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Public Health and Environment Division

 Smoking Cessation
      Break the habit    
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Benefits of Quitting Smoking

  • After 20 minutes your blood pressure and pulse rate decrease.

  • After 8 hours carbon monoxide and oxygen levels in blood return to normal.

  • After 1 day the likelihood of a heart attack decreases.

  • After 2 days nerve endings regenerate; sense of smell and taste are enhanced.

  • After 2 weeks circulation improves and lung function increases.

  • After 1 to 9 months coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease.

  • After 1 year the likelihood of heart attack is cut in half.

RESOURCES:
Colorado QuitLine is a free, confidential telephone coaching service for anyone calling from a Colorado area code.  With QuitLine, tobacco users can receive free supplies of the nicotine patch as they work with trained coaches who create a personalized plan just for them.  To contact the QuitLine, call 1-880-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) or visit www.coquitline.org.  
       
"Quit Doing It" QuitDoingit.com is a targeted educational website set in a futuristic world that houses interactive tools and information on quitting smoking. The purpose of the site is to motivate young adult tobacco users who are thinking about quitting and promote two resources to those who are ready to quit - Colorado Quitline, a telephone-based coaching service, at 1-800-QUIT-NOW.