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The benefits of smoking cessation
Last Updated June 3, 2022
Good for the body
"I'm going to quit smoking now…If you think, that's a mistake. There's no too late for smoking! Immediately after you start smoking cessation, various benefits appear.
Immediately after (final smoking), a function that tries to recover from damage caused by tobacco works.
several hours later
The concentration of carbon monoxide in the blood reaches a normal level. The oxygen concentration in the blood increases.
A few days later
It improves taste and smell. Nicotine disappears from the body.
1-2 months later
Cough, sputum, and asthma improve.
one year later
Lung function improves.
2-4 years later
The risk of heart disease decreases by 35% compared to those who continue to smoke.
5-9 years from now
The risk of lung cancer is obviously lower than those who continue to smoke.
10 to 15 years later
The risk of various diseases approaches the level of non-smokers
Smoking and traveling abroad!
If you smoke one box for 600 yen per cigarette, if you smoke one box per day, it will be 18,600 yen per month. About 220,000 yen in one year and about 650,000 yen in three years…。
(* When one month is 31 days and one year is 365 days.)
You can go on a family trip with the money you'll quit smoking.
Which one do you choose?
~ Tobacco or XX~
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