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Why stop smoking
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Everyone has his or her own reason for thinking about stopping smoking. Here are some of the common reasons given.

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Improve your health
Have more money

Look & Feel better
Improve your children’s health
Improve other people’s health

As soon as you stop smoking your body begins to feel the benefits

Within 20 minutes….
Your blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal
Within 3 days ……
Your breathing becomes easier as your bronchial tubes begin to relax
Within a few weeks….
Your fingers lose their yellow stains and your skin looks better
Within 3 months….. 
Your circulation will have improved
Within 3 – 9 months….  
Your lungs will be clear of most of the mucus & tar that has accumulated over the years
Within a year….. 
Your risk of heart attack has fallen to about half of that of a smoker
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