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Benefits to stop smoking
Quit Smoking! The Benefit Timeline
Provided by Carl Labbe RPh
Stop smoking, and within...
20 minutes: blood pressure drops to normalpulse rate drops to normal bodytemperature
of hands and feet increases to normal
8 hours: carbon monoxide (CO) blood level drops to normaloxygen (O2) blood level
increases to normal
24 hours: chance of heart attack begins to decrease
48 hours : nerve endings start to regrow ability to smell and taste is enhanced
½ to 3 months: circulation improves walking becomes easier lung function increases
up to 30%
to 9 months: "coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath all
decrease cilia regrow in lungs, increasing ability to "clean" lungs, reducing likelyhood
of infection body's overall energy increases
1 year: Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker
5 years: lung cancer death rate decreases by ½
10 years: "lung cancer death rate equivalent to non-smoker precancerous cells are
replaced by healthy cells risk of other cancers (mouth, throat, bladder, etc) decreases
15 years : You are at no more risk of heart disease than if you never smoked!