Quit Time: Lesson 1 - After The Last Cigarette

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Quit Time Lesson 1 - After The Last Cigarette From Terry Martin, your Guide to Smoking Cessation Welcome to Quit Time - a free email course. We'll guide you through the first several weeks of smoking cessation with information on what you can expect as you begin the recovery process from nicotine addiction. You'll get tips on how to manage physical withdrawal more easily and what you can do to avoid "junkie thinking". Education is key to a successful quit program, so soak it all in. The more you know, the better! Today's lesson puts the focus on how your body starts to heal once you've quit smoking. Within the first 20 minutes of that last cigarette, the physical changes begin. After The Last Cigarette - The Healing Begins After Quitting - The First 2 Days What are the changes our bodies go through when quitting tobacco? The healing process begins within 20 minutes. Carbon monoxide level in the bloodstream returns to normal within 8 hours. After Quitting - 2 Weeks to 3 Months After Quitting - Two Weeks to Three Months Quitting tobacco improves our health almost immediately. The physical changes continue for years after quitting. Between 2 weeks and 3 months, improvements to circulation, stamina, and lung function are evident. After Quitting - 1 to 9 Months The benefits of quitting tobacco continue to provide physical and psychological improvements to our health. Energy is better, the coughs and headaches are gone, and shortness of breath have decreased between the one and nine month mark of cessation. After Quitting - One Year Smoke Free What are the physical changes our bodies will experience when we quit smoking? How will we feel at one year? Learn what to expect and how others have done it. After Quitting - Long Term Benefits - 5 to 15 Years The long term benefits of quitting tobacco are impressive. Many of the risk factors return to a level close to that of people who have never smoked. Don't waste any more time smoking. Quit now and get control of your life once again! This email is written by: Terry Martin Smoking Cessation Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'Quit Time' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2013 About.com   Advertisement