By stopping smoking you are taking a positive step to increase your chances of living a longer and healthier life. From the day you quit, you will start to feel the benefits, enjoying better health, improving your appearance and saving money.

Although smoking seriously damages your health, your body can begin to repair the damage once you stop and within days you will start to feel the health benefits of quitting as your heart rate drops, the carbon monoxide levels in your blood return to normal and your senses of taste and smell improve.

The health benefits continue over the next few weeks as your risk of sudden death from a heart attack is reduced. You will also notice an improvement in lung function and less coughing as you breathe more easily.

In the longer term, you will significantly reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, vascular disease and respiratory disease, as well as a whole range of cancers. Your life expectancy will be longer and you will notice an improvement in the symptoms of smoking related diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

All of which will help you to live your life to the full. You will be fitter and more able to enjoy physical activity. The improvement in your health and appearance will also help to improve your mental health and wellbeing.

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