What happens if you STOP smoking right NOW?

If you have attempted to stop smoking in the past or if you are going through it now, here is some information which I think you will find very helpful. It's a brief timeline of what will happen to your body if you stopped smoking at this very moment. Yes, at this VERY moment.

• In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
• In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
• In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
• In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
• In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
• In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
• In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
• In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
• In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
• In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.

Hopefully knowing the information above will help you reach your target of becoming a non-smoker.

Better yet, print this list out for yourself and place a copy on your bathroom mirror, the inside of the front door, in your wallet, behind your car visor and everywhere else that would cause you to look at the list.