Dear X-Smokers, if you have successfully kicked the smoking habit, here is your chance to share your hard earned method with smokers who are trying to quit.
Within 20 min:
Blood pressure, body temperature, and pulse rate will drop to normal.
Within 8 hours:
Smoker's breath disappears. Carbon monoxide level in blood drops and oxygen level rises to normal.
Within 24 hours:
Chance of a heart attack decreases.
Within 48 hours:
Nerve endings start to regroup. Ability to taste and smell improves.
Within 3 days:
Breathing is easier.
Within 2 to 3 months:
Circulation improves. Walking becomes easier. Lung capacity increases up to 30%
Within 1 to 9 months:
Sinus congestion and shortness of breath decrease. Cilia that sweep debris from you lungs grow back. Energy increases.
Within 1 year:
Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a person who smokes.
Within 2 years:
Heart attack risk drops to near-normal.
Within 5 years:
Lung cancer death rate for the average former pack-a-day smoker decreases by almost half. Stroke risk is reduced. Risk of mouth, throat, and esophageal cancer is half that of a smoker.
Within 10 years:
Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a person who does not smoke. The precancerous cells are replaced.
Within 15 years:
Risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a person who has never smoked.
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Q: When do the benefits start?
A: Immediately. The minute you stop smoking, your body begins cleansing itself of tobacco toxins. Just two hours after you stop smoking, the concentration of nicotine in your blood can drop by half.
Q: How long does it take?
A: Many of the effects of smoking are reversible within days or weeks, including non-chronic respiratory problems and symptoms associated with cardiovascular disease. Progress in other areas is slower. On average, the risk of heart attack returns to normal levels after 3 years; after 10 years of abstinence, the risk of lung cancer is about 30- 50% of the risk for continuing smokers.
If you stop smoking, you can expect to live longer than someone your age who continues smoking. Former smokers can expect to recover much of their good health. Women who stop smoking during pregnancy are more likely to have babies with normal birthweights than if they continued smoking. They may also have fewer complications, including miscarriage, premature rupture of the membranes and pre-term delivery.
" … I'm too old to quit."
FACT: recent studies show substantially reduced mortality rates for ex-smokers of all ages.
" … It's too late to quit; the damage is already done"
FACT: people with serious smoking-related illnesses survive longer and recover faster after quitting than those who continue to smoke.
" … I'll gain weight."
FACT: the average weight gain for quitters is 2.3 kilograms (5 pounds).Cancer, heart disease, stroke, ulcers -- you've been hearing the bad news about smoking for years. But did you know about the enormous health benefits of quitting?
Recent studies have demonstrated that, for ex-smokers, much of the damage done by smoking is reversed by the body's natural tendency toward health. The benefits of quitting apply to young smokers and old, to men and women, to those who are still healthy and those who already suffer from smoking-related illnesses.
This site is not meant to replace the advice of a physician. You should not rely on any information on these pages, or information generated for you by this site, to replace consultations with qualified professionals regarding your own specific situation.
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