STOP SUCKING ON THAT CANCER STICK! It's not sexy, it stinks and you're killing me!
1) all the energy used in this self destructive and expensive habit is freed up for more creative pursuits
2) You’ll smell better and people will want to cuddle more.
3) You’ll improve air quality for your loved ones and others in your vicinity
4) You’ll look cooler.
5) You’ll stop funding a mega corporation that profits from doing harm to others, that markets to children, and has no concern for anyone’s health.
Health benefits of quitting smoking:
Within 20 minutes: Blood pressure and pulse rates drop to normal, body temperature and feet and hands increase to normal.
Within 8 hours: Oxygen level in blood increases to normal, carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal
Within 24 hours: Chance of heart attack decreases
Within 48 hours: nerve endings start re-growing, ability to smell and taste is enhanced
Within 2 weeks to 3 months: circulation improves, walking becomes easier, lung function increases up to 30 %.
Within 1 to 9 months: coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decrease, cilia re-grow in lungs, increasing ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, reduce infection, overall energy increases.
Within 1 year: excess risk of coronary heart disease is cut by half
Within 5 years: Lung cancer death rate for average former smoker (one pack a day) decreases by almost half, stroke risk is reduce to that of a nonsmoker 5-15 yrs after quitting, risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus is half that of a smoker’s
Within 10 years: lung cancer death rate similar to that of nonsmokers, precancerous cells are replaced, risk of cancer of mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas decreases
Within 15 years: risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker.
American cancer society
