A reason for you smokers to stop for '07

[Brett]

Here is a time table of how your body begins to heal from smoking:

Within ...
20 minutes
Your blood pressure, pulse rate, and the temperature of your hands and feet will all return to normal.
8 hours
Your blood oxygen level will have increased to normal and carbon monoxide levels will have dropped to normal.
24 hours
Your risk of a heart attack will have decreased by 50%.
48 hours
Damaged nerve endings have started to regrow and your sense of smell and taste are beginning to return to normal.
72 hours
Your entire body will test 100% nicotine-free and over 90% of all nicotine metabolites will now have passed from your body via your urine. You can also expect the symptoms of chemical withdrawal to have peaked in intensity. Your bronchial tubes are beginning to relax thus making it easier to breathe. Your lung capacity has also started to increase.
10 days to 2 weeks
Your brain and body have now physically adjusted to again functioning without nicotine and the more than 3,500 chemical particles and 500 gases present in each and every puff.
3 weeks to 3 months
Your circulation has substantially improved. Walking has become easier. Your chronic cough, if any, has likely disappeared. Your overall lung function has improved up to thirty percent.
1 to 9 months
Any sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath have decreased. Cilia have regrown in your lungs thereby increasing their ability to handle mucus, keep your lungs clean, and reduce infections. Your body's overall energy has increased.
1 year
Your excess risk of coronary heart disease has dropped to less than half that of a smoker.
5 to 15 years
Your risk of stroke has declined to that of a non-smoker.
10 years
Your risk of death from lung cancer has declined by almost half if you were an average smoker (one pack per day). Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus is now half that of a smoker's.
15 years
Your risk of coronary heart disease is now that of a person who has never smoked. Your risk of lung cancer has decreased by 80 to 90%. Your overall risk of death has returned to near that of a person who has never smoked.

[Leisa]

damn!

[Halfwit]

good shit.

[Halfwit]

glad i never have once smoked, or ever will.

[civic95]

But smoking is good for your immune system.

[Jimmy B]

thats why i have never had a cig, and never will

[Slowboy]

i quit about 3 months ago, cold turky, smoked a pack a day if not more since i was 15 now im 21, But i still get short of breathe and get tired quicker,. Sucks wish i never would have started. but yay for the people that try to quit. or succeed in it.

[Halfwit]

i quit about 3 months ago, cold turky, smoked a pack a day if not more since i was 15 now im 21, But i still get short of breathe and get tired quicker,. Sucks wish i never would have started. but yay for the people that try to quit. or succeed in it.
i hate when ppl say that shit

"good job for quitters,"

"your soo good for quitting"

"i cant believe you quit! awesome"

WHAT ABOUT THE PPL THAT NEVER FUCKING STARTED? NEVER STARTING IS 10x BETTER THAN QUITTING...YET QUITTERS GET ALL PRAISE?

[silver]

^^ haha true..

But on a side note, next year will be my 2 year mark.. so what? 13 more years to go and my body and lungs will be like brand new, lol :goodjob:

[Brett]

i hate when ppl say that shit

"good job for quitters,"

"your soo good for quitting"

"i cant believe you quit! awesome"

WHAT ABOUT THE PPL THAT NEVER FUCKING STARTED? NEVER STARTING IS 10x BETTER THAN QUITTING...YET QUITTERS GET ALL PRAISE?

Yeah those of us who never started should get praise for not doing it :D

[Vteckidd]

man thats good news, im going to go celebrate by lighting up this marlboro light

[abdullah9018]

i read something like that once in a doctors office

[Brett]

man thats good news, im going to go celebrate by lighting up this marlboro light

ha ha ha ha

[ahmonrah]

well looks like i'll be quiting........
~looks at newly bought pack of black and milds~
after i squash this pack

[HyPer50]

i hate when ppl say that shit

"good job for quitters,"

"your soo good for quitting"

"i cant believe you quit! awesome"

WHAT ABOUT THE PPL THAT NEVER FUCKING STARTED? NEVER STARTING IS 10x BETTER THAN QUITTING...YET QUITTERS GET ALL PRAISE?

you want a cookie for not stabbing yourself in the chest or jumping off a building too?

[Doppelgänger]

average = pack a day. What about those of us who dont smoke that much? Hell, a pack takes me 2-4 days to finish and has been that way for a long time....i also dont smoke a cig in like 2 min where every breath is a drag. It takes me like 10-15 min to smoke one.. but then again, i smoke djarum cloves which burn much slower, and dont give me that "1 clove is like a pack" bullshit. I've done my research and theres no difference , hazard wise , between a regular cig and a clove.

I was visiting my cousin in the hosp. a few weeks ago and they had a little device that measured lung capacity in mL. Needless to say, my aunt and cousin who smoke a lot could barely move the thing, but i had no problem getting the marker to the top.

[BiH1320]

man thats good news, im going to go celebrate by lighting up this marlboro light


lmfao
:lmfao:

[RandomGuy]

i might cold turkey it on jan 1.... and then move to occaisional

[koukis14]

I quit for good about two months ago. Before that its was not one cig all week and two packs in 7 hours at the bar.

[ksinao]

i love cigarettes

[Flip]

i might cold turkey it on jan 1.... and then move to occaisional

if you do that wait atleast a few months before you go back to occational... thats what always kills me

i've quit probly abotu 10-15 times now and each time it's the drinking that gets me... i just wana smoke when i drink then i find a pack left over in the morning and it's all over...

On a side note, i'm getting pretty good at quitting. Its just the staying quit part thats hard. I'm actually smoke free for 3 days now (minus 1/2 cig tonight to ease the headache for work)...

[JessAlba452]

Glad I've stopped :)

[IndianStig]

damn, sucks for addicted chain smokers, good thing i'm not one

[eViLMunkey]

Guessing the one who started this thread doesn't smoke and read a lil on the significant health pluses that quitting can have, but after smoking for so long alot of people gain a chemical dependance to the nicotene

[Crazy Asian]

I smoke every time my brain twitches.

[SidewayzS14]

damn i need to quit

[typerek]

hey i quit smoking i smoked a pack+ a day but my stomache hurts like a bitch so i switched to dip will that shit still be the same for me?

[BiH1320]

Why would u wanna pay to kill yourself? Each cigarette takes off 7 minutes off your life. So your basically paying to die earlier.. Thats how it seems to me. You pay $3.50 for a pack of Marlboro Lights/Reds.. And it comes with 20 cigarettes in there.. Thats 2 hours and 20minutes gone from your life.. It doesnt seem like nothing. But imagine how many packs yall guys have smoked already..

Goodluck on quitting everyone who is trying to quit.
Luckily I quit.

[Hektik]

On a side note, i'm getting pretty good at quitting. Its just the staying quit part thats hard. I'm actually smoke free for 3 days now (minus 1/2 cig tonight to ease the headache for work)...


hahah this is so true ive quit so many times but sticking with it is a different issue. i have however cut down a lot i used to smoke 2 packs of newport 100's a day.. then it started getting to me and i was coughing up all sorts of shit...now im at like a pack of marlboro menthol lights per week if that. sometimes ill go like a week and a half withou smooking then thing is i dont really need it unless im surrounded with people taht smoke then tahts when it starts calling me....

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[ShooterMcGavin]

cigs ftl, go cigars :D

[radarblips]

But I love my Newports so much :cry:
*whispers while stroking cigarette pack*
Don't worry babies, I'll never let you go

[Maniaç]

I had two cigs earlier and like 5 yesterday. L0FL!

[Nemesis]

I can always tell people that smoke heavily when they smile LOL

[Doppelgänger]

been working on my back for 2 days...and still have half a pack left... im in no hurry. too bad no one ever publishes stats for light smokers... only for people who smoke a pack + a day