Beneficial Changes Within The Body That Occur When You Stop Smoking
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When You Stop Smoking

  • With in 20 Minutes of Last Cigarette:  Blood pressure re-adjusts to a normal level. Pulse rate adjusts to normal level.

  • 8 Hours After:  Carbon monoxide level drops to normal. Oxygen level in blood increases to normal.

  • 24 Hours After:  Chance of heart attack decreases.

  • 48 Hours After:  Nerve endings start regrowing. Abilities to smell and taste improve.

  • 72 Hours After:  Bronchial tubes relax. Lung capacity increases.

  • 4 Days After:  All the nicotine will be eliminated from your body

  • 10 Days After:  Red blood cells will continue to oxygenate and you will have more energy.

  • 2 Weeks to 3 Months After:  Circulation improves. Walking becomes easier. Lung functions increase by 40%.

  • 1 to 9 Months After:  Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decreases.   Cilia regrows in lungs. Increasing ability to handle mucus, cleaning the lungs, and reduces infection.

  • 5 Years After:  Lung cancer death rate for average smoker (one pack a day), decreases from 137 per 100,000 people to 72 per 100,000 people. (After 10 years, rate drops to 12 deaths per 100,000), or almost the rate of a person who never smoked.

  • 10 Years After:  Pre-cancerous cilia are replaced. Other cancers such as those of the mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas-decrease. (There are 30 chemicals in tobacco smoke that cause cancer).

Nosmoke.gif (13203 bytes) ALL THE ABOVE BENEFITS ARE FORFEITED IF ONE CIGARETTE A DAY IS SMOKED!