i respect smokers...

20 Minutes after your last cigarette:

• Blood pressure reduces
• Pulse rate drops
• Body temperature of hands and feet increases

8 hours later:

• Carbon monoxide and nicotine levels in blood fall back to normal
• Oxygen level in blood increases to normal

24 hours later:

• Risk of a heart attack reduces
• The lungs start to be cleared of mucous and toxins

48 hours later:

• Nerve endings start re-growing
• Improve sense of smell and taste

72 hours later:

• Breathing becomes easier.
• Energy level increases

2 - 12 weeks later:

• Blood circulation improves
• Walking and exercise becomes easier
• Lung function increases

Between 1 - 9 months:

• Shortness of breath, coughing, sinus congestion and fatigue decrease

After 1 year:

• Risk of heart disease decreases to half that of a smoker

5 - 10 years:

• Risks of stroke and coronary heart diseases reduce to about the same as someone who has never smoked
• Risk of lung cancer decreases to about half that of a smoker

... becos they are rich and courageous