If YOU SmokE, if you did, if you don't, so you won't, read on...

WHEN YOU QUIT SMOKING...

Within 20 minutes of your last cigarette:
~You stop polluting the air
~Your blood pressure drops to normal
~The temperature of your hands and feet increases to normal
~Carbon monoxide levels in your blood drops to normal
~Oxygen level in you blood increases to normal

24 Hours:
~The chance of heart attack decreases

48 Hours:
~Your nerve endings adjust to the absence of nicotine
~Your ability to smell and taste things is enhanced

72 Hours:
~Your bronchial tubes relax, making breathing easier
~Your lung capacity increases

Two weeks to three months:
~Circulation improves
~Walking becomes easier
~Lung function increases up to 30 percent

One to nine months:
~Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath all decrease (NOTE: I had, as you all know, a terrible cough, which went away in ONE week! I also suffered with chronic broncial infections at least twice a year which went into infection, I have NOT had one sinus or broncial infection in the nearly 4 years since I quit smoking!!)
~The cilia regrow in your lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce infection
~Your body's overall energy level increases

One year:
~Heart disease death rate is halfway back to that of a nonsmoker

Five years:
~Heart disease death rate drops to the rate of nonsmokers
~Lung cancer death rate decreases halfway back to that of nonsmokers

10 years:
~Lung cancer death rate drops almost to the rate for nonsmokers
~Precancerous cells are replaced
~The incidence of other cancers - of the mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas - decrease

(Source: California Departmanet of Health Services)

Note: I kept a copy of this with me through my quit time, it was a great inspiration. Here are a few thoughts that can be added to the list:
~You will feel better immediately
~The crave last seconds, grit your teeth you can handle it!
~You will smell better
~You will think more highly of yourself
~Remember this: Cigaretts take your breath away, one day it won't give it back
~You can live your life as you want, not as your "old buddy" wants, in other words you will TAKE CONTROL of your LIFE, and the smokes will never rule your life again.
~I love you all...do it for yourself!

WelCoME HomE JIM!

Hope your feeling more like your young self! Love you Bro, take care of yourself. xxxoxooxooxxxxoxoxoox Deb ,,,/\_/\,,,