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STEPP (State Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnership) and its partners provide programs and policies that are comprehensive, evidence-based, culturally appropriate and cost effective in achieving its goals. STEPP’s goals are to prevent youth from starting to use tobacco; help people who use tobacco to quit; assist in the reduction of and protection from secondhand smoke; and reduce tobacco use among groups that are disproportionately affected and/or at high risk.
For more information, please visit www.steppcolorado.org
- 20 minutes - your blood pressure and pulse slow to normal rates, and blood circulation in your hands and feet improves.
- 8 hours - the carbon monoxide level in your blood returns to normal, and the oxygen level in your blood increases.
- 24 hours - your breath, hair, and body stop smelling like cigarette smoke.
- 72 hours - nicotine, the addictive substance in cigarettes, is out of your body.
- 1-3 weeks - nerve endings that have been dulled by smoking are back in action, and your senses of taste and smell improve.
- 1-9 months - your lungs can hold more air; coughing, congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease; your overall body energy increases; and your ability to fight off infections increases.
