When you quit smoking, the body begins to recover within twenty minutes.• After twenty minutes:
Your blood pressure drops and pulse rate drops to normal.
• After eight hours:
Carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normal. Oxygen level in the blood increases to normal.
• After twenty-four hours:
Chance of a heart attack decreases.
• After forty-eight hours:
Ability to smell and taste is enhanced.
• Between two weeks to three weeks:
Blood circulation improved. You can walk more easily. Lung functions increase up to thirty per cent.
• Between one to nine months:
Cough, congestion of the nose, fatigue and breathlessness decrease. Hair-like projections in the lungs grow and therefore dust, bacteria, etc., are removed more efficiently.
• After one year:
Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker.
• After five years:
Lung cancer death rate decreases by almost half. Stroke rate is reduced to that of a non smoker five to fifteen years after quitting. Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and food-pipe reduces to half of smoker’s risk.
• After ten years:
Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a non-smoker. Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, food-pipe, bladder and kidneys decreases.
• After fifteen years:
Risk of heart disease is that of a non-smoker.
Source: Centre for Disease Control and American Cancer Society
Your blood pressure drops and pulse rate drops to normal.
• After eight hours:
Carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normal. Oxygen level in the blood increases to normal.
• After twenty-four hours:
Chance of a heart attack decreases.
• After forty-eight hours:
Ability to smell and taste is enhanced.
• Between two weeks to three weeks:
Blood circulation improved. You can walk more easily. Lung functions increase up to thirty per cent.
• Between one to nine months:
Cough, congestion of the nose, fatigue and breathlessness decrease. Hair-like projections in the lungs grow and therefore dust, bacteria, etc., are removed more efficiently.
• After one year:
Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker.
• After five years:
Lung cancer death rate decreases by almost half. Stroke rate is reduced to that of a non smoker five to fifteen years after quitting. Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and food-pipe reduces to half of smoker’s risk.
• After ten years:
Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a non-smoker. Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, food-pipe, bladder and kidneys decreases.
• After fifteen years:
Risk of heart disease is that of a non-smoker.
Source: Centre for Disease Control and American Cancer Society
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