We all know that smoking is bad for our health and anyone close to us.  Relation was found between smoking and variety of cancers such as lung cancer and kidney cancer, and many other diseases. So why don’t quit smoking? at least have a try, you can see an improved health in only 20 minutes.

If you quit smoking today, your body will start thanking you tomorrow. Well, actually it will start to thank you after 20 minutes. Thats the time it takes, before you begin to heal.

20 minutes after your last cigarette, your blood pressure decreases, your pulse rate drops, and your body temperature of your hands and feet increases. 8 hours later your carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal while oxygen level in blood increases to normal.

Tomorrow at the same time, your risk of a heart attack is decreased. And the day after tomorrow your nerve endings will begin to growth again. Your will also have improved your ability to taste and smell. On day later your breathing will be easier.

Your circulation will improve in the following weeks and months. Your walking will also be easier, and the lung function will improve. You will probably also feel that the nicotine withdrawal symptom isnt that bad. Now you can focus on the psychological need of smoking.

On year after you stopped smoking, your risk of coronary heart disease is decreased to half. And smoking is directly linked to 30 % of all heart disease deaths in the United States each year, so this is a very important step.

It is not only the short-term benefits, which makes it worth quitting. The risk of a stroke has been reduced to the same as people who have never smoked after only 5 years. And the risk of lung cancer drops to one-half that of the smokers after 10 years. The risk of other cancer types will also decrease; including the risk of cancer in the throat, esophagus, kidney, mouth, and pancreas.

The risk of coronary heart disease will be the same of people who have never smoked after 15 years. And in many other ways will the risk of death be at nearly the same level of people who have never smoked.

So do yourself (and your body) a favor and quit smoking today; and see your health improve. Just remember that the nicotine addiction healing process is an ongoing process. You will see some quick improvement, but other will happen more slowly.

by Martin Elmer

Martin Elmer is writing about quitting your cigarettes and hjælp til rygestop. You can also learn how to minimize your nicotine withdrawal symptoms with Nicorette products.