We’re probably not telling you anything new when we say there have been literally hundreds of studies done over the years on issues related to smoking and the health benefits of quitting. Take a look at some fun – and potentially life-saving – facts gleaned from these reports:

• The more intensively you focus on quitting, the higher your odds of quitting.
   Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. V6(1):11-38.
• Using nicotine replacement products can reduce withdrawal symptoms and double your odds of quitting smoking.
   Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. V6(1):11-38.
• Your appeal to the opposite sex could triple as a non-smoker.
   Psychological Reports. V3(2):1299-1306.
• Quitting smoking can help you avoid complications when undergoing surgery.
  Ugeskrift for Laeger. 26, 161(30):4273-4276.
• Using cessation materials directly increases your chances of quitting smoking.
  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 61(5):790-803
• The more strategies you use to quit, the higher your odds of remaining quit.
  Tobacco Control. V5:209-214.
• For every day that you are quit, your immune system improves.
  Journal of Neuroimmunology. 83(1-2):148-56.
• Quitting smoking can be one of the biggest factors in improving sexual functioning.
   International Journal of Std and Aids. 7 Suppl 3:2-4.
• Even smokers view non-smokers more positively than they do smokers.
  Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 16(8):702-725.
• As a non-smoker, others might perceive you as being more sophisticated than as a smoker.
  British Journal of Addiction. 84(8):935-941.
• As a non-smoker, others may perceive you as being more self-disciplined than as a smoker.
  British Journal of Addiction. 84(8):935-941.
• As a non-smoker, others might perceive you as being wiser than a smoker is perceived.
  British Journal of Addiction. 84(8):935-941.
• As a non-smoking female, men perceive you as more sexually attractive than when you used to smoke.
  Basic & Applied Social Psychology. 13(2):205-216.
• As a non-smoking female, men perceive you as more likable than when you used to smoke?
  Basic & Applied Social Psychology. 13(2):205-216.
• Avoiding typical "cues" to smoke doubles the likelihood of remaining quit.
  Patient Education & Counseling. V36(2):119-129.
• Non-smokers are seen as more mature than smokers.
  Psychological Reports. 83(3, Pt 2):1299-1306.
• Non-smokers find other non-smokers more attractive than smokers.
  Psychological Reports. 83(3, Pt 2):1299-1306.
• Non-smokers are viewed as more desirable to date than smokers.
  Psychological Reports. 83(3, Pt 2):1299-1306.
• Non-smokers are seen as healthier than smokers.
  Psychological Reports. 83(3, Pt 2):1299-1306.
• Computer-based smoking cessation interventions appear to be more effective than similar types of programs delivered by mail.
  Preventive Medicine: An International Devoted to Practice & Theory. 28(2):203-211.
• Quitting smoking could be a protective factor for erectile dysfunction.
  Diabetes Care. 21(11):1973-7.
• Actors who use tobacco products are rated less favorably by children than actors who don't use tobacco products.
  Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 27(4):415-422.
• Expectant mothers who quit cigarettes reduce their baby's chances of having attention, motor control, and perception problems.
  Archives of Disease in Childhood. 79(3):207-12.
• Quitting smoking might help you avoid cervical abnormalities.
  Lancet. 347(9006):941-3.
• Having people around you who are positive about your effort to stop smoking actually helps quitting.
  Tobacco Control. 5(4):280-5.
• Increasing one's exercise has been linked with success in quitting smoking.
  Tobacco Control. V5:209-214.
• Persons who have remained quit for more than 15 years appear to have the same risk as "never-smokers" for stomach cancer.
  Cancer Causes Control. 9(3):321-9.
• Excess risk of heart disease caused by smoking could be cut in half after just one year of quitting smoking.
  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 8(3):303-10.
• The minimal weight gain reported by some ex-smokers often reverses itself over time.
  American Journal of Public Health. 89(5):718-22.
• Quitting smoking could eliminate your need for cholesterol-lowering medication and result in significant cost savings.
  British Journal of General Practice. 49(440):217-8.
• Increased risk for developing prostate cancer as a smoker disappears over time once you quit.
  Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 8(4 Pt 1):277-82.
• Quitting smoking could increase your options for the safe use of contraceptives.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 180(6 Pt 2):S383-4.
• Quitting smoking could help to slow facial aging and the appearance of wrinkles.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 41(1):27-30.
• Lung function improves within a few months of quitting smoking.
  Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 161(2 Pt 1):381-90. & Lancet. 17;354(9174):177-8.
• Supportive partners increase the chances of their significant others quitting.
  Addictive Behaviors16(5):235-46. & Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 78(3):217-24.
• Self-massage may help quitters to relax and improve their mood while quitting.
  Preventive Medicine. 28(1):28-32.
• Self-massaging one's hands can reduce withdrawal symptoms.
  Preventive Medicine. V28:26-32