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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

New Years Resolution to Quit Smoking

If your new years resolution was to quit smoking or has been for awhile here are some great reasons to stick with it. Its never too late to quit!

Benefits to your body after your last cigarette

Within 20 minutes
* blood pressure normalizes
* pulse rate returns to normal
* body temperature of hands and feet returns to normal

Within 8 hours
* Carbon monoxide level in blood drops
* Oxygen level in blood increases
* Smoker's breath disappears

Within 24 Hours

*Your chance of a heart attack decreases already

Within 48 Hours

*Nerve endings start to regrow
*Your ability to smell and taste is enhanced

Within 72 Hours

*Bronchial tubes relax making it easier to breathe
*Lung capacity increases maing it easier to do physical activities

Within 2 Weeks to 3 Months

*Circulation improves
*Walking becomes easier
*Lung function increases up to 30%

Within 1 Month to 9 Months

*Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decrease
*Your body's overall energy level increases, cilia regrow in lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean lungs and reduce infection

Within 1 Year

*Coronary heart disease risk is half that of a smoker

Within 2 Years
*Heart attack risk drops to near normal

Within 5 Years
*Lung cancer death rate for average pack-a-day smoker decreases by almost half
*Stroke risk is reduced
*Risk of mouth, throat and esophageal cancer is half that of a smoker

Within 10 Years
*Lung cancer death rate is simiilar to that of a person who does not smoke
*Pre-cancerous cells are replaced

Within 15 Years
*Risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a person who has never smoked

Come to NAP to quit smoking and take advantage of our smoking cessation program 6 treatments for $60.
Visit our website for more details www.clnap.com

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