With each puff of a cigarette, a smoker inhales around 4,000 toxic substances, a number that chills your back.
Among the components, mention may be made of ammonia, carbon monoxide, mercury or even lead.
Another telling figure, a person who smokes a packet per day inhales 240 ml of tar per year, or the equivalent of two pots of yogurt.
If this data makes you want to smoke, the tobacco-free month can help you quit this addiction for good.
Stopping smoking for 30 days indeed multiplies by 5 the chances of never touching again with the cigarette.
If you feel ready to take up this challenge, the start of the sixth edition is given on November 1 and already has many followers, with more than 75,000 registrations on the digital platform.
When do the first benefits appear?
After the last cigarette, the first benefits appear in just twenty minutes.
Blood pressure and heart beat return to normal.
Eight hours later, the amount of carbon monoxide halves in the blood.
Finally, the body no longer contains nicotine after 24 hours.
As a reminder, today, tobacco remains the leading cause of death and preventable diseases in France, with more than 75,000 deaths estimated in 2015. On average, one in two smokers dies from the consequences of smoking.
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