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7 Benefits of giving up smoking

What is your addiction?

WHILE the number of people smoking worldwide has dropped significantly in recent years due to increased global consciousness, there are still millions addicted to cigarettes and tobacco.

Benefits of quitting:

Within two hours, nicotine is out of your blood.

Within six hours your heartbeat slows and your blood pressure drops.

After one day, carbon monoxide is eliminated from your system, and lung efficiency improves drastically.

Within two days, the by-products of cigarettes are expelled from your system.

Over the first few days, your taste buds become more sensitive and your sense of smell improves.

Three months after quitting your lungs return to optimum working capacity and damaged tissue is regenerated.

Within five years your chances of developing lung cancer are halved.

Take up the SANCA challenge and give up 1 habit for 1 week.

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