Health Benefits

Smoking damages nearly every organ in the human body.  The information below has been compiled to illustrate the effects of tobacco use on the body and the improvements the body makes once nicotine is removed from the system.

Positive Health Effects of Tobacco Cessation

• What Happens To Your Body When You Quit - Have you ever wondered how your body reacts to nicotine?  Click here to view a timeline of the health repairs your body makes when nicotine is no longer introduced into your system.
• Health Benefits Over Time
• Benefits of Quitting During Pregnancy

What Happens When You Choose To Smoke

• National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet
• The Health Consequences of Smoking – General Surgeon’s 2004 report
• Smoking and Your Digestive System
• Smoking and Infertility
• What’s So Bad About Tobacco
• Smoking and Pregnancy

Second Hand Smoke

• American Lung Association Second Hand Smoke Fact Sheet
• National Cancer Institute, Second Hand Smoke Questions/Answers