What Happens When You Stop Smoking
Cigarettes are one of the leading causes of death in the world. They contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances. Not only does it cause lung cancer, smoking can also give the person cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and other cancers like bladder cancer, cancer of the esophagus, cancer of the kidneys, cancer of the pancreas, and cervical cancer. An estimated 400,000 Americans die every year from the effects of smoking.
As many smokers would testify, it is really a hard habit to quit. But if they care for the environment, if they care for their own health, if they even care for the ones they love, they would quit smoking as soon as right now. 200,000 people die every year due to the effects of second-hand smoke.
What happens when you stop smoking?
It doesn't take long for someone to see the positive effects when they stop smoking. In just twenty minutes, the blood pressure will drop down to normal. In just eight hours, the carbon monoxide in the blood stream will drop by half and the oxygen levels will return to normal.
In two days, chances of having a heart attack will decrease. Not only that, all nicotine would have left the body and the sense of taste and smell would return to a normal level.
In three days, the bronchial tubes will relax and energy levels will increase. In two weeks, the circulation will increase and it will continue to improve for ten weeks.
In three to nine months coughs, wheezing, and breathing problems will dissipate as the lung capacity improves by 10%.
In one year the risk of heart attack will drop by half.
In five years, the risk of having a stroke will be just like those of a non-smoker.
In ten years, risk of lung cancer will be similar to non-smokers.
And in 15 years, the risk of heart attack would be the same as though you never smoked at all.
So, as you can see it's never too late to stop smoking, but the sooner the better! You will begin to regain your health almost instantly and will continue to reap the benefits of your new healthy lifestyle for the rest of your life, not to mention the health of those around you that are no longer forced to inhale your second-hand smoke.
Now that you know what happens when you stop smoking, and just how quickly it does, are you more tempted to put down the cancer sticks?
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