Benefits of Quitting Smoking
Many of smoking's adverse effects (and more) are reversed when smokers quit. What happens when you stop smoking?
Quit Smoking Beneficial Time-Chart
| After 20 minutes |
Bronchitis and emphysema improve as breathing eases and lung function deterioration decelerates. Your blood pressure and pulse return to normal. Circulation improves, especially in hands and feet. |
| After 8 hours |
Your blood oxygen levels return to normal and your chance of having a heart attack falls. |
| After 24 hours |
Carbon monoxide leaves your body. Your lungs start to clear out muscus and debris. |
| After 48 hours |
Your body is now nicotine free. And your sense of taste and smell have improved. |
| After 72 hours |
Your breathing is easier. You have more energy. |
| After 2-12 weeks |
Circulation is now improved throughout your body. It's easier for you to walk and exercise now. |
| After 3-9 months |
Your lung efficiency is up by 5-10 per cent. Breathing problems are fading away. No more coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing. |
| After 1 year |
Risk of heart disease drops significantly. |
| After 7 years |
Risk of bladder cancer drops to the same level as for non-smokers. |
| After 5 years |
You now have only half the chance of getting a heart attack compared to a smoker. |
| After 10 years |
The chance of you getting lung cancer is now half that of a smoker. Your chances of having a heart attack are now te same as non-smoker. |
| After 10-15 years |
Risk of shortened life expectancy, as well as risk of lung cancer, larynx cancer, and mouth cancer, approaches that of non-smoker. |
So, quit smoking now before smoking quits you!
You may also like to see:
Why Quit Smoking?
Effects of Smoking
Reference: http://www.navis.gr/medico/smoking.htm
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