Quitting smoking: the benefits Quitting smoking improves the quality and length of your life. Immediately after your last cigarette, your body will feel the benefits.

Stop smoking

1

24

year

hours

Choose better fertility

Choose healthy lungs

Most of the negative

Your lungs will

impacts of smoking

work better.1

on male and female fertility will be reversed.5

9

2-12

months

weeks

1-2 months Choose to feel young Your skin will

Choose more energy

you could look 13

Choose to cough less

years younger.

Cough, phlegm and

easier… this will also

wheeze decrease.

give you more energy.2

be rejuvenated – 4

Your blood circulation will improve, making physical activity 3

Choose a longer life How many years can be gained back? Additional years added to your life expectancy if you quit smoking at these ages.6

10 yrs

9

yrs

gained back

gained back

6 yrs gained back

3

yrs gained back

30

years of age

40

50

years of age

years of age

Quitting smoking before 40 years of age also lowers your risk of dying of a smoking- related condition by

90%7

Sources 1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. 2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 3. European Respiratory Journal 2004. 4. Skinmed 2010. 5. Fertility and Sterility 2004, (http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(04)00883-0/fulltext). 6. BMJ 2004 7. New England Journal of Medicine: (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1211128?viewType=Print&v iewClass=Print&)

60

years of age

Find out more at: www.healthylungsforlife.org

This document was produced with the aim of helping healthcare professionals explain the benefits of quitting smoking to their patients. It was produced by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Tobacco Control Committee and the European Lung Foundation (ELF) as part of the Healthy Lungs for Life campaign.

Quitting smoking: the benefits.

Quitting smoking improves the quality and length of your life. Immediately after your last cigarette, your body will feel the benefits...
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