Fact: Quitting smoking can re-wire your brain. The number of nicotine receptors in the brain will return to normal after a month smokefree.
Fact: Quitting can protect your skin from premature aging and wrinkling.
Fact: Dip has more nicotine than cigarettes, and the nicotine in dip stays in your blood longer than nicotine from smoking.
Fact: Quitting can improve your memory and ability to think clearly.
Fact: Smokeless tobacco can affect your gums and cause your teeth to fall out.
When you quit smoking, your body feels the benefits immediately. Some of those benefits include faster healing and recovery time.
Fact: Secondhand smoke can stay in the air for several hours and travel up to 20 feet.
Fact: Smoking reduces oxygen to the cochlea, a snail-shaped organ in the ear. Quit to keep your hearing sharp.
Fact: About 40% of smokers who quit say that support from others mattered a lot in their success.
Fact: Eliminating smoking in your home is a great way to reduce your loved ones' exposure to secondhand smoke.