Ther’re many reasons to kick the habit. I have a personal commitment to help people quit smoking and believe it should be a service offered by all community pharmacists. Read on to see the immediate and long term benefits of smoking cessation.
- Immediately (within 30 minutes!) notice your blood pressure drop to the level it was before tobacco use
- Within 30 days, breathing will become easier because lung function is improving.
- After 9 months, any cough will subside and continued easier breathing will be noted
- Around 1 year, the risk of heart disease is cut in half!
- After 10 years of being smoke free – the risk of lung cancer is reduced by one-half.
