8 Reasons to Quit Smoking Right Now

Quitting smoking is the single best thing you can do to improve your health.

Here are 8 top reasons to quit smoking right now:

1. Decrease your risk of cancer -  Quitting smoking now decreases your chances of any kind of cancer, especially lung cancer.
2. Decrease risks of heart disease - smoking constricts your blood vessels and makes your heart work harder.  
3. Decrease your risk of diabetes - smoking decreases the ability to regulate insulin, increasing the chances of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 40 percent. 
4. Decrease your risk of stroke - smoking doubles your chances of suffering a stroke than that of your non smoking counterparts.  Quitting decreases your chances of a stroke by 50%.
5. Lessen your risk of erectile dysfunction - men who smoke are about twice as likely to have erectile dysfunction than non smoking men.  It hampers circulation to all areas of the body,which may make it more difficult to achieve and maintain an erection.
6. Increase reproductive health for women - Cotinine, which is a chemical in cigarettes, has been found to cause a reaction that increases proteins in the fallopian tubes which results in ectopic pregnancies. 
7. Cleanse body of cancer causing agents and toxins - There are 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, and at least 250 of them are known to be harmful. This includes hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide and ammonia. 
8. Increases efficiency of all of your body functions and organs - when you quit smoking, after:
   20 minutes, your pulse and blood pressure begin to normalise  
   8 hours, nicotine, and carbon monoxide in blood reduce to half
   12 hours, there is no more carbon monoxide in your body and 
   24 hours, you’ve decreased your chances of a heart attack
   48 hours, your sense of smell and taste improves and your lungs begin to develop mucus to rid itself of toxins  
   3 days, your lungs are starting to repair and 
   3 months your immune system is stronger
   1 year, your heart disease risk is halved 
   5 years, your stroke and cancer risks are halved and 
   10 years, you are half as likely to die of a heart attack than a smoker  
   15 years, your body has recovered to that of a non smoker and your chances of heart disease, stroke and cancer are all comparable to a non smoker now  
   Pearl Chemist Group has stop smoking services in Mitcham to support your journey to becoming a non-smoker.  Visit us online to book your appointment today.