Smoking And Heart Disease

Well is it true?

If everyone quits smoking will heart disease disapear?

Of course not, but that's not what is important.

Its the effect that smoking and heart disease is having on YOU that is important.

Everyday you get told that you should "Quit Smoking Now!". You get told how smoking is the major cause of heart disease, killing kazzillions of people every year, but you continue to smoke!

Let's get real! No matter what the advertising campaigns say, you are not going to quit smoking until YOU decide to! The reason for your decision will be your's and will be different from any one else's. The important thing is that once you make that decision, that you are able to follow through and quit.

So lets look at what quitting will do for you and a couple of ways that will help you stick to your decision.

What does smoking do to you?

Raises blood pressure

Reduces oxygen to your heart

Increase the thickness of your blood and the likelihood of clotting

Increases the build up of plaque inside your arteries

It's as simple as this:

Smoking makes your heart work harder than it should!

But I've been smoking for years - what's the point of giving up ? The damage is done.

You will already be aware that your pulse and blood pressure go up when you have a cigarette.

About 30 minutes after a cigarette they will both drop back down. But did you realize that the temperature of your feet and hands will go up as well?

So if there are such noticeable changes after just 30 minutes without smoking, what happens after a longer period of time?

Well the following may surprise you.

After just 8 hours you blood's carbon monoxide level drops to normal which means that your Oxygen level increases. After just 24 hoursyour heart attack risk starts to decrease! After just 2 weeks your cravings will go away. After just 2 weeks your circulation will start to improve! After just 4 weeks your energy increases! After just 1 year your risk of heart disease drops to half what it was when you were a smoker! After 5 years your risk of a stroke is the same as someone who never smoked. After 15 years your risk of heart disease is is the same as someone who never smoked.

So as you can see the benefits start almost immediately and build over a period of time.

There is no doubt about the link between smoking and heart disease. The only question is are you going to quit?

So your important decisions are

WHY

WHEN

HOW

Why do you want to quit? - without a reason you will never quit.

When do you want to quit? - Set a date and prepare for it.

How will you quit? Very few people are able to quit without some sort of program.

Take advantage of all the help you can find - substitutes, meetings, hypnosis.

Do whatever it takes - it's worth it!

It’s Your Heart. It’s Your Life.

It’s Your Choice.

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