What Happens To Your Body if You Stop SMOKING

What Happens To Your Body if You Stop SMOKING...

* In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.


* In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.


* In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.


* In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.


* In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.


* In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.


* In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.


* In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.


* In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.


* In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.

 

-A.V.Murali manohar

 
  
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