Rewards of Quitting Tobacco

1. Immediately your breath, clothes and hair smell better.
2. Embarrassment you may feel from smoking instantly lifts.
3. Premature wrinkling of the skin and the staining of your teeth cease right away.
4. Within 1 day, your chances of having and dying from a heart attack go down.
5. After 2 days, your food begins to taste better and your sense of smell returns to normal.
6. Ordinary activities no longer leave you out of breath, within 2 — 12 weeks.
7. Within 1 — 9 months, you will feel more energized.
8. Your risk of heart disease is half that of a smoker within 1 year of quitting.
9. After 5 years, you have a significantly reduced risk of getting lung cancer and your chance of having a stroke is the same as that of a nonsmoker.
10. Within 10 years, if you are a pack‐a‐day smoker, you will save about $29,000.