The following are health benefits and physiological changes that start to happen to your body as soon as you break the habit taken from the American Cancer Society:

• After 20 minutes: Blood pressure, body temperature, and pulse rate will drop to normal.

• After 8 hours: Smoker's breath disappears. Carbon monoxide level in blood drops and oxygen level rises to normal.

• After 24 hours: Chance of heart attack decreases.

• After 3 days: Breathing is easier.

• After 2-3 months: Circulation improves. Walking becomes easier. Lung capacity increases up to 30 percent.

• After 1-9 months: Sinus congestion and shortness of breath decreases. Cilia that sweep debris from your lungs grow back. Energy increases.

• After 5 years: Lung cancer death rate for the average from a pack-a-day smoker decreases by almost half. Stroke risk is reduced. Risk of mouth, throat, and esophageal cancer is half that of a smoker.

• After 10 years: Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a person who does not smoke. The pre-cancerous cells are replaced.

• After 15 years: Risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a person who has never smoked.

If you or someone you know and love, smokes, call today so these benefits can start taking place right away!