Giving Up Smoking Now

Benefits of quitting smoking are many and varied, and some will be more motivating than others for you. The reasons we quit smoking are so personal that what you may feel is the best benefit to quitting will be totally different from the person standing next to you. The rest of this article will examine four benefits that you might see when deciding to give up smoking.

1. Giving up smoking clears your senses.

Imagine actually being able to smell things again. To take a deep breath and know that what you are smelling is the true smell of fresh air, or flowers, or bread baking. Whatever your favorite smells are, they will smell much better when you quit smoking.

The real difference once you quit smoking is that you will suddenly realize just how bad cigarette smoke smells. I can’t stand to be around anyone who smokes now because just the smell of it makes me nauseous.

Your sense of taste will change too. You will be amazed at how much better your food tastes once your tongue is no longer coated in a film of nicotine. For me, one of the biggest benefits of quitting smoking was that I no longer had to coat my food in salt just to be able to taste it.

2. You will smell much better too!

Yes, shallow as it may seem, you will smell so much better once you quit smoking. Your home, your clothes, your skin, your hair… everything will smell better once it is no longer covered in a film of smoke.

Make sure you give your walls and floors a good cleaning when you quit. If you’ve smoked for a long time, you will really notice a difference in how clean things will smell when you’re done. And everyone around you will notice the difference too.

3. Your health and quality of life will improve.

There are so many health benefits of quitting smoking, I almost don’t know where to start. According to health experts, you can begin to see an improvement in your health in as few as 20 minutes after you have your last cigarette.

It’s common knowledge that quitting smoking lowers the risk for such chronic diseases as high blood pressure, certain types of cancers, heart disease, and stroke.

You will also feel like you have more energy. I didn’t realize how tired I was all the time until I stopped smoking and didn’t need to have a three-hour nap every afternoon.

4. You will save money.

I left this one to last, not because it isn’t as important as the health benefits of quitting smoking, but because for many people it is the single most important reason why they quit.

The financial cost of smoking can take up a serious chunk of your monthly budget. Many times, you won’t realize just how much you were spending on cigarettes every month until you stop.

Quitting smoking will have a major impact on your budget. If you are a pack-a-day smoker, at five dollars a pack you will free up over $1800 a year just by not smoking. And that’s if you only smoke one pack a a day. When I quit I was doing almost three packs a day and cigarettes here were $7 a pack at the time. (I have no idea what they cost now so I’ll leave the math of your situation to you.)

Only you can decide which benefits of quitting smoking are the ones which will motivate you. You might even think of other benefits that apply in your life that I haven’t thought of. Whichever benefits you decide to focus on, keep them at the forefront of your mind while you are quitting. Having a clear vision of what your life will be like after smoking is a great help in keeping at it when the going gets tough.