Stopping smoking has numerous health benefits. Within a year of quitting, lung capacity can improve by 10% as coughing lessens and breathing becomes easier. Those who quit by age 30 add 10 years to their life expectancy. Quitting smoking also reduces stress levels, improves senses of taste and smell, and lowers the risk of many cancers and heart or lung diseases. Secondhand smoke increases risks of lung cancer, heart disease, and respiratory illnesses for non-smokers as well. Smoking during pregnancy can cause complications like premature birth and low birthweight for the baby.

1. Stop smoking
Breathing
When people stop smoke they breathing improve and cough less
because their lung capacity improves by up to 10% within nine months. Most
people wont recognize it in their early life but in a long run their lung capacity
will naturally diminishes with age.
A non-smoker will be able to have an active, healthy old age and wheezing
when you go for a walk or climb the stairs. Whereas a smoker will have an
unhealthy old age.
Energy
Within 2 to 12 weeks of stopping smoking your blood circulation improves.
This makes all physical activity, including walking and running, much easier.
You will also give a boost to your immune system, making it easier to fight off
colds and flu. The increase in oxygen in the body can also reduce
tiredness and the likelihood of headaches.
Live longer
People who quit smoking by the age of 30 add 10 years to their life. Those
who stop at 60 add three years to their life.
If your those who are smoke-free not only adds years to your life,
but also greatly improves your chances of a disease-free, happier old age.
Smell and taste
When you stop smoking, your senses of smell and taste get a boost. You may
notice that food tastes and smells different as your mouth and nose recover
from being dulled by the hundreds of toxic chemicals found in cigarettes. Such
as nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia,
hydrogen cyanide and arsenic.
Feel less stressed
When you give up smoking your stress levels decrees because you will feel
more relaxed. Smoking is reducing other stresses whereas this is not the
case.
In fact, scientific studies show people's stress levels are lower after they stop
Risk
Smoking causes about 90% of lung cancers. It also causes cancer in many
other parts of the body, including the mouth, lips, throat, voice box (larynx),
kidney, liver and stomach etc.
Smoking damages your heart and your blood circulation, increasing your risk

2. of developing conditions such as:
• heart attack
• stroke
• peripheral vascular disease (damaged blood vessels)
• cerebrovascular disease (damaged arteries that supply blood to your
brain)
Smoking also damages your lungs, leading to conditions such as:
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which
incorporates bronchitis and emphysema
• pneumonia
Smoking can also worsen or prolong the symptoms of respiratory conditions
such as asthma, or respiratory tract infections such as the common cold.
In men, smoking can cause impotence because it limits the blood supply to
the penis. It can also reduce the fertility of both men and women.
Health risks of passive smoking
Secondhand smoke comes from the tip of a lit cigarette and the smoke that
the smoker breathes out.
Breathing in secondhand smoke – also known as passive smoking –
increases your risk of getting the same health conditions as smokers. For
example, breathing in secondhand smoke increases a non-smoker's risk of
developing lung cancer by about a quarter.
Babies and children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of secondhand
smoke. A child who is exposed to passive smoke is at increased risk of
developing chest infections, meningitis, a persistent cough and, if they have
asthma, their symptoms will get worse. They're also at increased risk of cot
death and an ear infection called glue ear.
Health risks of smoking during pregnancy
If you smoke when you're pregnant, you put your unborn baby's health at risk,
as well as your own. Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of
complications such as:
• miscarriage
• premature (early) birth
• a low birth weight baby
• stillbirth
Since 1 July 2007 smoking had been banned in all enclosed public places in
England including pubs, bars and restaurants. A smoking ban in England,
making it illegal to smoke in all enclosed work places in England, came into
force on 1 July 2007 as a consequence of the Health Act 2006. Smoking.
A person must be 18 years old to purchase or to smoke cigarettes including
any tobacco products as is indicated in Public Health (Restrictions on

3. Tobacco Products) Regulations 1999, Sec. 2(e)(i)). It is illegal to sell or supply
tobacco to a minor. No minimum age prior to April 14th 2010.