Stoptober – Join the campaign! Why?

Within 20 minutes of your last cigarette: 

• Blood Pressure drops to normal
• You smell better and so do your clothes
• Pulse rate drops to normal
• Body temperature of hands and feet return to normal

Within 8 hours:

• Carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normal
• Oxygen level in blood increases to normal

Within 24 hours:

• Chance of heart attack decreases

Within 48 hours: 

• Nerve endings start re-growing
• Ability to smell and taste things is enhanced

Within 72 hours: 

• Bronchial tubes relax making breathing easier

Within 2 weeks to 3 months: 

• Circulation improves
• Walking becomes easier
• Lung function increases by up to 30%
• Look better – feel better

Within 1 – 9 months:

• Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decreases
• Lung cilia regrow, increasing ability to handle mucus, clean lungs
• Body's overall energy increases

Within 5 years:

• Lung cancer death rate for average smokier almost halves

Within 10 years: 

• Lung cancer death rate down to almost that of a non-smoker
• Pre-cancerous cells are replaced
• Other cancer risks decrease

ALL BENEFITS ARE LOST WHEN YOU START SMOKING AGAIN!