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Smoking nicotine or tobacco is extremely unhealthy and a destructive habit. Cigarette is legal to buy and smoke but price is getting higher and carrying more than a pack is illegal in some of the countries as the government is trying to control the smoking addiction.
Smoking greatly increases chances to contracting lung cancer and many other cardiovascular diseases. Smokers struggle many times to quit smoking but to no avail, every smoker knows it. Statistics show, it takes ninth major attempts for smokers to quit this disgusting habbit and if they succeed to attempt 21 days of smoke free then the cravings would disappear.
If you are thinking to quit smoking then you are welcome to new healthy life. Yes, even if you are smoking for years and if you do not have any major health issue, it is not too late yet.
The human body has an amazing ability to heal itself. Medical research shows that lungs begun to heal by itself as soon as you stop smoking.
Within three months of stopping smoking, the lung function (the amount and speed of air that can be inhaled and exhaled) begins to improve.
During the first smoking-free year, the small hair-like cilia in the lungs improve their ability to move mucus and clean the lungs. Problems such as shortness of breath and coughing become less frequent.
After 10 years of not smoking, a U.S. Surgeon General's report shows that the risk of lung cancer drops to less than half that of an individual who smokes.
A Lung Health Study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) showed that women's lung function improved twice as much as men's during the first year after stopping smoking.
WARNING:
According to a 2004 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report, "The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General," former smokers will always have a higher risk of lung cancer than those who have never smoked.
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