Reply #81: Well- the smokers here know that you are right, which is why they are so angry

[Nye Bevan]

They know that they should quit, but I try to make the point in a less abrasive manner, by pointing out the benefits of quitting:

Within 20 minutes: Your blood pressure and pulse rate drops

Within eight hours: Carbon monoxide and oxygen levels in your blood returns to normal

Within 24 hours: Your chance of heart attack decreases

Within 48 hours: Your ability to smell and taste is better

Between two weeks and three months: Your circulation and lung function improves and walking becomes easier

Within one to nine months: Cilia grow again in the lungs, fatigue, coughing, sinus congestion and shortness of breath decrease

After just a year: Your risk of heart attack is less than that of smoker

After five years: Your odds of developing lung, throat, mouth and esophagus cancer drops by almost half

Between five and 15 years: Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker

After 10 years: Your lung cancer death rate is similar to that of non-smokers

After 15 years: You have the same risk of heart disease as a non-smoker