smoking cessation: physical gains

each cigarette contains over 4,000 chemical agents, including 60 carcinogens. By quitting, you will no longer be exposing your body to regular doses of:

 nicotine (a powerful poison)formaldehyde (used for embalming dead bodies)ammonia (used for cleaning toilets – tastes and smells like cat urine) acetone (nail polish remover)carbon monoxidearsenichydrogen cyanidebenzeneleadmethanol

physical changes to your body when you become a non-smoker...

within 20 minutes of last cigarette

blood pressure drops to normalpulse rate drops to normalbody temperature of hands and feet return to normal

8 hours

carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normaloxygen level in blood increases to normal

24 hours

chance of heart attack decreases

48 hours

nerve endings start re-growingability to smell and taste things is enhanced

72 hours

bronchial tubes relax making breathing easierlung capacity increases

2 weeks to 3 months

circulation improveswalking becomes easier as lung function increases by up to 30%

1 to 9 months

coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decreaseslung cilia re-grow increasing ability to handle mucus, clean lungs and reduce infectionbody’s overall energy increases

1 year

the excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of smoker’s

5 years

lung cancer death rate for average smoker almost halvesrisk of coronary heart disease is that of non-smoker’s

10 years

lung cancer death rate down to almost that of non-smokerpre-cancerous cells are replaced and other cancer risks decrease

all benefits are lost if you start smoking again!

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