After 20 minutes
|
Blood pressure and pulse
return
to normal
|
After 1 hour
|
Your circulation
improves, your
hands and feet feel warmer
|
After 8 hours
|
Nicotine and carbon monoxide
levels fall, oxygen in your blood
returns to normal
|
After 1 day
|
Your lungs begin to work
better,
carbon monoxide
removed from your body
|
After 2 days
|
Your taste and smell
improves,
nicotine is removed from your body
|
After 3 days
|
Breathing becomes
easier, your
energy levels
increase
|
After 2 to 12 weeks
|
Withdrawal symptoms begin to
ease, walking and daily tasks become
easier to do
|
After 1 to 2 months
|
Withdrawal symptoms have
stopped, your breathing and energy levels continue to
improve
|
After 6 months
|
Risk of heart attack, cancer and
other smoking related diseases
begins to fall
|
|
After 10 years
|
Risk of lung cancer falls to
about half of that found in a smoker. Risk of heart attack falls
to about the same as someone
who has never smoked.
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