk of repeat heart attacks and death from heart disease by 50% after one year. (After 15 years of abstinence, the risk is similar to that for people who've never smoked). Quitting modifies the risk profile of contributors to heart attacks, such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, coronary artery spasm and arrythmias.

In 5 to 15 years, the risk of stroke for ex-smokers returns to the level of those who've never smoked. Other major disorders (notably COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) may improve once you cease smoking, or have their onset delayed.

Lung function improves by 30% over 2 to 3 months. This means less wheezing, cough, sinus infections etc. After 10 years the risk of now developing lung cancer has been halved. The chance of developing other cancers, such as cancer of the mouth, throat, oesophagus, kidneys, pancreas or bladder, is also reduced.
You feel better about yourself because you’ve achieved something highly significant for yourself and your health

Quitting smoking also has immediate benefits :-

• your blood pressure will return to pre-smoking levels in 20 minutes 
• carbon monoxide levels within your blood drop within hours, meaning your heart has to work less hard to spread enough oxygen in your system to keep you functioning well and healthy. 
• your sense of taste and smell will rapidly improve 
• your clothing, hair, furnishings, drapes and car all have a chance to begin returning to their pre-smoking freshness 
• the monetary benefits are that less of your money is devoted to costly cigarettes. You won’t “pay twice” for cigarettes – avoid the tax on cigarettes and you may also quality for reduced insurance premiums.

Stop smoking today by using an NRT product - we provide primarily gum from this site. For NRT patches or NRT inhalers (also known as Nicotrol Inhalers in the US) we recommend our sister site, www.NicotineDirect.com