(Source:American Cancer Society)
Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States.
Each year 443,000 premature deaths and 49,400 non- smokers die as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.
It turns out that more than 70 percent of adult smokers say they want to quit, but without help, fewer than 5 percent succeed.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the annual cost of tobacco use to an employer averages $3,783 per smoker per year.
Benefits of Quitting Smoking
Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States.
Each year 443,000 premature deaths and 49,400 non- smokers die as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.
It turns out that more than 70 percent of adult smokers say they want to quit, but without help, fewer than 5 percent succeed.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the annual cost of tobacco use to an employer averages $3,783 per smoker per year.
Benefits of Quitting Smoking
- 20 minutes after quitting your heart rate and blood pressure drops.
- 12 hours after quitting the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
- 2 weeks to 3 months after quitting your circulation improves and your lung function increases.
- 1 to 9 months after quitting coughing and shortness of breath decrease.
- 1 year after quitting the excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker.
- 5 to 15 years after quitting your stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker.
- 10 years after quitting the lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix, and pancreas decreases.
- 15 years after quitting the risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker.
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