? 20 minutes after giving up smoking:
Your pulse rate and blood pressure, which are higher when you smoke, start returning to normal.
? Eight hours after quitting: The
amount of poisonous carbon monoxide in your blood drops, and the oxygen level in your blood
increases to normal.
? After 24 hours: Your chance of a
heart attack decreases.
? After 48 hours: Your sense of smell
and taste improves.
? After two weeks to three months:
Your breathing becomes easier as your lung function increases, your circulation improves,
and you walk easier.
? After 1-9 months: You will cough less, have less sinus congestion,
and you?ll feel less fatigued.
? One year later: Your risk of heart
disease will be reduced by 50 percent.
? 5-15 years later: Your risk of stroke
will be reduced to the level of those who have never smoked.
? After 10 years: Your risk of getting
lung cancer will be about 50 percent less, and your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat,
esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas will decrease.
? After 15 years: Your risk coronary
heart disease will be about the same as for a person who never smoked.
*Sources American Cancer Society & American Lung Association
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