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What happens after you quit smoking...
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Immediate Effects
Within 20 Minutes...
Your body begins to heal itself!
Blood pressures drops
Pulse rate drops to normal
Body temperature of hand and feet increases to normal
Within 8 hours...
Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal
Oxygen level in blood increases to normal
Within 24 hours...
Chance of heart attack decreases
Within 48 hours...
Nerve endings start regrowing
Ability to smell and taste is enhanced
Within 2 weeks to 3 months...
Circulation improves
Walking becomes easier
Lung function increases up to 30%
Within 1 to 9 months...
Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease
Cilia regrow in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean lungs
and reduce infection
Body's overall energy increases
Within 1 year...
Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker
Within 5 years...
Stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker 5-15 years after quitting
Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and oesophagus is half that of a smoker
Within 10 years...
Lung cancer death rate about half that of a continuing smoker's
Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, bladder, kidney and pancreas decreases
Within 15 years...
Risk of coronary heart disease is that of non-smokers
Note: Immediately after quitting, many ex-smokers experience "symptoms of
recovery" such as temporary weight gain caused by fluid retention, irregularity,
and dry, sore gums or tongue. You may feel edgy, hungry, more tired, and more
short-tempered than usual and have trouble sleeping and notice that you are
coughing a lot. These symptoms are the result of your body clearing itself of
nicotine, a powerful addictive chemical. Most nicotine is gone from the body in
2-3 days.
Long-range Benefits
It is important to understand that the long range after-effects of quitting are
only temporary and signal the beginning of a healthier life. Now that you've
quit, you've added a number of healthy productive days to each year of your
life. Most important, you've greatly improved your chances for a longer life.
You have significantly reduced your risk of death from heart disease, stroke,
chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and several kinds of cancer not just lung cancer.
(Cigarette smoking is responsible every year for approximately 130,000 deaths
from cancer, 170,000 deaths from heart disease, and 50,000 deaths from lung
disease.)
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