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| What Happens To Your Body When You Quit Smoking |
Question:
What Happens To Your Body When You Quit Smoking?
Answer:
Here's a little timeline about some of the more immediate effects of quitting smoking and how that will affect your body...
-In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
-In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
-In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
-In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
-In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
-In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
-In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
-In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
-In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
-In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
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