Benefits of Quitting Smoking
Smoking is the cause of various types of cancer, heart diseases, mouth and throat infections weight loss, hair loss, decrease in physical strength, impotency and untimely death. The human body has an excellent capacity to regenerate. It's never too late to quit smoking. The body starts to recover from the damage caused due to smoking just after the last cigarette is put off. They start healing immediately. You start to gain weight, walking becomes easier, shortness of breath is reduced, stamina increases, and you can make better emotional decisions. It increases the span and quality of your life.

Short Term Health Benefits
When you put off that last puff of smoke, you healing process begin. In the next 20 minutes your blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature returns to normal. The smell of smoke recedes. Your energy level is increased. Within 24 hours your blood nicotine levels drop by 95%, the oxygen level in blood has returned to normalcy, and the carbon monoxide levels have reduced to normal. Initially after quitting smoking you may feel your increase in anxiety levels due to reduced nicotine but will return to normal levels within 2 weeks. Soon your nerve endings that are damaged repair themselves and your taste and smell are back to ordinary pre-cessation levels. 

Health Benefits in the Long Run
In just 4 days, your body will get rid of all the nicotine and almost all the residual nicotine metabolites will have passed through urine. During this period you will get increasingly restless and your craving for a cigarette is at its peak. In 2 to 4 weeks your teeth and gums start receiving blood and your anxiety, restlessness, insomnia and cessation related anger has come to an end. Your lung capacity also increases by 30% in this period of time. In a few months your energy level increases and your lungs are almost clean. Just after 5 years of quitting smoking your risk of lung cancer, mouth cancer is that of a non-smoker. 

Social Benefits
You will find yourself healthier and happier after quitting smoking. You will have a self-image that no smokers can boast of. You will find acceptance in your family and society. You will in control of your life. There will not be any embarrassment for you or your family due to your smoking habit. You will be respected in the society as a self-disciplined man. You will also not suffer from flu or cold viruses after quitting smoking. You will not have to hide form anybody after quitting smoking and you can spend a lot of time with your family. You can obviously save more money after quitting smoking and your insurance becomes cheaper.

Financial Payback
When you smoke every day, you spend an average of $10-$15 a day. So every month you spend about $400 in buying cigarettes. This sum up to about $5000 a year, this amount can get you air tickets for a trip across the globe. When you quit smoking, you also can save on your auto and life insurance premiums. You medical bills will also be shorter and cheaper. There is no alternative to quitting smoking. The sooner you quit, the healthier you will be, and the more money you will save.