NewYear’s Resolution QUIT SMOKING?- GREAT! Here’s more reasons why you should, and why you should stick to it. 20 minutes after you quit your heart rate and blood pressure will drop. 12 hours later carbon monoxide levels in your blood fall to normal. 2 weeks after that last butt your circulation and lung functions improve. Did I mention your teeth may start losing that yellow tint (you should go to the dentist and get a cleaning) 9 months after your last puff, coughing and shortness of breath are reduced. (Mmmmm you can breathe again, not waking up 3 times a night.) Just 1 year after quitting your risk of coronary heart disease is reduced to half of what it was when you smoked. Smokers are at risk for 15 types of cancer including, stomach, lung, bladder, kidney, cervix, and more. After 5-15 years smoke-free your risk of getting these cancers decrease significantly. Finally a few last thoughts…400,000 people die as a result of smoking each year. You don’t have to be one of them! Cigarette butts take about 25 years to decompose (do your part to help the environment). 1 out of 5 deaths are smoking related. (Have you ever witnessed one, it’s not pretty to see, imagine going through it yourself.) The cost, what are you paying for a pack, think of all that money alone, did you know it only costs 5 cents to produce a pack of smokes? Last but not least every 10 seconds somewhere in the world, someone dies from tobacco! It kills more Americans than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, murder, suicide, car accidents, fires, and AIDS combined. What makes you think it can’t kill you?