quit smoking

. This can cause a cough that won't go away. Sometimes this leads to a lung disease called

chronic bronchitis.

. Lifelong smokers have a 1 in 2 chance of dying from a

smoking related disease

✦ Your chance of heart attack stroke and other circulatory diseases begins to drop within

the first year after you quit. ✦ Within one year of quitting you are almost half as likely to develop ,heart disease as you were before.

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✦ Your breathing becomes easier within a few

months after your last cigarette.

✦ The flow of blood to your hands and feet gets

stronger.

Cigarette smoke damages your lungs and airways. Air passages

swell and over time you will have more and more trouble clearing mucus from your air passages

omen who are past menopause Good News About Quitting As soon as you stop smoking

your lungs, heart, and circulatory system (the arteries and veins that blood flows through) start getting better.

Within 10 to 15 years after quitting

your risk of cancer may be almost as low as that of a nonsmoker.

. ✦ Osteoporosis. If you are an older woman who smokes

your chance of developing osteoporosis is ,greater.

If you keep smoking normal breathing may become harder and harder as emphysema develops. In emphysema

your lung tissue is ,destroyed, making it very hard to get enough oxygen.