{"id":1562,"date":"2017-04-05T07:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T11:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centresstop.santemedia.ca\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:31:41","slug":"health-benefits-of-quitting-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centresstop.com\/en\/quit-smoking\/health-benefits-of-quitting-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Benefits Of Quitting Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you love yourself and your loved ones, you should know about these! At the Stop Centres<\/a>, we invite all smokers to take a moment and have a look.<\/p>\n

20 Minutes after quitting<\/h4>\n

Your blood pressure drops to a level similar to that before your last cigarette.<\/p>\n

8 Hours after quitting<\/h4>\n

The level of carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) in your blood drops to normal.<\/p>\n

24 hours after quitting<\/h4>\n

Your risk of having a heart attack starts to drop.<\/p>\n

2 Weeks to 3 Months after quitting<\/h4>\n

The airways in your lungs relax and you can get more air into your lungs and breathe easier.<\/p>\n

1 to 9 Months after quitting<\/h4>\n

You cough less and your lungs are even stronger.<\/p>\n

1 Year after quitting<\/h4>\n

Your added risk of coronary heart disease is half than that of a smoker’s.<\/p>\n

5 Years after quitting<\/h4>\n

You have the same chance of having a stroke as a non-smoker.<\/p>\n

10 Years after quitting<\/h4>\n

Your chance of dying from lung cancer is much lower. So is your chance of getting cancer in your mouth, throat, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, and\/or pancreas.<\/p>\n

15 Years after quitting<\/h4>\n

Your risk of coronary heart disease is similar to that of a non-smoker.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

There is no doubt that smoking can have serious consequences for a person’s health, but just how much effect can it have on your life expectancy? We take a look at some statistics.<\/p>\n

Researchers at ‘Action on Smoking and Health’ have reported that a 30-year-old smoker can expect to live about 35 more years, whereas a 30-year-old non-smoker can expect to live 53 more years.2<\/sup><\/p>\n

To be more exact: every cigarette a man smokes reduces his life by 11 minutes. Each carton of cigarettes thus represents a day and a half of lost life. Every year a man smokes a pack a day, he shortens his life by almost 2 months.3<\/sup><\/p>\n

Therefore, if you want to live longer and enjoy a better quality of life: QUIT SMOKING<\/a>!<\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Source:<\/strong> Health Canada (https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/services\/publications\/healthy-living\/road-quitting-guide-becoming-non-smoker.html#a3<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2<\/sup> Source:<\/strong> Smokers urged to weigh the ‘facts’ during the ‘Great American Smoke-Out,’ Vital Signs, The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia, Nov. 14, 1993, written by June Russell, a member of Smoke-Free Charlottesville<\/p>\n

3<\/sup> Source:<\/strong> University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter, April 2000<\/p>\n

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