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.
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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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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Your focus and sense of perception increases. Food starts tasting and smelling better and senses improve as nerve ending begin to grow.
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Within 2 to 3 weeks of not smoking your blood circulation improves carrying more oxygen throughout your body. After 24 hours of not smoking the risk of heart attack is reduced.
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After a year of not smoking your risks of heart disease is reduced by two times that of a smoker. After 5 years the risk of mouth, throat and esophageal cancer is reduced by half.
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When you quit smoking, after 15 years the risk of heart disease is the same as that of a non smoker. Your overall health is vastly improved by this time.
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Within 2 hours of not smoking you may experience withdrawal symptoms such as craving for nicotine. You may get agitated and feel high strung. You may also experience anxiety, tension and frustration at not being able to smoke. There may be also a change in appetite and difficulty in sleeping.
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After 3 days when nicotine has been eliminated from your body. You may experience intense side effects. There may be symptoms such nausea, cramps, sweating and headaches. This is the hardest point of not smoking but always stays focused on the rewards beyond this point and never give up. If you make it beyond this point, you have succeeded.
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You may be depressed and have trouble remaining committed to your decision or lack motivation. Speak to friends and loved ones, get help but never try to manage the problem on your own and in silence. Even if you feel you require the help of a therapist, do so as people need to know and understand your physical and mental changes. But never give up.
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When you quit smoking, your loved ones are happy, your children no longer tell you your breath smells, you are happy because you are healthy. The world looks different, food tastes wonderful and life in general is wonderful when you are healthy. You save money and you also do not endanger the lives of others through passive smoking.
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