Ten reasons to quit today

We all know smoking causes cancer, but here are some other reasons you should quit now
Jan. 17, 2011 | By: Alison Dunn

Just about every smoker knows that smoking causes lung cancer, yet they still smoke. For one thing, quitting smoking is tough, and sometimes even the threat of lung cancer isn’t immediate enough to make people realize they need to stop smoking today.

But lung cancer isn’t the only reason to quit smoking, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. In fact, there are tonsof good reasons to quit that will give you payback today. Here are 10 of them:

1. Within eight hours of your last cigarette, carbon monoxide levels in your body drop and oxygen levels increase.
2. After just two days, your sense of smell and taste will begin to improve.
3. Your clothes and hands won’t stink anymore.
4. You won’t have to freeze outside this winter while taking a smoke break.
5. When you’re having dinner with friends, you won’t have to leave the table and the conversation to go outside to have a smoke.
6. You’ll save a ton of money. The Canadian Cancer Society estimates that if you smoke 10 cigarettes a day, you can save $4 a day, $120 a month, $1460 in a year and $14,600 in 10 years. And if you smoke a full pack a day? That’s $10 a day, $300 a month, $3650 a year and a whopping $36,500 in 10 years.
7. In anywhere from one month to nine months, your coughing, sinus congestion, tiredness and shortness of breath will improve – just think of how much easier that will get you through cold and flu season.
8. You won’t be exposing your loved ones to second hand smoke.
9. The re-sale value of your car and house may go up because they will no longer smell like smoke.
10. You will look and feel younger. Smoking causes wrinkles and the appearance of premature aging.

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