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Benefits of Quitting Smoking
Once you quit smoking, your body starts on a path toward full recovery
Source: A newspaper article written about a drug store in Kent, Ohio, that was shutting down. This prompted an analysis of what one of their proudest accomplishments was: they stopped selling cigarettes years ago and started handing out this flyer to all their interested customers. Similar facts are cited at www.quitsmokingsupport.com/facts.htm
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The ways your body begins to repair itself as soon as a person quits smoking follows this time line:
- 20 minutes Your blood pressure, heart rate and temperature of your hands and feet become normal.
- 8 hours: oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in your blood become normal.
- 1 day: Your risk of heart attack begins to decrease.
- 2 days: Your sense of smell and taste improves. Nerve endings start to re-grow. Mucus in your airways begins to break up and clear out of your lungs.
- 2 weeks to 3 months: Your circulation becomes better and breathing improves. It becomes easier to walk.
- 1 to 9 months: Coughing, sinus congestion, shortness of breath and fatigue decrease and you have more energy.
- 1 year: Your risk of heart disease is now less than half of what it was a year ago.
- 5 years: Your risks of cancer of the lung, mouth, throat and esophagus are less than half-of-a-pack-a-day smoker.
- 10 years: Your risk of dying of lung cancer is now similar to nonsmokers. Pre-cancerous cells have been replaced.
- 15 years: You are at no more risk of heart disease than if you never smoked
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