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World No Tobacco Day 2018: Let us Pursue

Posted on: 31/May/2018 5:11:52 PM
Whether it punctures the lungs or burns the heart - it is a certain disaster. Come on, folks? Let us forget tobacco - And pave the path for a fresh life!

So, today, Thursday, 31st May is The World Tobacco Day - hence the above slogans and advice to commemorate and pursue the main objective.

Let us now find out what are the immediate effects after stopping smoking

Within 20 minutes after stopping smoking

  • The heart pulse rate return to normal level
  • The blood circulation becomes more uniform

Within 12 hours after stopping smoking

  • The carbon monoxide level comes down while the oxygen level starts increasing

Within a day after stopping smoking

  • Blood pressure gets uniform
  • Prospects of affected by heart-attack reduces
  • Physical exercises become easier to do

Within a month after quitting smoking

  • The functioning of the lungs improves and becomes more proper
  • Full-scale breathing becomes feasible
  • Breathing difficulties cease to occur

Within a year after quitting smoking

  • The heart strengthens
  • The prospects of being affected by heart-related diseases reduce considerably

Within 5 years of quitting smoking

  • The blood canals which contracted due to smoking habit start expanding to the original shape
  • The prospects being affected by a (paralytic) strike gets greatly reduced

Within 10 years of quitting smoking

  • The prospects of lung cancer come down by 50%
  • The prospects mouth/throat cancer also reduces considerably

Within 20 years of quitting smoking

  • The risk of death due to smoking disappears
  • The prospects of lung cancer or other lung-related diseases get totally reduced