Cigarette or see your Grandchildren grow up?

So you puff that last cigarette down right to the stub and then chuck it in the bin. The last one you'll ever smoke. You are now a 'non-smoker.'

But what happens next?
After:
20 minutes-Your blood pressure lowers and returns to normal. Your pulse rate slows back to normal.

2 hours- You begin to crave nicotine

8 hours- The levels of nicotine and CO in your bloodstream are halved. Oxygen levels increase and return to normal.

24 hours- Your lungs start to work more efficiently and clear mucus and other gunk out of your system.

48 hours- The nicotine is gone. Your sense of taste and sense sharpen.

One week-Nicotine withdrawl symptoms should be gone.

2-12 weeks-Your circulation improves and your overall energy increases.
Within three months-The cilia in your lungs which were paralysed by tar (yuck) begin to clean your lungs so you can cough it up (Coughing at this stage is therefore a good thing)

3-9 Months-Your lung function has increased by 10%. You have less breathing problems, less coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and sinus congestion.

5 years-Your risk of having a heart attack or cancer of the mouth or throat is halved.

10 years- Your risk of getting lung cancer is half that of a smoker.

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You take a puff and blow it right in my face.

You cause me:
Eye irritation
Headache
Sneezing, coughing, sore throat
Nausea and dizziness
Increased heart rate and blood pressure

And in the longer term:
A reduced ability to take in oxygen
Higher probability of Lung cancer, heart disease or a stroke
Longer term breathing problems.

Now, I know I've felt all the short term things. What will you do if one of the long term things happen to me?

DON'T GIVE UP GIVING UP
Make a clean start of day one.
Destroy those cigarettes, throw out your ashtrays, clean the car and buy yourself a present. You are now a 'non-smoker'. :)

I recommend 'www.whyquit.com' for more helpful hints.

BE PROUD-ACT LIKE TO HAVE EVEN ONE MORE CIGARETTE WOULD GET YOU HOOKED

(And I don't even smoke).