The benefits of stopping smoking
 
 
 

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.

 

Consider the money
Cigarettes per Day Years of Smoking
  1 5 10 20 50  
5 £456 £2,280 £4.560 £9,120 £22,800  
10 £912 £4,560 £9,120 £18,240 £45,600  
20 £1,825 £9,125 £18,250 £36,500 £91,250  
40 £3,650 £18,250 £36,500 £73,000 £182,500