{"id":5077,"date":"2019-09-17T12:38:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ent.gr\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2019-09-17T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:58:50","slug":"what-are-the-immediate-rewards-of-quitting-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/what-are-the-immediate-rewards-of-quitting-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Quitting smoking: What are the immediate rewards?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/what-are-the-immediate-rewards-of-quitting-smoking\/#The_rewards_of_Quitting_Smoking_improve_most_peoples_day-to-day_lives_a_great_deal\" >The rewards of Quitting Smoking improve most peoples\u2019 day-to-day lives a great deal:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11274\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11274\" class=\"wp-image-11274 size-medium\" title=\"Rewards of Quitting Smoking.\u03b5\u03c5\u03af\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1.%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Rewards of Quitting Smoking.\u03b5\u03c5\u03af\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rewards of Quitting Smoking<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Kicking the tobacco habit and Quitting Smoking, offers some benefits that you\u2019ll notice right away and some that will develop over time. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_rewards_of_Quitting_Smoking_improve_most_peoples_day-to-day_lives_a_great_deal\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 18pt;\">The rewards of Quitting Smoking improve most peoples\u2019 day-to-day lives a great deal:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Breath smells fresher<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Stained teeth get whiter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Bad smell in clothes and hair vanish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Yellow fingers and fingernails disappear<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Taste improves considerably<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/allergic-rhinitis\/smelling-disorder-anosmia-hyposmia\/\">Sense of smell<\/a> returns to normal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Everyday activities are much easier<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Furthermore, smoking cessatioon\u00a0improves health status and enhances quality of life. Thus, it reduces the risk of premature death and can add as much as 10 years to life expectancy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Also, quitting smoking\u00a0reduces the risk for many adverse health effects, including poor reproductive health outcomes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Bibliography<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Gasperini B, Barbadoro P, Cherubini A, Pierri F, D\u2019Errico MM, Di Stanislao F, Ponzio E, Prospero E. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27456679\/\">The earlier the better: health-related quality of life is inversely related to age of smoking cessation in older former Italian smokers<\/a>. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2016 Jul.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Knowles S, Planner C, Bradshaw T, Peckham E, Man MS, Gilbody S. Making the journey with me: a qualitative study of experiences of a bespoke mental health smoking cessation intervention for service users with serious mental illness. BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Jun.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Datta SK, Dennis PA, Davis JM. Health benefits and economic advantages associated with increased utilization of a smoking cessation program. 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