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Within 20 minutes:
Blood pressure, body temperature and pulse rate will drop to normal.
Within eight hours:
Smoker's breath disappears.
Carbon monoxide level in blood drops, and oxygen level rises to normal.
Within 24 hours:
Chance of heart attack decreases.
Within 48 hours:
Nerve endings start to regroup.
Ability to taste and smell improves.
Within three days:
Breathing is easier.
Within two to three months:
Circulation improves.
Walking becomes easier.
Lung capacity increases up to 30 percent.
Within one to nine months:
Sinus congestion and shortness of breath decrease.
Cilia that sweep debris from your lungs grow back.
Energy increases.
Within one year:
Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half
that of a person who smokes.
Within two years:
Heart attack risk drops to near normal.
Within five years:
Lung cancer death rate for an average former
pack-a-day smoker decrease by almost half.
Stroke risk is reduced.
Risk of mouth, throat and esophageal cancer is half that of a smoker.
Within 10 years:
Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a
person who does not smoke.
The pre-cancerous cells are replaced.
Within 15 years:
Risk of coronary heart disease is the same
as a person who has never smoked.
Blood pressure, body temperature and pulse rate will drop to normal.
Within eight hours:
Smoker's breath disappears.
Carbon monoxide level in blood drops, and oxygen level rises to normal.
Within 24 hours:
Chance of heart attack decreases.
Within 48 hours:
Nerve endings start to regroup.
Ability to taste and smell improves.
Within three days:
Breathing is easier.
Within two to three months:
Circulation improves.
Walking becomes easier.
Lung capacity increases up to 30 percent.
Within one to nine months:
Sinus congestion and shortness of breath decrease.
Cilia that sweep debris from your lungs grow back.
Energy increases.
Within one year:
Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half
that of a person who smokes.
Within two years:
Heart attack risk drops to near normal.
Within five years:
Lung cancer death rate for an average former
pack-a-day smoker decrease by almost half.
Stroke risk is reduced.
Risk of mouth, throat and esophageal cancer is half that of a smoker.
Within 10 years:
Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a
person who does not smoke.
The pre-cancerous cells are replaced.
Within 15 years:
Risk of coronary heart disease is the same
as a person who has never smoked.
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