DO YOU SMOKE ?

Benefits of Quiting Smoking

When you quit smoking

AFTER 20 min:

Blood pressure and pulse rate returns to normal.

After 8 hrs:

Oxygen levels in the blood returns to normal. Chances of heart attack falls.

After 24hrs:

carbon mono oxide is eliminated from the body. Lungs clear out mucus and other debris.

After 48 hrs:

Nicotine no longer detectable in the body. Ability to taste and smell is improved.

After 72 hrs:

Breathing becomes easier as bronchial tubes relax. Energy level increase.

After 2 – 21 weeks:

Circulation improves throughout the body.

After 3 – 9 mnts:

Breathing problems such as coughing, shotness of breath & wheezing improves. Overall lung function increase by 5-10%.

After 5 yrs:

Risk of heart attack falls to about half of that of a smoker.

After 10 yrs:

Risk of lung cancer falls to about half of that of a smoker. Risk of heart-attack falls to about the same as non – smokers.

ALCOHOL

Alohol is a fermented organic compounds, obtained by distillation of malts and sugars. The alcohol used for drinking is ethyl alcohol. Other common alcohol include methyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol. Methyl alcohol is deadly poisonous and causes blindness and even death. Alcohol, when take in small quantities causes intoxication. The heart beats more slowly and the muscles of the blood vessels relax, causing the skin to flush. IF the drink is continued for long period, the speech become indistinct, there is loss of balance and finally reaches the stage where one cannot see clearly and falls asleep. Excessive drinking causes unconsciousness and finally death. The effect of alcohol present in the blood.

Alcoholism generally leads to addiction, because of its effects as a depressant. The person who drinks in an uncontrolled manner is called an alcoholic. He becomes a salve to alcohol. The following saying clearly establishes the consequences of alcohol addition:

“FIRST THE MAN TAKES THE DRINK, THEN
THE DRINK TAKES THE THE DRINK, AND THEN
THE DRINK TAKES THE MAN”.

ADDITION TO THE ALCOHOL IS A STEPWISE PROCESS. Its starts from occasional to moderate and then to heavy drinking. The individual thus becomes completely dependent on alcohol.