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After Smoking- what happens?

Article Summary   by:loky     Original Authors: vinoth; lokesh
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It's never too late What happens after: 20 Minutes ---------- Your blood pressure returns to its usual level. Your pulse rate slows to normal. Your circulation has improved enough that your hands and feet warm to normal temperature. 4 Hours ------- Half the carbon monoxide from your last cigarette has left your bloodstream. 8 Hours ------- The carbon monoxide from your last cigarette is now gone from your bloodstream. Your blood now carries a normal amount of oxygen. 24 Hours -------- Your chance of a heart attack is lower. 48 Hours -------- Damaged nerve endings start to re-grow. Your sense of smell and taste have improved. 2 Weeks to 3 Months ------------------- Your circulation is better. Walking and physical activity is easier. Lung function increases up to thirty percent. 1 to 9 Months ------------- You cough less. You have more energy. You don't become short of breath as easily. The cilia re-grow in your lungs and you will have less phlegm and infection. 1 Year ------ Your heart attack risk has fallen to the halfway mark between that of a current smoker and that of someone who has never smoked. 5 Years ------- If you used to smoke a pack a day, you have now cut your risk of dying of lung cancer in half. Your risk of heart attack and stroke is approaching that of a nonsmoker. You have cut your risk of mouth, throat and esophageal cancer by half. 10 Years -------- Your chance of dying from lung cancer is almost as low as a nonsmoker's. Your risk of mouth, throat, esophageal, kidney and pancreatic cancer continues to fall. 10 to 15 Years -------------- Your risk of dying from any cause is almost the same as that of someone who never smoked.
Published: April 11, 2006   
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