Stop Smoking: Immediate and Long Term Benefits

Immediate and Long Term Health Benefits by stopping smoking

According to a "poster" in the form of a cylinder representing a cigarette I saw yesterday at the Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya, these are the immediate and long term health benefits that you get when you stop smoking:

Within 20 minutes when you stop smoking

• Blood pressure drops to normal


• Pulse rate drops to normal


• Body temperature of hands and feet increases to normal

8 hours after you stop smoking

• CO (carbon monoxide, a toxic gas) level in blood drops to normal


• O₂ (oxygen) level in blood increases to normal

24 hours after you stop smoking

• Chances of heart attack begins to decrease

48 hours after you stop smoking

• Nerve endings start to regrow


• Ability to smell and taste is enhanced (increased)

Half to 3 months after you stop smoking

• Blood circulation improves


• Walking becomes easier


• Lung function increases up to 30%

One to nine months after you stop smoking

• Coughing, sinus congestion and shortness of breath all decreases


• Cilia regrow in lungs, increasing ability to "clean" lings


• Body overall energy increases

One year after you stop smoking

• Risk of coronary heart diseases is half that of a smoker

Five years after you stop smoking

• Lung cancer death rate decreases by almost half


• Stroke risk id reduced to that of a non-smoker

Five to Fifteen years after you stop smoking

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Ten years after you stop smoking

• Lung cancer death rates is similar to that of a non-smoker


• Pre-cancerous cells are replaced by healthy cells


• Risk of other cancers decreases

Fifteen years after you stop smoking

• Risk of coronary heart diseases is similar to that of a non-smoker

Aren't these sufficient reasons for you to stop smoking immediately? I hope you are convinced of the great health benefits you get by getting rid of your smoking habit. Note that I have made the word habit bold. Why? Habits are nasty stuff. Once you acquire a habit, it is pretty hard to stop. And smoking is addictive. But if you have the will power to stop, you can. Even if your will power is weak, but you wish to stop, help is available. There are medications like NICORETTE which is a nicotine gum. Other brand names include Commit, Habitrol, Nicotrol, Nicoderm, and Prostep.

Nicotine gum helps you stop smoking in various ways. One is of course it keep your mouth busy so your mouth have no opportunity to hold a cigarette. And the nicotine that gets absorbed helps to stop your craving to smoke. There are pros and cons of using nicotine gum and also a proper way to use it. You can get more information from Proper ways to use nicotine gum plus information of its pros and cons.

You can purchase Nicorette as well as other alternatives from Online Canadian Pharmacy Escrow Service. It says Canadian, but they deliver world wide. I believe if you are a US resident, you can order your Nicorette from Canada at half the price you can get in the US.

You should not use Nicorette beyond 12 weeks as it can be addictive if abused. I am not a medical doctor or pharmacist, so this post is for your information only. You should consult your doctor and you are also encouraged to do your own research. A good place to do that will be the website for "Physician Desk Reference". You can type or copy-paste "Physician Desk Reference" into the search box above, make sure the radio button (.) WEB is ticked, and click "Search". Their site should be the first on the SERP (Search Engine Result Page).

It is meant for medical professionals and students, but I see this on their website: "Access to PDR.net and Thomson Clinical Xpert is free to U.S.-based MDs, DOs, Dentists, Optometrists, NPs and PAs in full-time patient practice, and to U.S. medical students, residents and other select prescribing allied health professionals". Note that I have made the word residents to draw your attention to it, as to me, it means if you reside in the US, you get free access. However, I am not a US resident, so I cannot verify that for you. If you happen to be a US resident, I hope you will try to get access and leave your feedback by leaving a comment in this post.

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Online Canadian Pharmacy

The graphic header of this blog is "Health is Wealth" which is very true for who can enjoy his or her wealth without good health. There are lots of things we can do to try to maintain good health such as getting the right nutrition, getting enough exercise, avoiding substances that can harm our health, etc. However, whatever we do is no guarantee that we will not get medical problems. I have come across 2 (actually 3) cases where the people I am in contact with who aren't in the best of health. One is a paraplegic who became one because of a serious accident and now suffers from chronic pain. He asked me to help him with his blog to earn income from affiliate marketing but said he have only $100 left over from Medicare and Medicaid after paying for nursing care. The other one I almost forgot is a blogger from Australia who also suffers from chronic pain. The third one is a fellow fellow blogger. She admitted to suffering from depression. Now for depression, some says herbal stuff like St. John Wort is effective, but for serious cases which require hospitalization, I have my doubts whether such mild stuff is sufficient.

When we are unfortunate to fall into ill health, we can either turn to Natural Remedies or Conventional Medicine because natural remedies cannot help in some cases, and similarly conventional medicine cannot help in others.

The fellow Blog*Star whom I said admitted to suffering from depression happened to be a Canadian. I am highly tempted to let her know about Online Canadian Pharmacy which is actually an escrow service that helps connect surfers with a pharmacy in a safe and trustworthy environment. As far as I know, Prozac or Fluoxetine is the most popular and most widely prescribed drug for depression and it is known that St. John wort, the herbal alternative, does not work in every cases. While this escrow service do provide delivery to all over the world, the reason why I thought of this website is because shipping to Canada I suppose is easier to a Canadian address as I expect most of the pharmacies would be Canadian based. However, I have not checked with them. Perhaps I will.

Maybe I should do that soon because I see on that website that not only do they claim to be able to help their customers save an average of 40% to 90% off their medications, they are offering also offering for a limited time only, Free Shipping For Life when buying drugs from any of their licensed pharmacies for Premium Members.

However, I would advice those who use conventional medicine to do their own research because they can have undesirable side effects which a busy medical doctor may not always have the time to inform you about them. For example, I have read that Prozac can increase the possibility of suicide. But there are always alternatives and you should consult your doctor regarding them. In any case, one has to weight the pros and cons of using a medication versus the benefits they can bring. Herbs, which many believe do not have side effect, if used wrongly, can also bring problems.

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