Quitting Smoking: This is what You Gain

There will be change in your physical wellbeing when you quite smoking. The poisonous carbon monoxide is removed from the body within a day of quitting due to which there will be increase of oxygen level in the body. There will also be improvement in the appearance of your complexion. There will be easy blood flow in the blood vessels and there will be not cold feelings in your fingers and toes with poor circulation. There will be improved sleep and sense of taste and smell.

The benefits of stopping smoking

After 20 minutes

• You might feel increased blood circulation and blood pressure and pulse are normalized after 20 minutes.
• The carbon monoxide level falls in blood after 8 hours.
• The carbon monoxide disappears completely from the body from smoke and nicotine within 48 hours.
• There will be no phlegm in throat and other breathing difficulties after 2 or 3 days.
• There will be fresher breather, cleaner teeth, high levels of energy and improved sense of taste and smell after 5 to 7 days.
• There will be no physical withdrawal symptoms and reduced risk of blood clots after 2 to 3 weeks.
• No coughing, less fatigue and more energy after 4 weeks.
• Improvement in lung function by 5 percent after 2 to 3 months.
• Reduced risks of developing cardiovascular disease after one year.
• No risks of pneumonia or flu, heart disease, angina and stroke for non smokers after 2 to 3 years.
• Reduced risks of throat, oespphageal and bladder cancer after five years.
• Same risks of developing thrombosis for non smoker after 5 to 10 years.
• No risks of lung cancer and osteoporosis disease after 10 years.
• Same risks of throat, lung or bladder cancer for non smokers after 15 to 20 years.

Other benefits

Less stress

There will be less stress feeling if you stop smoking for a few months. Actually nicotine can cause stress instead of relieving it. The smokers can have feelings of satisfaction with nicotine in the cigarette which can create sense of stress relief.

More time

You can get extra time which is a big advantage as smokers waste their time in finding and buying and smoking tobacco.

Sense of achievement

It is very important for the smokers to set goals and then try to achieve especially when there are lots of obstacles. There will be great feeling of success in the smokers when they are able to quit smoking. You should have realistic goals instead of thinking during the early days and weeks of quitting. The increase in motivation is also very important for quitting smoking.

Gaining control

You should be able to learn to resist the urge to smoke and it is the most important thing in quitting smoking. There will be lots of cravings at the first but it will disappear after short time. You can be able to stop smoking by learning to cope with cravings.

A new side to your personality

Many aspects of your personality can uncover by giving up smoking. The smokers might have different feelings of stress, angry or bored when they have triggers for smoking. They can develop a good personality by learning to handle these different situations.

What if I fail?

The smokers try many times to quit smoking before getting success and they learn about their habits and weaknesses in this process. The average smokers try five attempts for quitting smoking. There might be some smokers who might get success at their first attempt but they learn different situation and emotions. You should analyze everything when you are unable to quirt smoking in your few attempts. You should ask questions like:

• What was I doing when I relapsed?
• Who was I with?
• What mood was I in?
• What could I have done instead of reaching for a cigarette?