Several studies showed that more deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.

In the USA alone, cigarette smoking account for an estimated 438,000 deaths each year, or nearly 1 of every 5 deaths. If this facts alone don’t convince you from not lighting your next stick of cigarette, consider these benefits of quitting smoking and see how this could help you live a healthier, longer and happier life.

Healthier Body.
Smoking is link to several deadly diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and other respiratory diseases. Quitting smoking will give your body a fighting chance agianst all these.

Longer Life.
British researchers have found out that on average, the life of cigarette smoker will be 10 years shorter than a life without it.

More Money in Your Pocket.
Consider how much money you will be saving by not smoking. For instance: If you smoke an average of one pack a day at $5 per pack, you burns about $150 per month, or $1,800 per year, that money could have go to your retirement plan or maybe a family vacation each year.

Healthier Babies.
Studies shows that women who stop smoking before pregnancy or during the first 3 to 4 months of pregnancy reduce their risk of having a low birth-weight baby to that of women who never smoked.

And if you are still not convinced, here’s a timetable after quitting smoking.
At 20 minutes: blood pressure decreases, pulse rate drops, body temperature of hands and feet increases.
At 8 hours: carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal, oxygen level in blood increases to normal.
At 24 hours: chance of a heart attack decreases.
At 48 hours: nerve endings start regrowing, ability to smell and taste is enhanced.
At 2 weeks to 3 months: circulation improves, walking becomes easier, lung function increases.
At 1 to 9 months: coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decreases.
At 1 year: excess risk of coronary heart disease is decreased to half that of a smoker.
At 5 years: stroke risk is reduced to that of people who have never smoked.
At 10 years: risk of lung cancer drops to as little as one-half that of continuing smokers, risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases, risk of ulcer decreases.
At 15 years: risk of coronary heart disease is now similar to that of people who have never smoked, risk of death returns to nearly the level of people who have never smoked.