Posted on 05/18/2008 10:47:45 AM PDT by mondoreb
Let me have a hack at the hacker(see photos at link);
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Benefits_Time_Table.html
Your body’s ability to mend is beauty to behold!
Within ...
# 20 minutes
Your blood pressure, pulse rate, and the temperature of your hands and feet will all return to normal.
# 12 hours
Your blood oxygen level will have increased to normal and carbon monoxide levels will have dropped to normal.
# 48 hours
Damaged nerve endings have started to regrow and your sense of smell and taste are beginning to return to normal.
# 72 hours
Your entire body will test 100% nicotine-free and over 90% of all nicotine metabolites will now have passed from your body via your urine. You can also expect the symptoms of chemical withdrawal to have peaked in intensity. Your bronchial tubes are beginning to relax thus making it easier to breathe. Your lung capacity has also started to increase.
# 10 days to 2 weeks
Your body has physically adjusted to again functioning without nicotine and the more than 3,500 chemical particles and 500 gases present in each and every puff.
# 2 weeks to 3 months
Your heart attack risk has started to drop. Your lung function is beginning to improve.
# 3 weeks to 3 months
Your circulation has substantially improved. Walking has become easier. Your chronic cough, if any, has likely disappeared.
# 1 to 9 months
Any smoking related sinus congestion, fatigue or shortness of breath have decreased. Cilia have regrown in your lungs thereby increasing their ability to handle mucus, keep your lungs clean, and reduce infections. Your body’s overall energy has increased.
# 1 year
Your excess risk of coronary heart disease has dropped to less than half that of a smoker.
# 5 to 15 years
Your risk of stroke has declined to that of a non-smoker.
# 10 years
Your risk of death from lung cancer has declined by almost half if you were an average smoker (one pack per day). Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus has now decreased.
# 15 years
Your risk of coronary heart disease is now that of a person who has never smoked.
... so long as you stop smoking in time
Noni - age 33
Sean - age 19
Bryan - age 34
Sources for the above stop smoking recovery data include the 1990 U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on the “Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation, “ U.S. National Institute of Health, Medline Plus
‘Good comeback, L.J.!’
“The Smoking Gutter Ball.”
LOL
Obama is ranked above Arnold????? Right......................
AP -- In a move sure to delight his thousands of adoring sycophants among the nation's semi-literate press corp, Barack (No Middle Name Given) Obama has been named by the obscure Men's Smartness Magazine as one of the world's 25 smartest men for 2008 in an issue slated to hit the fan on May 19th.
"We really think he's quite brainy," gushed Jamie Zimmerwoman of SmartMag's editorial staff. "He has a plan to insure everybody's health, in like, the whole country. That's something that even Mrs. Clinton -- the smartest woman in the whole world -- was unable to do."
Zimmerwoman cited Obama's arcane geographical knowledge as being another reason for inclusion on the prestigious list. "In his travels around the US, he discovered seven new states that nobody else had ever discovered before! Can you believe that? Seven. The last time anyone discovered a state was almost fifty years ago, and now he discovers seven in just a few months."
"His knowledge of linguistics is also impressive," the editor continues. "For all of its so-called 'intelligence,' apparently nobody at the CIA knew until May of this year that Arabic translators would be needed in Afghanistan. But Barack stepped right into it, with his usual savoir fare."
"Some of the other girls in the office wanted to just declare him the Smartest Man of All Time," Jamie concludes. "But the editorial board decided we needed to save something for an 'October Surprise.' Anyway, between now and the general election I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more of his brilliance on display; we're even thinking of making exploits of his intellectual legerdemain a regular feature. "
Whoa, there, sweetie!
Among those who could be reached for comment, some on the campaign trail were critical of the decision. "I don't see why a genius like Barack has to share the limelight with these other twenty-five losers like Steven Hawking and Andrew Wiles," observed noted gasbag Keith Olbermann. "Who publishes this Smartness rag, Fox News?" Um, that's twenty-four other losers, we reminded Keith, who won't be making the list anytime soon.
Asked to comment in the same studio, Chris Matthews replied simply, "I just hope the neurologist I'm scheduled to see about my recurring leg spasms is half as cute--excuse me--half as smart as Barak."
Expect to see articles on Barack's terrific emotional range in Empath Weekly and his healing powers in The Guardian. Air and Space is even investigating a (so far) unsubstantiated story about his ability to fly.
Does anyone else feel faint?
Or a couple of grams of cocaine.
This is great!
Is it yours (original?)
And there’s a LOT of other good stuff here posted in the comments! Thanx!
Natch. Did you think I was Joe Biden or something?
Don’t forget the waffles. All kinds of waffles. Noun waffles and verb waffles.
another blowjob from the media for their candidate
Yes, Obama, a smoker, should be a Poster Boy for Lung Cancer.
I quit the local health club not wanting to be molested by some craving hunk of a gay blade on patrol to stimulate the hemorrhoids of an overweight, over the hill middle-aged professional.
So these folks named Ears Obama as one of the 25 fittest in America, give me a physical break.
That sure leaves a lot of argument to be had from those in the profession of being fit for work such as football, basketball etc. players.
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