It is rare to find a smoker who is unaware of the health consequences of smoking. However, most smokers don't really grasp just how widespread the damage done to the body is. Even for the rare smoker who doesn't die of cancer or lung damage, the damage done by smoking seriously impairs normal activity and energy levels. If only these smokers could quit smoking, they would understand just how damaging smoking is.

Do you ever feel like your hands and feet are constantly cold at room temperature? What about your arms and legs? Smoking causes poor circulation. When you quit smoking, you feel better under normal conditions.

One of the great ironies of a smoker's life is that a smoke is usually had before, during, or after a meal. Yet, smoking actually decreases your senses of smell and taste that are so important to food enjoyment and satiation. If you quit smoking, you will preserve your sense of taste longer and enjoy food more. You may not even need as many sugary foods to enjoy your food.

Of course, the disgusting side of smoking is the phlegm. Wouldn't it be nice to kiss your spouse without having your spouse flinch or making strange faces afterwards? Wouldn't it be nice not to have people near heaving around you each time you make that distinctive phlegm shifting sound?

Even your vision can be improved if you quit smoking. Smoking may decrease your vision over time, often you'll lose as much as 1/5 of your field of vision. This certainly reduces some of the more vivid aspects of life.

As your blood nicotine and carbon monoxide levels decrease when you quit smoking, your blood oxygen levels become stronger. This impacts the health of every organ touched by the blood. In particular, your brain will function better and feel more clear when you quit smoking. Not only do we become more mentally motivated, but our physical energy levels and capabilities rise when we quit smoking.

Oxygen is more readily available to the muscles and other nutrients are put to better use to help us build stronger muscles and bones. Though much of the damage smoking does to your bronchial tubes and lungs is irreversible, you will begin to breath much more freely and gasp for air much less only 72 hours after you quit smoking.

Several weeks after you quit smoking various organs regain health and various disease processes are at least partially reversed. Such disorders as poor skin health and Raynaud's disease may show near immediate improvement. The more weeks you go without smoking, the more early death risks are minimized. After a couple of decades of not smoking, you may even become relatively normal for your age.