What Happens When you Quit Smoking
If you’re considering quitting smoking, here’s a few reasons why.
20 Minutes: Your blood pressure returns to normal
8 Hours: The carbon monoxide ( a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream drop by half-oxygen levels return to normal
72 Hours: All nicotine has left your body. Sense of smell and taste returns to normal
2 Weeks: Your circulation increases, and continues for 10 more weeks
3-9 Months: Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems dissipate, lung capacity improves by 10%
1 Year: Your risk of having a heart attack has dropped by half
5 Years: Your risk of stroke returns to that of non-smoker
10 Years: Your risk of lung Cancer returns to that of non-smoker
15 Years: Your risk of heart attack returns to that of non-smoker
20 Minutes: Your blood pressure returns to normal
8 Hours: The carbon monoxide ( a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream drop by half-oxygen levels return to normal
72 Hours: All nicotine has left your body. Sense of smell and taste returns to normal
2 Weeks: Your circulation increases, and continues for 10 more weeks
3-9 Months: Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems dissipate, lung capacity improves by 10%
1 Year: Your risk of having a heart attack has dropped by half
5 Years: Your risk of stroke returns to that of non-smoker
10 Years: Your risk of lung Cancer returns to that of non-smoker
15 Years: Your risk of heart attack returns to that of non-smoker
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