For those of you who are thinking about quitting smoking, one helpful trick is to educate yourself on the benefits of quitting smoking. By doing so, we can paint a picture in our in our minds of what to look forward to. Reading about it not always enough though; you need to remember the benefits!
A handy way of imprinting these smoke free benefits is by doing a little exercise. Start off by grabbing a pen and paper, and start to brainstorm all the potential benefits that would arise. Think about what would motivate you to continue to quit smoking. For some, it’s important to realize all the money that is saved by not smoking, for other’s it’s about the overall level of health.
What about all the energy you’ll now have? This would mean that you could pick up a new sport or choose to do something that you’ve been putting off, like joining a gym? The greatest benefit to some is gaining the feeling of independence from the addiction! There are honestly so many potential reasons, so make sure you write down as many as you can think of.
Below you will find some other benefits that may help motivate you and keep you on the quit smoking track. Here is a list of some of the key benefits you’ll experience as soon as you quit smoking. Write these down too!
Quitting Smoking Benefits:
- Stop smoking for 12 hours: All the nicotine will be out of your system. Your body will have started the process of also flushing out other poisons and toxins.
- Stop smoking for 24 hours: The level of carbon monoxide in your bloodstream will have decreased greatly.
- Stop smoking for 5 days: All the byproducts of nicotine will have been flushed out the body.
- Stop smoking for 1 month: Your blood pressure will return to normal levels and your immune system will have begun to show positive signs of recovery. Helping your body to fight off potential illness and disease.
- Stop smoking for 2 months: The lungs will no longer produce excessive phlegm caused by the act of smoking.
- Stop smoking for 12 months: The risk of heart disease and dying from it is halved compared to present day smokers.
- Stop smoking for 10 years: The risk of lung cancer is more than half that of a current smoker and continues to drop over the following years provided the disease isn’t already present.
- Stop smoking for 15 years: The risk of a stroke and or heart attack is nearly exactly the same as an individual who hasn’t smoked before.
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