| Smoking negatively affects every part of your body:
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| Immediately After Quitting |
| At 20 minutes after quitting: |
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Blood pressure decreases
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Pulse rate drops
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Body temperature of hands and feet increases
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| At 8 hours: |
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Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal
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Oxygen level in blood increases to normal
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| At 24 hours: |
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Chance of a heart attack decreases
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| At 48 hours: |
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Nerve endings start re-growing
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Ability to smell and taste is enhanced
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| First Year After Quitting |
| At 2 weeks to 3 months: |
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Circulation improves
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Walking becomes easier
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Lung function increases
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| 1 to 9 months: |
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Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decreases
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| 1 Year |
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Excess risk of coronary heart disease is decreased to half that of
a smoker
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| Long Term Benefits of
Quitting |
| At 5 Years: |
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From 5 to 15 years after quitting, stroke risk is reduced to that of
people who have never smoked.
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| At 10 Years: |
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Risk of lung cancer drops to as little as one-half that of continuing
smokers
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Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney and
pancreas decreases
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|
Risk of ulcer decreases
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| At 15 years: |
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Risk of coronary heart disease is now similar to that of people who
have never smoked
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Risk of death returns to nearly the level of people who have never smoked
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| Source:
American Lung Association, 2004 |
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