Smoking

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!
What does smoking do to you?Makes your heart beat faster
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
But I've been smoking for years - what's the point of giving up ? The damage is done.Well
actually that's not quite true.
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.