What Happens When You Stop Smoking Infographic
What Happens When You Stop Smoking?
Smoking is a pastime that can be harmful to your health. Although it may help lower stress levels and calm you down, the long-term effects it leaves behind can be permanent and leave you with more damage than before. This is why stopping smoking might be the best thing you can do. In this infographic, we will break down what happens when you stop smoking.
After 20 minutes
- Your blood pressure returns to its usual level
- You will experience that your pulse rate slows to normal
- Your circulation has improved enough that your hands and feet warm to average temperature
After 4 hours
- Half the carbon monoxide from your last cigarette has left your bloodstream
- Your carbon monoxide from your last cigarette is now gone from your bloodstream
After 8 hours
- Your blood now carries the normal amount of oxygen
After 24 hours
- It lowers your chance of a heart attack.
After 48 hours
- Damaged nerve endings start to regrow
- Your sense of smell and taste have improved
After 2 weeks-1 month
- Your circulation is better
- Walking is easier
- Lung function increases up to 30%
After 1-9 months
- You cough less
- Your sinuses are clearer
- You have more energy
- You don’t become short of breath as easily
- Your cilia regrow in your lungs, so you will have less phlegm and less infection
After 1 year
- Your heart attack risk has fallen to the halfway mark between that of a current smoker & that of someone who never smoked
After 5 years
- If you used to smoke a pack a day, you have now cut your risk of dying of lung cancer in half
- Your risk of a heart attack and stroke is approaching that of a nonsmoker
- You have cut your risk of mouth, throat, and esophageal cancer by half
After 10 years
- Your chance of dying of lung cancer is almost as low as a nonsmoker’s
- Your risk of mouth, throat, esophageal, bladder, kidney, and pancreatic cancer continues to fall
After 10-15 years
- Your risk of dying of any cause is almost the same as that of someone who never smoked
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