10 Things That Happen To Your Body When You Quit Smoking

You don’t really need anyone to tell you that smoking kills. However, if you just stop and pay attention to what happens to you when you stop smoking, you may be inclined or motivated to give it up entirely. Here are things that happen to your body when you quit smoking.

1 Blood Pressure and oxygen

Just 20 minutes after you have your last puff, your pulse and blood pressure levels return back to normal. Within 8 hours carbon monoxide levels decreases and your oxygen levels increase to normal.

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2 Lungs and lung cancer

Problems such as coughing, shortness of breath and sinus all decrease and disappear within 1 to 8 months of not smoking. Cilia again grow in your lung to cleanse and lower infection in your body. You find your ability for physical activity and walking increases and your lung function increases by 30%. Within 10 years off tobacco, the risk of fatal lung cancer becomes the same as non-smoker. Cancerous cells have all been replaced and cancer risk is significantly reduced.

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