3 Reasons Why You Shouldnt Smoke

We all obviously know that smoking is something that is a very bad habit. I am sure that everyone on this planet knows of someone who has been a smoker or still is. Personally, my mother had smoked, my dad still smokes, and I know six more people in my immediate family who do smoke. I am surprised that there is still so many young people smoking these days as well, being well aware of the havoc it can wreak on your health. However, young people are still smoking.

 

5.6 million children alive today will ultimately die early, which is equal to 1 child out of every 13 child alive in the United States today. If you’re curious why so many will die early, it is due to cigarettes. (betobaccofree.gov ) Today I would like to talk to you all about the harmful effects of smoking cigarettes is to your body.

 

 

Smoking is a very unhealthy habit.  Here is a time line of what the benefits will be when you quit according to the CDC, when you quit smoking, within twenty minutes your heart rate will start to lower back to normal levels. After two hours without a cigarette, your heart rate and blood pressure will have decreased to almost normal levels. (This is also when you start to crave the nicotine). In just 12 hours after quitting smoking, the carbon monoxide in your body decreases to lower levels, and your blood oxygen levels increase to normal. (there is carbon monoxide that bond to your cells as you smoke). 24 hours after you quit, your risk for a heart attack will drop substantially. after 48 hours without a cigarette, your nerve endings will start to re-grow, and your ability to smell and taste is enhanced. On the third day, the nicotine will be completely out of your body, so the withdrawals are the worst at this point. Two to three weeks after you quit, you’ll be able to exercise without being winded. This is when the nicotine withdrawal symptoms start to stop. One – nine months after you quit, your lungs will begin to repair, and the nicotine withdrawal should be completely away.

 

 

At one year, your risk for heart disease is lowered by 50 percent. 5- 15 years after you quit, your risk for a stroke is the same as someone who does not smoke. After 10 years of not smoking, your risk of dying of lung cancer will be fifty percent less of smokers. Along with cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas also decreases. 15 years of not smoking, and you will be at the same risk for heart disease as a nonsmoker.