TOBACCO CESSATION TIPS

These are the benefits you reap within the first
24 hours of not smoking!

Within 20 minutes:

• Blood pressure drops to normal
• Pulse rate drops
• Body temperature returns to normal

In 8 hours:

• Your body starts to heal itself
• Carbon monoxide levels in blood drop to normal
• Oxygen level increases

In 24 hours:

• Chance of heart attack begins to decrease
• Nerve endings start re-growing
• Ability to smell and taste is enhanced
• This is just on your first day of not smoking!! Remember, if you smoke a pack a day, you will spend over $1,000 a year.