No Smoking Day 9th March 2022

You will feel better, have more energy, plus more money in your pocket.

Here are 10 ways your health will improve when you stop smoking:

1. Stopping smoking lets you breathe more easily
   • People breathe more easily and cough less when they give up smoking because their lung capacity improves by up to 10% within 9 months.
2. Stopping smoking gives you more energy
   • Within 2 to 12 weeks of stopping smoking, your blood circulation improves. This makes all physical activity, including walking and running, much easier.
3. Your stress levels will decrease
   • Scientific studies show people’s stress levels are lower after they stop smoking.
4. Quitting smoking leads to better sex
   • As well as improving sensitivity, it’s also been found that non – smokers are three times more appealing to prospective partners than smokers.
5. Stopping smoking improves fertility
   • Non smokers find it easier to get pregnant. Quitting smoking improves the lining of the womb and can make men’s sperm more potent. Becoming a non smoker can also increase the possibility of conceiving through IVF, and reduces the likelihood of having a miscarriage.
6. Stopping smoking improves small and taste
7. Stopping smoking delays the appearance of wrinkles and gives you younger looking skin
8. Ex smokers have whiter teeth and sweeter breath
   • Ex smokers are also less likely than smokers to get gum disease and prematurely lose their teeth.
9. Quitting smoking means you will live longer
   • Half of all long term smokers die early from smoking related diseases including heart disease, lung cancer and chronic bronchitis.
   • Men who quit smoking by the age of 30 add 10 years to their life.
   • People who kick the habit at 60 add 3 years to their life.