The benefits of stopping smoking?
At 20 minutes after quitting smoking:
- blood pressure decreases
- pulse rate drops
- body temperature of hands and feet increases
At 8 hours:
- carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal
- oxygen level in blood increases to normal
At 24 hours:
- chance of a heart attack decreases
At 48 hours:
- nerve endings start regrowing
- ability to smell and taste is enhanced
At 2 weeks to 3 months:
- circulation improves
- walking becomes easier
- lung function increases
1 to 9 months:
- coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decreases
1 year:
- excess risk of coronary heart disease is decreased to half that of a smoker
At 5 years:
- from 5 to 15 years after quitting, stroke risk is reduced to that of people who have never smoked.
At 10 years:
- isk of lung cancer drops to as little as one-half that of continuing smokers
- risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases
- risk of ulcer decreases
At 15 years:
- risk of coronary heart disease is now similar to that of people who have never smoked
- risk of death returns to nearly the level of people who have never smoke
Further Reading
You may also be interested in the following resources:
- The Stop Smoking Video
- Smoking Related Websites
- Testimonials From Ex-Smokers
- 599 Chemical Additives in Tobacco
- Brainwave Entrainment
- What's really in a cigarette?
- Smoking Ban reduces cadmium
- Studies comparing Hypnosis with or NRT
- What is NLP?
- Phobias
- Denial
- If You Could Spend a Day With Me...
- The benefits of stopping smoking?
- What makes nicotine addictive?
- Nicotine and more...
- Smoking: The Facts
- What makes Nicotine Addictive?
